viernes, 11 de julio de 2008

Directed and feel Mexican.


Is always a unique touch when it come knowing Director Guillermo Del Toro. Dropping he's drama part, and taken more a fun , comedic, and sometime karate style for he's latest. Bringing back the beer drinking, foul mouthing, raising hell temper red demon:
Hellboy, so does the sequel bring more satire adventures or is not worth to drink for, here's my horn breaker of review:
In time Human was at war with the mystic creatures from goblins, ogres, and elves, that never ended, until, prince Nuada(Luke Goss) advise he's father The King, for constructing a invincible army, that can obey him every order, with out any hesitation, build by the finest metal of the ogres, a army that decimated, humanity. The king felt regret for what he did, that he made a truce with the human. By then he son when to exile, as for the crown that give him the power to control it, it was shatter by 3 pies one given by the human, and the 2 were kept. Now that time have came when Princesis out to reclaim it, and take back what once was there. Attacking first auction house, where by then The BPRD, are having problem of their own, with Hellboy(Ron Perlman) always taking picture in the public eye. He's having girlfriend problem with Liz(Selma Blair), while Abe Sapien try to enjoy the mood. All that change whern they go to investigated the problem, but with Red been untamed, is time for a new agent to join the party. Coming Johann Krauss(voice by Seth Mcfarlane) to take the command and start investigating but when the princessNuala(Anna Walton) seek their help, for not letting he's brother get the final piece of the crown, that will awaken the golden army, is time to meet my big red stone hand. But wait there's till the couple problem they have to solve, will they?
this is the best perfomance from Ron Perlman yet, with the personality he give to this character theres no wondering why folk love the big red skin Demon, with witty dialog, to the no take prisoner attitud, to the fun he have to just accomplishing a mission. Selma, show more acting this time around, been the mother figure to the team. Than come the bookworm amphibian Abe Sapien a first having seen in comic, but on this film he get he's scale wasted, when it come chatting of love, then finally the man to follow the order specialising in ectoplasm(slime i think) Who dont have a physical body, but a very smoking form that need to be in a contaiment suit, voice by Family Guy creator seth Mcfarlane coming from all people that like to make funny Mexican joke, why put him as a German voice, i mean seriously this is a strange voice acting they did, i rather go with Ben Kindley. Now Luke goss role, was deviant, and evil, the scene where he go and kill the king was some fancy choreography that only once can be seen in a John Woo. I felt Anna Walton role was cut short, really they went somewhere with the relation she was having with Abe. That could have been the center role for the picture.
The story was a change, cause mostly the BPRD investigated paranormal activity, and this one feel the cross Lord of the ring with X-men. The scene of the ogre black market felt like the cantina bar of the 1rt star wars, Guillermo let loose with he's creativity, introducing to a whole variety of creatures. that not even george Lucas could never made. From the same gobbling tone of laberynth to the golden armor of dungeon and dragon way. I mean the tumor baby, that can only been seen in total recall. And the no leg troll that was creepy. But let be honest here the 2 love story of the picture go flat, when most of the attention go more to Ron n Liz, and not to abe, that really he should have more screen time with the princess. But of course the chemistry that hellboy start having with Jonh it was more fun than any Rush hour film. I mean the locker scene that only could have made if casper was crack addict ghost. but really take the cream for this flick, go to the drunkenness of friends, showing why we really need frat buddies like hellboy, to keep in mind why love sucks.
But what about the action? well there's plenty of it, from the first fight with hellboy and Mr.wink, they when all WWf with it. to the confrontation with the Princess, that only in a Kung fu film you can see move like that. But the best one go to the plant monster, were we see some good foot work from the big red, introducing us to his big baby. Or the slip and slide of Abe when facing Wink alone. The golden army, was by far hard to see, cause really with so many armor, blocking the shot there's noway where hellboy was. But Krauss really took that scene, by possessing one of them, and going all transformer like, was good.
So it come to show you if in the near future any one is making a review of the lord of the ring in modern time , Hellboy2 is a good example. Guillermo made a very stylish and fantasial film with this one. From he's previous film, is good than the 1srt, sure it lack in the story, but the laughs were there, from anything hellboy punch, to inventing a word like glasshole. So don't expect nothing like pan laberynth. Cause this film show Guillermo Mexican side. And well done.
To finish, guillermo got the style for making any fantasy film, with this, he have many to prove. so yeah he's ready for the hobbit.
next stop the dark knight.

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