I think both are very good directors, but if I had to pick the one that's better today, I'd say Jackson. Jackson's special effects aren't as good as Del Toro's, but Jackson is the better story teller of the two. I dozed during Pan's Labyrinth a couple times, and though I did enjoy the Hellboy movies immensely I haven't seen an epic story telling out of Del Toro though I keep on hearing he can do it.
That being said, Jackson has only done the Lord of the Rings trilogy that really impressed me but Heavenly Creatures showed me he is more than capable of doing drama that doesn't require a fantasy setting to tell.
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