Comments on: Hellboy 2 Cover

By: takata

takata — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:59:22 +0000

COOL PIC TO TURN INTO A WALL POSTER!
Del toro is becoming one of those ¨in that dude we trust¨kind of directors!!
HB2 is high on my 2008 list!
So bring the Hobbit as soon as possible too!

By: Karl Hungus

Karl Hungus — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:37:57 +0000

Ah sorry Frank, I took you up wrong there! ;)

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:44:27 +0000

Nice pic.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:15:31 +0000

This is a great cover. Kick ass pic of Pearlman, “40 Movies…” and Natalie vs. Scarlett (I choose Nat)

*****

@Frankwolftown

I thought ‘Mimic’ was terrific. It was the film that introduced me to Del Toro; it made me go see ‘Cronos’ (which, of course, *is* a late night classic, hah) …but about ‘Mimic’…as much as I liked the film, I wonder how much better it could have been *if* Del Toro was not messed over by the studio, and misled about the projected budget.

What is interesting is that, ironically, Spielberg’s biggest failure -1941- was also a film mangled up by the studio at the time.

By: frankwolftown

frankwolftown — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:27:40 +0000

Well I meant to say Spielberg has had his share of turkeys. Maybe I;m being picky but the Blade 2 was really an example of “Hey let’s make some money!”. You have Wesley Snipes killing Vampires like it’s soooo easy and the love interest that suddenly decides to die at the end. Blade 2 will be forgotten soon enough and will be relegated to ‘late night movie status’. I also can’t believe I forgot about The Mimic.

By: Karl Hungus

Karl Hungus — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:09:22 +0000

Big fan of del Toro, and Hellboy, but I don’t think I’ve bought an Empire in a long time. All those ridiculous lists they come up with, that 40 Movies that will get you sex for example, it’s like a women’s mag. There’s something very ‘lowest common denominator’ about those kind of lists.

Frankwolftown, honestly man, del Toro has only had one turkey in his career, and that was Mimic, but it wasn’t even his turkey, it was the studio interference, it was their turkey. Blade 2 was a decent film, definitely not up there with his best work, but far from a turkey.

I think when he’s got quality films like The Devil’s Backbone, Cronos, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, it’s not fair to say he’s came out with his fair share of turkeys, because he ain’t. ;)

By: frankwolftown

frankwolftown — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:52:35 +0000

Whoa there John! I don’t think you wanna add Blade 2 to that list. You could say it had a Spielberg quality to it but more like “1941″ or “The terminal”. Let’s not forget he came out with his share of turkeys. ;-)

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:49:35 +0000

I can’t wait to see this movie. I love Guillermo del Toro work. Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies !

By: Robert(wolf)

Robert(wolf) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:38:41 +0000

I’m more intrested in 40 movies that will get you sex on the right side of the cover hehehe

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:34:56 +0000

I just picked it up today. There’s a great article in it about what really happened on ‘The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen’ between Steve Norrington and Sean Connery.

But apparently, ‘Casino Royale’ is one of 40 movies that will get you sex. Tis not true say I:p