Kinda torn. Am a big fan of Del Toro's sort of gothic creature and storytelling design, and would happily watch and rewatch a lot of his earlier stuff, but big robots and stuff don't really float it for me. There seems like a lot of room for this thing to veer dangerously close to goofy patriotic Bay quality. It just seems so unlike Del Toro to move that direction. Get the sneaking feeling there is some heart and some good storytelling at work in this flick, underneath the trailer somewhere. Hope so anyway.
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