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Ticket buyers dilemma: The Passion or Hellboy?

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Hellboy it is! (Have done Passion already.)
What would the film world do without Ron Perlman's mandible? Who would play all the weirdos and freaks of nature? Well, when Ron signs on, he does a damn good job. He brought a humorous depth to the creature "from hell" who was turned to the good side as wee demon. (He even has a small streak of Cyrano within his beastly body.) He is our key weapon for "bumping back" in the night and is assisted by a fish-faced partner who has all the mannerisms of CP3O along with a fresh-faced FBI agent and a "fire starter" (Selma Blair). John Hurt gives an admirable performance as Hellboy's "father" and Jeffery Tambour managed to get outside of "Hank" for this film.
Hellboy, is the best comic book adaptation I've seen. The film has great PRaT and you hardly realize two hours have passed! Terrfic production values, special effects and performances--especially Perlman.

Good fun. Shades not monocles.

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You might be an idiot if . . . - Larry S 17:51:52 04/05/04 (1)
Went to see Hell Boy yesterday. Light piece of fluff, but fine considering the subject matter.
But was very distracted by the idiots who brought their little children, and even babies in strollers, into the theater with them. Kids started wailing 15 minutes into the flick.
Fun part was joining in with the others who started shouting "Take your baby out".
I don't understand these people. And I don't understand why theaters can turn them away. This is why I don't go to the movies very often.
- In the ancient days there were "crying rooms" in both . . . - albee33 21:56:07 04/05/04 (0)
  theatres and churches. Glass walls in the back. Perfect. Don't know what happened to them or those mean-ass little ladies with flash lights that would rip you a new one for talking or throwing popcorn boxes at the screen. Hell, we only got stadium seating as the result of bad manners: men not talking off their ball caps in doors!
  The demise of the decent theatre experience has been hastened due to cheap ownership. If you look at most managers they are in their early 20's and their employees are teenagers. None of them are up to any kind of confortation so the dark-side rules.
"Jeffery Tambour managed to get outside of 'Hank'" - clarkjohnsen 08:30:45 04/05/04 (1)
Hey, he got outside in Arrested Development, and long before anything, in Max Headroom. Geez!
clark
- Haven't seen "Arrested" and missed "Max" . . . so I am Tambour-challagened. n - albee33 14:35:28 04/05/04 (0)
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I'll see it Tuesday...... - Chris Garrett 21:20:22 04/04/04 (5)
the Miami Herald's critic Rene Rodriguez gave it 3 stars out of 4 and said it was thoroughly enjoyable, even though the characters were somewhat shallow.
Chris
- Critics kill me: "characters shallow". Hell, it's a COMIC book! Go have a good time. n - albee33 06:03:36 04/05/04 (4)
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  - Re: "Hell, it's a COMIC book!" Which one? Passion or Hellboy? ; ) (nt) - Fretless 21:38:49 04/06/04 (1)
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    - Take a wild guess . . . 8^) - albee33 13:21:05 04/08/04 (0)
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  - Re: Critics kill me: "characters shallow". Hell, it's a COMIC book! Go have a good time. n - Analog Scott 10:23:28 04/05/04 (1)
    I thought the characters were nicely fleshed out from the original comic book characters which were just plain two dimensional. I am basing this opinion on having only seen the previews of the movie and never having actually read the comic books.
    - The Punisher........ - Chris Garrett 11:16:09 04/05/04 (0)
      I disagree with albee about comic books being shallow vis a vis their characters. I'm looking forward to seeing The Punisher remake and I have all of the books and have read most of them and Frank Castle is far from shallow in print. I personally thought that Dolph Lundgren captured FC pretty well and I believe that the original The Punisher was fabulously true to the books and own it on DVD, so this one will have its work cut out for it. I could see where a critic would have valid criticisms of a character as rendered differently in film, presumming that they actually read the books. I don't know if Rene ever read Hellboy, or not?
      Anyhow, all one has to do is read Alan Moore's SWAMP THING or Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN to see that characters in comic books can be as vivid as any character in a novel.
      I don't read Hellboy, so I can't really say whether RR is correct, but some movies based on books seem to do a better job than others.
      Chris

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