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Acolyte
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Re: "In the Mouth of Madness"
If it ever gets made, it might turn out okay. del Toro did a great job with the Devil's Backbone. Let's just hope its more in the style of that than Hellboy.
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Yep. I agree, Adam. Aside from a couple of rather nifty effects, HELLBOY was pretty close to unwatchable (to me). Very cheesy (and I'm not one to dismiss comic-inspired films out of hand). In fact, I'll go as far as to say that it was one of the worse films I've seen in some years (probably because it was such a letdown to me). Nothing is quite as bad as Lovecraftian concepts reduced to cartoonish, conventional good vs. evil themes.
That stated, I also agree that The Devil's Backbone is an excellent movie. Very subtly constructed and genuinely creepy (and unpredictable). Unfortunately, I have my doubts that del Toro is taking The Devil's Backbone route with ATMOM, considering that del Toro comment about wanting the new film to be his LOTR (I assume comparing himself to Peter Jackson). For all those films' many merits, I found Jackson's direction to be often almost always very broad and heavy handed. Given that and the complete absence of complexity or subtlety in Hellboy, I can say that I don't have high hopes for del Toro's ATMOM. | |||||||||||
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Re: "In the Mouth of Madness"
I've heard about Del Toro directing ATMOM just after watching "The Devil's Backbone" and to tell the truth, I told myself that this is going to be a revolutionary Lovecraft adaptation. Then I saw "Hellboy" and lost all my hopes.
If Del Toro wants to be a second Peter Jackson, ATMOM is never going to work. It would simply mean that he wants to make a totally comercial movie which would have to be generally accepted by the majority of audiences, which in my opinion is imposible in case of any story by Lovecraft. For me, the main positive aspect of Lovecraft's fiction is that it is NOT for everybody. | |||||||||||
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Re: "In the Mouth of Madness"
that would be interesting...shot guns and whatnot against amorphous beings
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