MOVIE CHAT: HELLBOY

[Tard]

Heh, decided to watch a bootleg DVD of the movie before deciding to spend money on a theatre ticket.

For the character, believe Perlman was the right choice of actor. Always restraining himself from his demonic heritage, it's understandable he'd be quiet, on the brink of boiling-point. Thank gawd his "real name" didn't turn out to be "ONE"... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Except for the WWII "intro" being identical to Magneto's nazi-backstory in X-Men, found the whole movie was a LOT more reminicent of MEN IN BLACK, fighting paranormal rather than alien enemies. Using disinformation & ridicule so the populace won't believe in the NJ garbage-truck-driving paranormal police, rather than zapping witnesses with a Neuralizer-flash.

[Tard]

See exactly what you meant about Tambor's character though. I had to wince at the moment of 'bonding' when Tambor showed HB how to properly light his cigars. [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img]

Another wince-inducing moment was HB battling the 'thing' in the subway. Nobody in the background had a face, lots of running & screaming in all directions, pandemonium, EXCEPT for the one girl who just happened to forget a crate of kittens on the floor. "My kittens! Save my kittens!" BLARGH... Yea, believe HB had an affinity for cats in the comics, but it seemed forced in that scene, overbearing, driving-home the same way John Williams soundtracks pound ya over the head to get an emotional response.

[rocketmaster]

del Toro is friggin' delusional. Why would the studio want to release two versions of THIS?! He's lucky if they let him blabber through ONE commentary.

[Tard]

Still, he couldn't POSSIBLY give a worse commentary than Paul Verhoeven! You ever try listening to his commentary of Starship Troopers?
"Reel burgs, CG burgs, reel, cg, reel, cg..."
Only thing that could possibly redeem Starship Troopers commentary track is if you could hear Verhoeven snorting lines of coke continuously...



<font color="#339900" size="1">[ April 14, 2004 01:08 PM: Message edited by: reved ]</font>

[kingfozzy]

From the Superhero Hype website...

Hellboy writer and director Guillermo del Toro tells Video Store Magazine that he is planning two separate DVD editions for the film.

"The first edition is going to be a double disc hopefully, and the second edition is going to be a long cut of the movie, 20 minutes added, and you add a third disc to it," del Toro said. "I think you have the chance of the more casual fan just buying the first one, and the guy who really is hardcore going for the second one."

The extra scenes will develop subplots with one of the villains, Rasputin (Karel Roden), and a love triangle with Hellboy (Ron Perlman), Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and Agent Myers (Rupert Evans). In the film, there is only one scene where Sherman and Myers seem to be developing a romantic relationship that makes Hellboy jealous.

"There is a little subplot that was taken from the movie that involved Rasputin's eyes," del Toro said. "That adds a layer of strangeness and beauty to him. There are more scenes between Selma and Rupert, and there's a little bit more of being able to follow those subplots. I feel that they couldn't be in the movie because the theatrical cut has to be a cut that moves to a pace that any casual fan or nonfan can enjoy, and the DVD is hardcore."