Yeah, I watched it in my local fleapit when it was out with a bunch of my friends, we were pretty disappointed.
A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!
Elsewhere:
Yeah, I watched it in my local fleapit when it was out with a bunch of my friends, we were pretty disappointed.
I wonder if he’s in a tricky position where he needs big names attached to get funding.
“That’s a wild idea Terry, but who’s starring in it that I’ve heard of?”
It seems to date back to The Fisher King after he ran out of Python momentum in the 80s.
So… “use AI”?
Hellboy’s back in cinemas
Not for the Yanks, it ain’t!
But what’s noteworthy about Hellboy: The Crooked Man (directed by Crank co-director Brian Taylor) is just how small-scale it looks compared to the visually sumptuous movies director Guillermo del Toro served up in the 2000s.
This was intentional - most Hellboy stories are small-scale. I love GdT’s original Hellboy but it wasn’t really your average Hellboy tale, going full Avengers Endgame without the build-up.
and not including Everything Everywhere All at Once?
It’s #4
Before the edit: you can start what communities you like.
After the edit: please don’t.
Not having Enter the Dragon at #1 is just messing with us.
Glad Shang-Chi got a mention, as well as EEAAO, as both films had top notch action choreography (the former just lost it in the last act) - the Martial Club (especially Andy Le) did great work on both and have a tonne of behind the scenes videos on their YouTube channel (been a bit quiet recently so they may be working on something new).
His films of the last 25 years have been both critical and commercial misfires.
That’s the problem and that plot outline, while sounding like something he can get his teeth into, doesn’t have the look of box office gold.
That’s one Hell of a 5 year run!
I also appreciate the fact that they didn’t include JCVD, as it would have given the list a note of… “seriousness” or “credibility” but you do have to have a few of his films under your belt before watching it. They could also have thrown in Predator for the surprise factor but the graphic may wink to that.
We dodged a bullet there.
I don’t think they liked it.
Is it wrong that this kinda makes me want to watch it more?
There aren’t many remakes where you think “well that is overdue”.
The only ones I am looking forward to are Edgar Wright’s Running Man and Barbarella but they are technically re-adaptations.
Well that didn’t take long.
“You’ve thrilled to Axe/Wolf/Scanner/Samurai/Cyborg Cop, you’ve been revolted by Fist of Jesus, you are looking forward to Jesus Cop. Now brace yourself for Lethal Christ.”
That’s the porn parody.
Personal opinion, neither? 🤷♂️😄
Personal opinion, both!
Lethal Passion!
He died and came back, as a loose cannon Messiah! The Romans had better watch out!!
I saw the trailer for that and it looked weird and exploitative, apparently because it is.
Does “disrupted business environment” include releasing a series of flops?
There’s nothing that looks like it’ll make them any money appearing from them until the middle of next year and they are all sequels/prequels/remakes (John Wick, Hunger Games, Saw, Dirty Dancing, and Now You See Me).
Lucky they now have an AI deal to help replace all the people they are sacking, when they really need help with quality control.