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I'm a massive fan of Guillermo's work. He's one of the only directors working in the film industry today that creates visual gothic feasts reminiscent of the movies I cherish from past decades. The colors, the lightning, the angles... he has it all.

When Frankenstein was announced as his next movie project, I was elated. This man could finally create a truly faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic with the stylized visual flare to back it up. With Netflix's endless funds and a stellar cast, this would've (should have) been a slam dunk.

Sadly, I was more than a bit disappointed. The movie looks fantastic (as it should), and the writing is as good as one would expect from a feature of this magnitude... but the story really let me down. It strays way too far from the source material, and just like past adaptations, the things Del Toro decided to alter from the book lesson the emotional impact of the overall arc and themes.

No spoilers, but many of the humanistic undertones touched on by Shelley are completely lost because of some massive character and beat changes made here.

Don't get me wrong, the movie is far from terrible... I honestly don't think that Guillermo could make an awful film if he tried... but I was hoping for the definitive Frankenstein adaptation of our age and what I got was more of the same overly creative license that Hollywood has taken with every other Frankenstein that came before it.

Sad. 6/10 for the visuals.

I love the first two films. I went to see 28 Days Later in the theater when I was just 19 years old.

I'm a fan of 28-Weeks too...

This movie has its share of great "moments". There are some well conceived scenes and sequences of action and overall terror. The best part of the film is clearly the first half of the movie.

Somewhere in the middle it loses its way. The movie devolves into an allegory about humanity, cruelty, life & death, etc.

It's fine I guess, but the trailer made it seem like a powerhouse of action, and the evolution of the Rage Virus. Like, maybe the first movie times four with some new ideas thrown in... It's not that premise though. Very subdued and vastly different than the previous films. Which can be a good thing sometimes, but unfortunately it doesn't work here.

I was disappointed. I was really hoping for Danny to come back and make a true "worthy" sequel to his surprising hit all those years ago. It appears he might have lost sight of what people loved about the original.

Holy cow was this movie was difficult to watch. The previews made this little Christmas jaunt look pretty hilarious.

I am always looking for irreverent holiday comedies to add into my yearly rotation. So obviously I wanted to give "Dear Santa" a whirl.

This was from the creators of Dumb and Dumber? I never would've known... Dear Santa plays out like a bunch of celebrities got together and filmed it over a drunken weekend.

I don't think I laughed once. The acting is beyond terrible. The jokes are flat and painfully unfunny. You can tell the lines are scripted but it comes off as "acting school" improve. No joke. Not one actor provided a moment of humor.

Geeze this was a freaking chore to get through...I gave it two stars because I genuinely like Jack Blacks vocal work for Satan. He didn't sound like Jack Black was playing... well... Jack Black per his usual performances.

Skip it. It's not a kids movie. It's not a funny irreverent movie for adults or even young adults... It's just a made for tv waste of money.