Thoughts on Hellboy 2 and The Hobbit (spoiler free)

[andrewducker]

I am very happy that Guillermo Del Toro is directing The Hobbit.  His direction, art and cinematography are astounding and gorgeous.

I am equally happy that he is not writing the plot or the dialogue for it.  Because he does not seem to have grasped that a bunch of scenes is not the same thing as a movie, nor that trite and cliched dialogie is a bad thing.

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Along with his healthy dollop of "Omg this is the stupidest thing to do, but I'm-a do it anyway 'cause I need to for the plot to advance!"

Mind you, Tolkein already wrote a bit of that into the plot of The Hobbit...

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

See, I think that all of his writing for his spanish language features is awesome. I simply cannot understand what happens to the movies he makes for an english language audience, so I don't really think that it's him stinking up the place.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

See this is what I said about hellboy 1. And indeed pan's Labyrinth., And everyone disagreed with me :-P
he'a an ARTIST not a WRITER. it's like when John Byrne tried to write the X men (shudder!)

[chuma.livejournal.com]

Not seen Hellboy 2 yet. Recommend it? Or is it like the first; okay but nothing special.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I didn't think the dialogue was necessarily *bad*... it was a maybe a bit too pulpy and B-movie-ish and at odds with the way the film looked, however.

My main beef was that Del Toro still can't pace and direct action very well.

7/10.