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Hellboy=awesome!!
Apr. 2nd, 2004 09:53 pmI'm having a multi-task frenzy. Occasionally my attention span shorts out and I end up with 5-10 windows open at once. XD I only mentioned this because I have three fics. . . no, 4. . . and a journal, and maybe something else, open, and then I decided it was time to update. lol.
Anyway, I had a fabulous time today. The only problem was that the bus to the city (if I haven't explained this, my plan for today was to go into the city on an art field trip to the Met, and then meet my dad there at 1--when the bus was departing--and we'd go see Hellboy together), a cheese bus, was overbooked by 4 people, and Katie and I ended up sitting on one seat--the one all the way at the back that's meant to only hold one. Very uncomfortable and annoying. But aside from that, it was fantastic. :D
And when we arrived at the museum, a girl who I've taught to crochet and who's quite cool (cooler now, in my eyes, and you'll see why) told me that she found my dad's website, where he has a page dedicated to my art. And she told me that she adores my art and thinks it's amazing and was just soooo incredibly nice and complimentary! I was utterly blown away. :D Serious good feeling. And she's going to Hampshire, probably, so we'll be able to take classes at each other's schools! wheeee! That was really awesome.
Oh, side note. In french, we're watching a movie, kind of. Like CATS--it's the french musical Notre Dame de Paris (based off the Victor Hugo novel of the same name--known to Americans as The Hunchback of Notre Dame) filmed on stage. And we just watched the first few songs--Le Temps Des Cathedrales, and Les Sans-Papiers (I'm half-guessing on the names. Not completely sure). Anyway, I loved them. I'm a total nerd, I love musicals. We had the french subtitles on, and she suggested that we sing along, and I actually did! Albeit quietly. lol. XD I've been singing them all day. "Il est venu le temps des cathedrales! Le monde est entrée dans un nouveau millénaire! L'homme a voulu monter vers les étoiles! Écrire son histoire, dans le verre ou dans la pierre. . . "
Moving on, we were at the Met to see the Chuck Close exhibit, which is unbelievable and I would recommend anyone who's in the area to go check it out. Our last art trip was to the Guggenheim, which was to see the James Rosenquist exhibit, and it was not that cool. I really don't like his work, plus, it was all they had (that's how the Guggenheim works--they do a rotating thingie), and we were on a tour which turned out to be really stupid. This time, we saw an absolutely awesome exhibit, and then we had several hours to wander around on our own. So I toured the museum with Katie, Emily, and Perin. I had a great time. :D
And there was no problem meeting Dad, he got there early and all was good. And there was a showing of Hellboy at 1:50 at a theater at 64th and 2nd, which was kind of a walk, but we hot-footed it, and made it there by around 1:40-ish, leaving the museum somewhere around 1:15, far as I can tell (we had to wait for David for a bit, Katie was doing a lunch thing with him).
The Hellboy movie was absolutely fantastically wonderful and great and awesome and cool and funny and exciting and touching and I loved it!!!! :D So did Dad! We both adored it. It was great. You should all go out and see it--unless you're extremely faint of heart.
( I describe the icky part, because I want to get it out, but feel more than free to read the rest of the review first!! )
Ok, good. Now. The movie rocked hardcore. I mean. . . ::grins:: It was just totally completely awesome. It was really funny. Hellboy was making with the one-liners, but in his cool, "calm in the face of icky stuff" way. They were way funny. And everyone was great--all the actors were fantastic. Things that I thought would bother me because of differences with the comic (i.e. Hellboy and Liz! I was steaming about that) were totally cool. Cos they did it really well, and easily, and it just made sense and worked well for a movie. Even when I saw things that were different, and normally I hate that, it totally didn't bother me at all. They just did a really good job making this into a movie. They adjusted it perfectly. I'm soooo impressed. All the characters, awesome. Ron Pearlman was fantastic ( i have this long theory/rant which I realized sounds movie-negative and it shouldn't be--it's comic-positive )Oops. that was long. Anyway, Ron Pearlman was the perfect Hellboy, and I loved him! It was perfect. Aside from the Liz thing, his character was also slightly different, but in the movie, Hellboy is not "out" to the general public, so he generally has to remain hidden and doesn't have the acceptance of the populace, so I think that that accounts for the differences. Like, he was more angsty and less "well-adjusted". ;) (I wink, but only people who read the comic will get that. lol.) I mean, one of the things I love about the comics is that this huuuuuuge red guy with horn stubs wanders around, and people are happy to see him, and if the beautiful Liz Sherman shows up, they're disappointed that Hellboy isn't there. lol. It's a simpler universe, and one that would not work in a movie. So that's ok.
OK, this is going to be really long, so I'm going to cut it again. lol. I should not be surprised, after my entry on the comic itself. O_O
( I decided I wouldn't stop myself from babbling, although I'll try to keep it spoiler free )
That was a thoroughly fantastic, entertaining, exciting movie. It also has a thoughtful and emotional side, although it's a bit heavy on the gore. Everyone should go see it, it's vastly enjoyable for anyone who is even the slightest fan of action movies. Go! Go see the movie, and then tell all your friends to go see it. It got a great review in the times, and my dad--who doesn't really like many movies--also really adored it--as much as me!! So this isn't just my insane fangirl ramblings. Just so you know. :D It really is a wonderful movie. Well-written, well-made, high quality.
Although, seriously. . . I say this after every long post, especially because I'm usually just going on about some fandom thing or whatever, but. . . how could anyone read all that?? XD
Anyway, I had a fabulous time today. The only problem was that the bus to the city (if I haven't explained this, my plan for today was to go into the city on an art field trip to the Met, and then meet my dad there at 1--when the bus was departing--and we'd go see Hellboy together), a cheese bus, was overbooked by 4 people, and Katie and I ended up sitting on one seat--the one all the way at the back that's meant to only hold one. Very uncomfortable and annoying. But aside from that, it was fantastic. :D
And when we arrived at the museum, a girl who I've taught to crochet and who's quite cool (cooler now, in my eyes, and you'll see why) told me that she found my dad's website, where he has a page dedicated to my art. And she told me that she adores my art and thinks it's amazing and was just soooo incredibly nice and complimentary! I was utterly blown away. :D Serious good feeling. And she's going to Hampshire, probably, so we'll be able to take classes at each other's schools! wheeee! That was really awesome.
Oh, side note. In french, we're watching a movie, kind of. Like CATS--it's the french musical Notre Dame de Paris (based off the Victor Hugo novel of the same name--known to Americans as The Hunchback of Notre Dame) filmed on stage. And we just watched the first few songs--Le Temps Des Cathedrales, and Les Sans-Papiers (I'm half-guessing on the names. Not completely sure). Anyway, I loved them. I'm a total nerd, I love musicals. We had the french subtitles on, and she suggested that we sing along, and I actually did! Albeit quietly. lol. XD I've been singing them all day. "Il est venu le temps des cathedrales! Le monde est entrée dans un nouveau millénaire! L'homme a voulu monter vers les étoiles! Écrire son histoire, dans le verre ou dans la pierre. . . "
Moving on, we were at the Met to see the Chuck Close exhibit, which is unbelievable and I would recommend anyone who's in the area to go check it out. Our last art trip was to the Guggenheim, which was to see the James Rosenquist exhibit, and it was not that cool. I really don't like his work, plus, it was all they had (that's how the Guggenheim works--they do a rotating thingie), and we were on a tour which turned out to be really stupid. This time, we saw an absolutely awesome exhibit, and then we had several hours to wander around on our own. So I toured the museum with Katie, Emily, and Perin. I had a great time. :D
And there was no problem meeting Dad, he got there early and all was good. And there was a showing of Hellboy at 1:50 at a theater at 64th and 2nd, which was kind of a walk, but we hot-footed it, and made it there by around 1:40-ish, leaving the museum somewhere around 1:15, far as I can tell (we had to wait for David for a bit, Katie was doing a lunch thing with him).
The Hellboy movie was absolutely fantastically wonderful and great and awesome and cool and funny and exciting and touching and I loved it!!!! :D So did Dad! We both adored it. It was great. You should all go out and see it--unless you're extremely faint of heart.
( I describe the icky part, because I want to get it out, but feel more than free to read the rest of the review first!! )
Ok, good. Now. The movie rocked hardcore. I mean. . . ::grins:: It was just totally completely awesome. It was really funny. Hellboy was making with the one-liners, but in his cool, "calm in the face of icky stuff" way. They were way funny. And everyone was great--all the actors were fantastic. Things that I thought would bother me because of differences with the comic (i.e. Hellboy and Liz! I was steaming about that) were totally cool. Cos they did it really well, and easily, and it just made sense and worked well for a movie. Even when I saw things that were different, and normally I hate that, it totally didn't bother me at all. They just did a really good job making this into a movie. They adjusted it perfectly. I'm soooo impressed. All the characters, awesome. Ron Pearlman was fantastic ( i have this long theory/rant which I realized sounds movie-negative and it shouldn't be--it's comic-positive )Oops. that was long. Anyway, Ron Pearlman was the perfect Hellboy, and I loved him! It was perfect. Aside from the Liz thing, his character was also slightly different, but in the movie, Hellboy is not "out" to the general public, so he generally has to remain hidden and doesn't have the acceptance of the populace, so I think that that accounts for the differences. Like, he was more angsty and less "well-adjusted". ;) (I wink, but only people who read the comic will get that. lol.) I mean, one of the things I love about the comics is that this huuuuuuge red guy with horn stubs wanders around, and people are happy to see him, and if the beautiful Liz Sherman shows up, they're disappointed that Hellboy isn't there. lol. It's a simpler universe, and one that would not work in a movie. So that's ok.
OK, this is going to be really long, so I'm going to cut it again. lol. I should not be surprised, after my entry on the comic itself. O_O
( I decided I wouldn't stop myself from babbling, although I'll try to keep it spoiler free )
That was a thoroughly fantastic, entertaining, exciting movie. It also has a thoughtful and emotional side, although it's a bit heavy on the gore. Everyone should go see it, it's vastly enjoyable for anyone who is even the slightest fan of action movies. Go! Go see the movie, and then tell all your friends to go see it. It got a great review in the times, and my dad--who doesn't really like many movies--also really adored it--as much as me!! So this isn't just my insane fangirl ramblings. Just so you know. :D It really is a wonderful movie. Well-written, well-made, high quality.
Although, seriously. . . I say this after every long post, especially because I'm usually just going on about some fandom thing or whatever, but. . . how could anyone read all that?? XD
