Guillermo del Toro: Vampires Have Been 'Mormonized'

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Пікірлер: 48

@thesummerwiind 10 жыл бұрын

His accent is thick but his English is fantastic.

@Asleepymystikal 10 жыл бұрын

Im naming my first born son Guillermo after guy, God bless this man

@TheKeyser94 11 жыл бұрын

Twilight vampires aren't really vampires in the folklore, but Fairy's (no insult): They live in the woods, they hunt animals, they seduce humans to play with them or making them harm, so based in the folklore they are literally Fairies, no vampires.

@maryvallettakeith6146 2 жыл бұрын

'Mormonized'? A.K.A. bland and boring? It's okay, you can go ahead and say it, Guillermo. It's an absolutely spot on description. *(I was raised Mormon and lived this insane lifestyle well into my 40's.)

@Genjuro66 10 жыл бұрын

this man is my GURU

@thatemogamer2457 6 жыл бұрын

This man did Blade 2 and The Strain so he knows what hes talking about in my opinion

@zaberfang 11 жыл бұрын

He should direct the live action Hellsing-like movie...XD

@VortexMotiveVision 13 жыл бұрын

Guillermo - One of the most exciting filmmakers working today.

@1SpeedDean 11 жыл бұрын

my opinion, the most intelligent, creative, imaginative filmmaker in the film industry.

@MrKman186 11 жыл бұрын

This man is a genious.

@lowbudgetboy12 12 жыл бұрын

I agree, theres nothing wrong with a vampire romance, as long as its done right, like with "Let me in", but "the Twilight series" has been messing up the clever idea and making it the dumbest romance ever written as well as a hated concept, damn it Stephanie Mayer, you even messed that idea up too!

@osvaldoperezoso 11 жыл бұрын

Gillermo Is the very BEST in his genre!!!

@ErichoTTA 9 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Meyer really IS Mormon.

@jonathancallahan4932 11 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the best portrayal vampires ever received was Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark. They were grotty, fang-less, brutal trash that still carried the sensuality inherent in the vampire myth. They moved from place to place around the Oklahoma dustbowl killing at will, operating more or less how what amounts to a gang of killers would operate. Interestingly, their way of feeding, I.E. ripping your throat out with their teeth and lapping up the result, is part of the original myth.

@SuperStinsley 11 ай бұрын

Damn bleeping straight!

@talbrott 10 жыл бұрын

brilliant.

@FilmD21 12 жыл бұрын

I thought so 2!!! He stays true to mythology while still putting his uniqueness on the movie....I hate how he doesn't direct movies often....I'm dying to see "Pacific Rim."

@Venus-wo6vo 5 жыл бұрын

Great! del Toro is a MASTER 👏

@RickTBL 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, vampires have been reduced to being "cute, troubled boyfriends". They're all James Dean Of The Dead.

@slashandbones13 10 жыл бұрын

the tend he is talking about can work if done correctly but, most writers don't.

@jessy1ification 6 жыл бұрын

Guillermo = Genious

@Joebius1 10 жыл бұрын

Vampires and werewolves and zombies, Oh my! I wish this fad would end already! I want monsters, not lovesick, differently-challenged people! I can't be the only one, can I?

@jordanwhittle1388 7 жыл бұрын

Rebuilt Gearbox

@matthewb8493 6 жыл бұрын

Rebuilt Gearbox vampire movie called salems lot is literally what you need

@bodhibaby5371 8 жыл бұрын

im going to kill it with my work!! Thank you for this!!!

@Elround4 11 жыл бұрын

Vampires are just fictional characters and folklore serves as simultaneously a study of what people might have thought in the past and concepts to take/alter from for making more fiction. I'm an atheist and love reading folklore found in the cultures around the world. ^^ It is also interesting to think about the psychology behind what writers put into characters.

@PlasmateIncognito 12 жыл бұрын

i read the first strain novel and to hear del toro talk about vampires beings "castrated" and "asexual" immediately reminds me of the fact that his vampire creations, as a byproduct of the changing process, lose their genitals

@fallsor 13 жыл бұрын

@FilmD21 I think he said "corny"

@JavierMartinez-oj3rg 4 жыл бұрын

how is eren or who ever got historia preganant theres no scenes or historia remembering so it can't be possible.

@ballwizard6 11 жыл бұрын

He laughs when he mentions robert pattinson from twightlight LOL cant point out that garbage that twightlight is without laughinh lol

@otakuribo 12 жыл бұрын

I dunno if it counts, but I thought The Walking Dead was a decent show about zombies. I watch TV like, never, so I've only seen an episode or two, but what I saw was pretty good. When it comes to vampires, no one will quite do it better than the 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. I agree about Hollywood, though. Its become too much of a product; it's always been a product but now it's this ugly media machine.

@TheKeyser94 10 жыл бұрын

Animal blood in case of the Cullen, another point to the fairy folklore.

@FilmD21 12 жыл бұрын

@fallsor Oh yeah, you're right! Either way...IT'S TRUE! :)

@kagame1726 4 жыл бұрын

Guys I know that no one will say but Guillermo is my WIFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@communistjesus 11 жыл бұрын

English ancent?? No, I would say he has a combination of a Mexican and Spanish accent..

@otakuribo 12 жыл бұрын

Rise of the Lycans shouldn't have existed. Underworld was never intended to be trilogized, but the first one did well enough that the producers were blinded by the dollar signs in their eyes. That said, seriously, Nosferatu from like the 60s, and Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1999 are bar-none the best vampire flicks. Period.

@heimdal8 11 жыл бұрын

The original Nosferatu was a silent film from the 20's, yes, but Werner Herzog made a remake in the 70's with Klaus Kinski as the vampire. Also, the "Bram Stoker's Dracula is from 1992 - not 99.

@aba2185 10 жыл бұрын

PACIFIC RIM

@TricksterVision 10 жыл бұрын

I'm from the future, it gets a sequel.

@theangryretailer 11 жыл бұрын

Im not in favor of vampires being sanitized. its moronic. damn Stephanie Myer to hell for ruining a monster that was supposed to symbolize the monster in us all...hate Twilight :(

@matthewb8493 6 жыл бұрын

Teri Steele watch salems lot

@FilmD21 13 жыл бұрын

"Almost impossible to dream romantic thing without sounding horny" TRUE THAT!!!!! He is such a smart guy and a great film director. You can not just go wrong with these man!

@elliotstannard5621 3 жыл бұрын

All we need is 6 more likes currently!

@fodsaks 6 жыл бұрын

In the early days of Vampire cinema there was no seduction or sex appeal. Look at Max Schreck.

@TheSqoou 10 жыл бұрын

So no one told him, before the interview that he looks like Milton fro Office Space?

@otakuribo 12 жыл бұрын

Someone asked me why zombies and sparkly vampires have gotten so popular lately. I offered them my personal theory. (1) Stephanie Meyer's sparkly "defanged" vampires explode in popularity (with teenaged girls) (2) Everyone who is NOT a teenage girl despises Meyer's "defanged" vampires, and longs for a time when monsters just wanted to eat people. (3) Zombies are the ultimate answer to Twilight vampires: they are their polar opposite. Zombies don't want to seduce the living; they want BRAAAINS.