Hellboy (Guillermo Del Toro 2004)
Posted on December 28 at 10.03, 2004 by Eric Mahleb
This is a fairly solid effort by the director of Cronos and Blade II.
Guillermo Del Toro is an exciting and promising director with an interesting taste for the bizarre and unusual. He also seems to be attracted to stories that combined elements of the surreal with plausible and realistic settings.
Ron Perlman is indeed very charismatic, as many critics have pointed out, in the role of a demon raised on earth and dedicated to fighting the forces of evil that gave birth to him.
The film contains some truly wonderful special effects that make the experience very entertaining.
Yet, the constant deluge of jokes and comic relief moments ruined what could have been a very serious sci-fi flick.
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Pan’s Labyrinth - Quiet Please - Film reviews by Eric Mahleb Says:
April 14, 2007 at 17.25[...] Pan’s Labyrinth, recipient a week ago of the National Society of Film Critics Best Picture award, seems like the perfect follow-up to Hellboy. Del Toro goes further in his study and exploration of Magic Realism in film and delivers a work that, in spite of its brutality and a couple of disturbing scenes, has a broader appeal than some his previous efforts. His craft and technique is clearly improving and he is slowing starting to make his mark on the industry, alongside his Mexican compatriots Inaritu and Cuaron. [...]