Hellboy 2

[mokin]

im looking forward to seeing the same characters del toro used in pan's labyrinth, now in hellboy 2.

I too thought the same thing. I was impressed by the style in Pan's Labyrinth but can't he change his fantasy characters at least a little from one movie to the next?

I don't know. Nobody minds that all Jim Henson creations all have that muppet look, even the Labyrinth and Dark Crystal stuff. Same with H.R. Giger. Maybe Del Toro (or whoever his F/X guy is) has an aesthetic that they stick to.

[Spoony]

I saw it this afternoon and liked it. I was a little put off by the overly-campy dialogue, but whatareyagonnado, it was a fun movie. It wasn't seamless by any means, but I didn't walk into this expecting to buy the Critereon release in a few months.


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MacFarlane could have used a little raining in, but when his response to losing his armor was slowly streaking the compound singing German folk songs, I busted up. CHARACTER HUMOR!

[namethebats]

I saw it this afternoon and liked it. I was a little put off by the overly-campy dialogue, but whatareyagonnado, it was a fun movie. It wasn't seamless by any means, but I didn't walk into this expecting to buy the Critereon release in a few months.

I agree with all of this. Seth MacFarlane's character had a couple of lines that almost crossed into overt parody of a typical dramatic movie moment.

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On the other hand, "I'm not a baby, I'm a tumor" deserves consideration for the quote list.

[Spoony]

Maybe Del Toro (or whoever his F/X guy is) has an aesthetic that they stick to.

It's rarely one guy. It's usually an entire post-production group. Good call on comparing this aesthetic to Jim Henson's workshop. It's been awhile since one guy has managed to create a signature fantasy world to the stories he puts on the screen. It's as much fun to imagine all of the Children's Television Workshop universes overlapping as much as it is Del Toro's fidgeting together in one calamitous world.

[Vambo]

I geeked over "See You Next Wednesday".