The Devil's Backbone Comments

  • Jess 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    This is a pseudo-child-oriented philosophical film. From the beginning to the end, the question "What is a ghost?" is always echoed. At the end, I personally understand the film: "Ghosts do exist, and their functions depend on people's beliefs"; the story does not Cheesy, but a bit bitter 3.5...

  • Austin 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    The art in the gyro works is always impeccable, and all the details can see the creator's intentions, and at the same time create a strong sense of nostalgia. The theme is similar to that of Pan Shen, which is a rebuke to the Spanish Civil War. , and added cruelty from the perspective of children. At the end, the greedy human beings are punished accordingly, which is also a very dark fairy tale routine. The huge cannonball in the yard is very...

  • Bell 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Three and a half. As a director with makeup background, Guillermo del Toro has his own uniqueness in image creation. The story of the film is not brilliant, but the atmosphere is well rendered, between classic thriller and cult...

  • Mitchell 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    7.7 Its depiction of the chronological background has a strong internal connection with the depiction of the main events, and the emotions conveyed by the inner and outer layers are also very clear, that is, the inescapable pain caused by the war is like being trapped in amber, Although it is in the past, it still haunts you like a...

  • Katheryn 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    In the early works written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, the screenwriting talent is not outstanding, but the director's style is already very obvious. The low-light pictures, the thrilling and thrilling designs that are intended to pierce the heart, explore human beings in a terrifying shape. , these are his signature moves. There is always a world of people and demons intertwined in his brain, and sometimes it is even difficult to distinguish what is true and what is false, which is the...

  • Fredrick 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    "What is the devil? Is the doomed tragedy repeated again and again? Maybe it's just a moment of pain, something is dead but it's still alive, the passion comes to an abrupt end, like a blurry photo, like an insect trapped in amber....

  • Hayden 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Not scary, not thriller, not suspenseful, not sci-fi. . . . I don't think ghosts appearing can necessarily be defined as ghost movies. It seems that ghost children have nothing to do with the plot. ....

  • Nellie 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    I still want to know who the Chinese in the international column who was shot was! ! ! What do you mean by such a good-looking bad...

  • Darron 2022-04-23 07:02:44

    Gilmour knew many years ago that he didn't just make horror movies. The atomic bomb that fell from the sky fell at the center of the shelter like war penetrated the heart of a world full of...

  • Howell 2022-04-23 07:02:44

    My friends and I fell asleep countless times while watching the...

Extended Reading
  • Unique 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    The children in this movie

    Although it is a horror movie, apart from the shock, I still appreciate the children's acting skills.
    The children who are learning and growing up in these orphanages are pitiful. They are the products of war, and they have experienced the evils of war. While the children around us are happily...

  • Brittany 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    "Ghost Children's Courtyard": a black fairy tale with light

    On the rainy night when Little Sandy was killed by Jacinto, a bomb fell from the sky, and it stuck in the yard without exploding.

    This is the source of the whole story of "Ghost Children's Courtyard", with a trace of bizarreness, a trace of mystery, or-very "Gilmo del Toro". As a Mexican native of...

The Devil's Backbone quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Santi: Many of you will die.

    Santi: [to Carlos touching his face] Bring Jacinto To Me

  • [last lines]

    Casares: [Carlos weeping over Casares returns his rifle to his side or lap as Jamie forces Carlos to get going]

    [voice over narration]

    Casares: What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber. A ghost is me.

    [last lines]

    Casares: [Owl is carried out by Jamie followed by Galvez using his spear as a crutch to join those others left]

    [narrating from beyond the grave]

    Casares: A Ghost

    [last to leave is Carlos looking back]

    Casares: That Is What I Am

    [Casarers now a ghost is at the doorway observing them heading out to the horizon]