I liked it. Yet, I wasn't entirely engaged by Del Toro's Larry Talbot. He didn't exhibit any personal torment and fear when he realized that he had been infected or turned. This Talbot is stoic, resigned and disconnected; psychologically too inert.
However, this film does bring the monster back as more man than wolf. Thankfully moving away from the long snouted, CGI werewolf creations that have become so commonplace. The transformation of Del Toro and Hopkins into their monsters is riveting and pretty cool.
I have long missed the Lon Chaney Jr. and Oliver Reed wolf-men.
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