ChaosKitty
Queen Bitch From Hell
Set in the 50s/60s this is yet another woven del Toro story filled with love, loss, redemption or the lack of it with all sorts of nuances of the times then and now as well as the underlying good versus evil, what is the norm and acceptable and why you have to seem to be an oddball to do the right thing. That last part one can also add when you know you should do something or set someone free but hold on to them versus letting them go and the repercussions of that. It veers away completely from the lush beautiful scenery to devote more time to the stark conventionalism and attitudes of that time and what is now being shoveled out again. I will add he has managed to combine multiple categories and yantras in one film seamlessly as only he can seem to do. you have politics, sci fi/fantasy/love story, thriller and social conscience/civil tights all tied into a big ball with a bow. Some of the takes on this are kinda disturbing as I saw the main character not as lacking anything or needing to be made whole or redeemed in any way. Only in as far and being involved with someone else and actually finding love, which could be said of anyone, imo. I'm the worlds worst at spoilers so I will leave it at that
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