The original Hellboy movies - Thoughts?
Apr 17, 2019 21:46:35 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 17, 2019 21:46:35 GMT
They are decent.
One good thing with Del Toro is that he treats fantasy seriously (when he wants to). Unlike a Disney MCU film, the humor arises from the character situations naturally, not shoe-horned in for a cheap laugh.
They did get some emotional poignancy as well--like the end of the first one where he mentions how he told the demons to let what's her name come back.
I overlook it as a superhero category I guess because it is an occult thing.
The FX were well handled too--like when Krauss takes over the Golden army soldier.
Too bad they didn't do a third one. There was a rumor that Del Toro wanted to do a Hellboy meets the Universal Monsters story which would use CG versions of Karloff/Lugosi/Chaney etc...
One good thing with Del Toro is that he treats fantasy seriously (when he wants to). Unlike a Disney MCU film, the humor arises from the character situations naturally, not shoe-horned in for a cheap laugh.
They did get some emotional poignancy as well--like the end of the first one where he mentions how he told the demons to let what's her name come back.
I overlook it as a superhero category I guess because it is an occult thing.
The FX were well handled too--like when Krauss takes over the Golden army soldier.
Too bad they didn't do a third one. There was a rumor that Del Toro wanted to do a Hellboy meets the Universal Monsters story which would use CG versions of Karloff/Lugosi/Chaney etc...