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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.
The main problem I had with that movie was Kroenen. AUGH!!! I'll admit, I had to leave the theater. I'm afraid I heard enough to freak me out, although I was able to slip my glasses off for the worst. But, seriously, two of my worst squicks are eyes and mutilation, and Kroenen was just so disgusting. ::shivers:: So that creeped me out and was really gross (i'm bringing this up first before I talk about how much I loved the movie because I need to get it out of my system) and makes me hesitant to go see it again--with Dad and Katie, this time. . . but I'll know when I need to step out of the theater, I suppose. . . Ugh. So bad. So if you don't like gore, be prepared any time Kroenen is sitting around at a table working at something, and when he's in the morgue-thingie. Some of it is described orally, so covering eyes doesn't help--I don't know how much they show because I was not looking. When he showed up I was thinking, "wow, the mask looks really good, and works really well on screen. very creepy." Because sometimes things will be scary in comic book, and just look silly on screen--of course, they did too good a job with this movie for that to happen, but anyway. Then I realized "oh, god. I do not want to see him with his mask off." After a couple bad things, I pretty much started covering, or partially covering, my eyes anytime Kroenen was on screen. However, it was my personal squick, and my personal "can't get things that disturb me out of my head" thing, so others will probably have less of a problem with him.
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 [although I have this whole theory about Mignola's minimalist style, and how we don't really get to know Hellboy, so we're able to kind of fill in and he can stay complicated, and they had to define him better in the movie, we get to know him better, but this makes him slightly. . . I don't want to say more two-dimensional, because he's not or anything, but with less depth. . . which is the same thing but I don't know how to say it. It's like, now, in the movie, he's pinned down, whereas he wasn't before. It's like Carla Speed McNeil was explaining that she can't "use up" Jaeger too soon. We don't get to know everything about Hellboy (or Jaeger) so they're more realistic and human, because we can't know all the intimate details about the workings of the minds of our fellow man. So even though Hellboy was still a great and realistic character (i mean, you know, as big red demons go), he wasn't quite as much. I want to stress that everything I say here is in only the slightest degree, and Hellboy is far, far, far more complex and human than a great deal of movie characters. It's only because I feel so particular about the comic that I've come up with this bizarre theory, which I have trouble explaining because it's not a reflection of my opinion on the movie in any way, really--it's nothing about the movie at all!! It's only about the comic, and how good that is!] 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
Selma Blair was also great as Liz. And she was really perfect. Except for the transfer of affection to HB, and I think she was a little less tough and a little more sad/vulnerable, she was soooo close. Whoa. They only touched upon her original house-burning guilt, and focused more on her lack of normalcy problems, I think, but it's all good. She was lovely and wonderful and Liz.
I thought I'd hate John Meyers. He's not in the comics, he's totally fabricated. Plus, he's competing with Hellboy for Liz, and he's this FBI punk who comes into the BPRD. . . well, that's what I thought before I saw the movie. And it's kind of correct--he also likes Liz, and he was moved from the FBI to the BPRD. But I found myself liking him, and finding him a very sympathetic character. And I went in there not liking him at all. So he was really good. I can't remember the actor's name.
Old and Young Bruttenholm was all good. :D Both of them were great--really comic book-y. I liked Young Bruttenholm, he had this kind of whiny nerd voice, and he was all with these soldiers, telling him to carry crosses and whatever--but he turned out to actually be pretty tough and cool! So I thought he was great.
::gasps:: And baby Hellboy!!! I adore baby Hellboy. I want a baby Hellboy icon. Because, holy crap! Soooooooo cute!! :D
By the way, sometimes Hellboy himself, all grown up, was so oozing with manliness and cool awesomeness that I found him totally hot. >.>
Anyway. Yes. Hellbaby an utter, utter muffin. Who likes Baby Ruths. XD
Which reminds me, they did several throwbacks to the comic. Throwback? whatever. They used the phrases "Seed of Destruction" and "Right Hand of Doom"!! lol. Riotous. Although Seed of Destruction wasn't referring to Hellboy, and in the comic I'm fairly certain that if the seed was a thing, and not the events, it would be Hellboy. But that's fine, they were just sticking it in. :D (The Right Hand of Doom was, you know. His Right Hand of Doom. :D) Plus, they had an animated corpse which was totally like the one in The Corpse, but Russian, and it was a little different because Hellboy needed his help, as opposed to the opposite. So the corpse (Ivan) got to be even more snarky. When asked how he's doing, Ivan, who has lost his lower half, I'm not sure befor or after his death, says (we see the subtitles, cos he's speaking either Russian or some weird hell language) "If I had legs, I'd kick your ass". They had a reference to the short story "Nature of the Beast", in which the dragon HB is fighting is killed when the sword from a statue breaks off and stabs it when it's crushing HB against said statue. Reference, whatever. And Hellboy ate pancakes!! They had this whole "Hellboy eats a lot of food" thing going on, so it was two huge platters, just piled with pancakes, but still--Hellboy story! XD They also drew some stuff from "Box Full of Evil", but those were totally plot related and just kind of cool. I bounced, anyway! Oh!! And in the flashback to HB's first appearance, they had them pose for the photo which was in the comic. Like, they took the photo in the comic, too. And now the fact that all these army guys took a picture with the Hellbaby makes more sense. It just flows a bit better--I always wondered how that photo came about. lol.
I just thought those were fun. lol.
Now, Abe Sapien was great. They did a good job with him. Good is an understatement. I apologize. they did an unbelievable job. Because, I mean, Hellboy is complicated enough (the horns looked awesome, btw) but Abe is just crazy. And he looked perfect!! I mean, hell yeah. And the way the actor who did his body moved was just awesome. It was fantastic. But Abe's character got changed. And this is was bothers me most. It doesn't annoy me, or anything like that. It's a good decision. I just miss real Abe. Because I like Abe. They kind of made him a nancy in the movie. He's a bit of a fruity wimp. He's voiced by David Hyde Pierce (if I'm getting the name right), and a lot of his movements, while all good and fluid and cool, were kind of. . . limp wristed? Feminine? I mean, he's brave and he does his part and is really cool, but he's totally more weak and wimpy than in the comic. They gave him psychic powers, which makes sense--more developed frontal lobe. Or maybe I'm just thinking it makes sense because I'm confusing comic book anatomy with real anatomy. i.e. Aquaman makes me think fish have psychic powers. XD Anyway, so he does more research and reconaissance--plays the role of the psychics that the BPRD brings in (in the comic), to look for traces of spirits and what-not. Like, and he's an absolutely loveable, wonderful character. He's a great friend, he's smart, he does his part, he's brave. He's great. Plus, he works perfectly as a foil to Hellboy, who's even tougher in the movie than he is in the comics (as I've already discussed--darker, less well-adjusted--but still fun and nice and a good guy). Comic Abe would make for too much testosterone running around. So they couldn't have done anything else, and he is really great.
But I miss Abe! Cos comic Abe, is kind of tough. He's a bit similar to Hellboy, but he's more vulnerable in some ways, and able to be tougher in others. He's closer to human in some of his actions and responses. He loves Liz. He's very manly. Which works kinda good with the Liz thing. . . and I'm not sure what I mean by that, but it's good. He's basically as close as the comics get to a romantic male lead, I suppose. lol. I adore those two together, I think they're beyond sweet. So I was flipping out when I found out about Hellboy and Liz--glad I gave them a chance because it was perfect. Still. I think I have a bit of a crush on comic abe. But I also apparently have a crush on Hellboy, and I know I have a crush on Roger!! ;) (I missed him, but he wasn't in Seed of Destruction, anyway) So, that's my Abe thing. He was a great character, he worked really well, they did a good job with him, he added a lot to the movie, I just miss sexier comic Abe.
I've lost my train of thought. I can't remember what I wanted to cover after Abe. lol.
The story was great. It was a fantastic adaptation of the comic--simplifying without truly changing. They got rid of the whole Cavendish thing, which was good cos that was fairly unnecessary and I still don't even understand it. They changed the preliminary demons from frog monsters to this horrible thing that kept. . . what was it? The Dog of. . . not reincarnation, I don't think. . . hmm. fuck. Well, every time he died, two more of him came to life. Or something. He was bad news. They were bad news. It has a name, but I choose not to use it. :D Oh, fine. (ooooo! Hellbaby! Well, he ended up a bit different, and red, but still--cuteness!)
edit: Saturday at midnight XD Hound of Resurrection!! That's it. David told me. Well, I asked him "what's the word for something that comes back to life?" and he told me. He hasn't seen the movie yet.
Seriously, major love. And they gave it a good sastifying ending, which I was worried about, because the long comics tend not to. Uhm. I'm sure there were other things I wanted to say. lol. I do think it would be fun if the BPRD was like in the comics--Like, just totally accepted. lol. But I think with all the stupid Marvel movies coming out, people would be like "ooh, no one would accept them, that's not realistic". grrrr, marvel. ptooey. :D
The thing that amazes me most, and I know I've said this before, but is how I have absolutely no problem with their changes. Now, or when I was watching it. They just made a fantastic movie, with characters and a premise that I already love.
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.
The main problem I had with that movie was Kroenen. AUGH!!! I'll admit, I had to leave the theater. I'm afraid I heard enough to freak me out, although I was able to slip my glasses off for the worst. But, seriously, two of my worst squicks are eyes and mutilation, and Kroenen was just so disgusting. ::shivers:: So that creeped me out and was really gross (i'm bringing this up first before I talk about how much I loved the movie because I need to get it out of my system) and makes me hesitant to go see it again--with Dad and Katie, this time. . . but I'll know when I need to step out of the theater, I suppose. . . Ugh. So bad. So if you don't like gore, be prepared any time Kroenen is sitting around at a table working at something, and when he's in the morgue-thingie. Some of it is described orally, so covering eyes doesn't help--I don't know how much they show because I was not looking. When he showed up I was thinking, "wow, the mask looks really good, and works really well on screen. very creepy." Because sometimes things will be scary in comic book, and just look silly on screen--of course, they did too good a job with this movie for that to happen, but anyway. Then I realized "oh, god. I do not want to see him with his mask off." After a couple bad things, I pretty much started covering, or partially covering, my eyes anytime Kroenen was on screen. However, it was my personal squick, and my personal "can't get things that disturb me out of my head" thing, so others will probably have less of a problem with him.
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 [although I have this whole theory about Mignola's minimalist style, and how we don't really get to know Hellboy, so we're able to kind of fill in and he can stay complicated, and they had to define him better in the movie, we get to know him better, but this makes him slightly. . . I don't want to say more two-dimensional, because he's not or anything, but with less depth. . . which is the same thing but I don't know how to say it. It's like, now, in the movie, he's pinned down, whereas he wasn't before. It's like Carla Speed McNeil was explaining that she can't "use up" Jaeger too soon. We don't get to know everything about Hellboy (or Jaeger) so they're more realistic and human, because we can't know all the intimate details about the workings of the minds of our fellow man. So even though Hellboy was still a great and realistic character (i mean, you know, as big red demons go), he wasn't quite as much. I want to stress that everything I say here is in only the slightest degree, and Hellboy is far, far, far more complex and human than a great deal of movie characters. It's only because I feel so particular about the comic that I've come up with this bizarre theory, which I have trouble explaining because it's not a reflection of my opinion on the movie in any way, really--it's nothing about the movie at all!! It's only about the comic, and how good that is!] 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
Selma Blair was also great as Liz. And she was really perfect. Except for the transfer of affection to HB, and I think she was a little less tough and a little more sad/vulnerable, she was soooo close. Whoa. They only touched upon her original house-burning guilt, and focused more on her lack of normalcy problems, I think, but it's all good. She was lovely and wonderful and Liz.
I thought I'd hate John Meyers. He's not in the comics, he's totally fabricated. Plus, he's competing with Hellboy for Liz, and he's this FBI punk who comes into the BPRD. . . well, that's what I thought before I saw the movie. And it's kind of correct--he also likes Liz, and he was moved from the FBI to the BPRD. But I found myself liking him, and finding him a very sympathetic character. And I went in there not liking him at all. So he was really good. I can't remember the actor's name.
Old and Young Bruttenholm was all good. :D Both of them were great--really comic book-y. I liked Young Bruttenholm, he had this kind of whiny nerd voice, and he was all with these soldiers, telling him to carry crosses and whatever--but he turned out to actually be pretty tough and cool! So I thought he was great.
::gasps:: And baby Hellboy!!! I adore baby Hellboy. I want a baby Hellboy icon. Because, holy crap! Soooooooo cute!! :D
By the way, sometimes Hellboy himself, all grown up, was so oozing with manliness and cool awesomeness that I found him totally hot. >.>
Anyway. Yes. Hellbaby an utter, utter muffin. Who likes Baby Ruths. XD
Which reminds me, they did several throwbacks to the comic. Throwback? whatever. They used the phrases "Seed of Destruction" and "Right Hand of Doom"!! lol. Riotous. Although Seed of Destruction wasn't referring to Hellboy, and in the comic I'm fairly certain that if the seed was a thing, and not the events, it would be Hellboy. But that's fine, they were just sticking it in. :D (The Right Hand of Doom was, you know. His Right Hand of Doom. :D) Plus, they had an animated corpse which was totally like the one in The Corpse, but Russian, and it was a little different because Hellboy needed his help, as opposed to the opposite. So the corpse (Ivan) got to be even more snarky. When asked how he's doing, Ivan, who has lost his lower half, I'm not sure befor or after his death, says (we see the subtitles, cos he's speaking either Russian or some weird hell language) "If I had legs, I'd kick your ass". They had a reference to the short story "Nature of the Beast", in which the dragon HB is fighting is killed when the sword from a statue breaks off and stabs it when it's crushing HB against said statue. Reference, whatever. And Hellboy ate pancakes!! They had this whole "Hellboy eats a lot of food" thing going on, so it was two huge platters, just piled with pancakes, but still--Hellboy story! XD They also drew some stuff from "Box Full of Evil", but those were totally plot related and just kind of cool. I bounced, anyway! Oh!! And in the flashback to HB's first appearance, they had them pose for the photo which was in the comic. Like, they took the photo in the comic, too. And now the fact that all these army guys took a picture with the Hellbaby makes more sense. It just flows a bit better--I always wondered how that photo came about. lol.
I just thought those were fun. lol.
Now, Abe Sapien was great. They did a good job with him. Good is an understatement. I apologize. they did an unbelievable job. Because, I mean, Hellboy is complicated enough (the horns looked awesome, btw) but Abe is just crazy. And he looked perfect!! I mean, hell yeah. And the way the actor who did his body moved was just awesome. It was fantastic. But Abe's character got changed. And this is was bothers me most. It doesn't annoy me, or anything like that. It's a good decision. I just miss real Abe. Because I like Abe. They kind of made him a nancy in the movie. He's a bit of a fruity wimp. He's voiced by David Hyde Pierce (if I'm getting the name right), and a lot of his movements, while all good and fluid and cool, were kind of. . . limp wristed? Feminine? I mean, he's brave and he does his part and is really cool, but he's totally more weak and wimpy than in the comic. They gave him psychic powers, which makes sense--more developed frontal lobe. Or maybe I'm just thinking it makes sense because I'm confusing comic book anatomy with real anatomy. i.e. Aquaman makes me think fish have psychic powers. XD Anyway, so he does more research and reconaissance--plays the role of the psychics that the BPRD brings in (in the comic), to look for traces of spirits and what-not. Like, and he's an absolutely loveable, wonderful character. He's a great friend, he's smart, he does his part, he's brave. He's great. Plus, he works perfectly as a foil to Hellboy, who's even tougher in the movie than he is in the comics (as I've already discussed--darker, less well-adjusted--but still fun and nice and a good guy). Comic Abe would make for too much testosterone running around. So they couldn't have done anything else, and he is really great.
But I miss Abe! Cos comic Abe, is kind of tough. He's a bit similar to Hellboy, but he's more vulnerable in some ways, and able to be tougher in others. He's closer to human in some of his actions and responses. He loves Liz. He's very manly. Which works kinda good with the Liz thing. . . and I'm not sure what I mean by that, but it's good. He's basically as close as the comics get to a romantic male lead, I suppose. lol. I adore those two together, I think they're beyond sweet. So I was flipping out when I found out about Hellboy and Liz--glad I gave them a chance because it was perfect. Still. I think I have a bit of a crush on comic abe. But I also apparently have a crush on Hellboy, and I know I have a crush on Roger!! ;) (I missed him, but he wasn't in Seed of Destruction, anyway) So, that's my Abe thing. He was a great character, he worked really well, they did a good job with him, he added a lot to the movie, I just miss sexier comic Abe.
I've lost my train of thought. I can't remember what I wanted to cover after Abe. lol.
The story was great. It was a fantastic adaptation of the comic--simplifying without truly changing. They got rid of the whole Cavendish thing, which was good cos that was fairly unnecessary and I still don't even understand it. They changed the preliminary demons from frog monsters to this horrible thing that kept. . . what was it? The Dog of. . . not reincarnation, I don't think. . . hmm. fuck. Well, every time he died, two more of him came to life. Or something. He was bad news. They were bad news. It has a name, but I choose not to use it. :D Oh, fine. (ooooo! Hellbaby! Well, he ended up a bit different, and red, but still--cuteness!)
edit: Saturday at midnight XD Hound of Resurrection!! That's it. David told me. Well, I asked him "what's the word for something that comes back to life?" and he told me. He hasn't seen the movie yet.
Seriously, major love. And they gave it a good sastifying ending, which I was worried about, because the long comics tend not to. Uhm. I'm sure there were other things I wanted to say. lol. I do think it would be fun if the BPRD was like in the comics--Like, just totally accepted. lol. But I think with all the stupid Marvel movies coming out, people would be like "ooh, no one would accept them, that's not realistic". grrrr, marvel. ptooey. :D
The thing that amazes me most, and I know I've said this before, but is how I have absolutely no problem with their changes. Now, or when I was watching it. They just made a fantastic movie, with characters and a premise that I already love.
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
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Date: 2004-04-02 10:14 pm (UTC)But seriously, I think your high school is like, WAY cooler than mine was. Really. Because trips to see art? Never happened. In fact, ANY field trips AT ALL -- never happened. Special programs? Not so much. Bars on the windows, cops in the halls, text books from the 1950's, yeah. Stupid California state budget fuckwads, and the people who voted them in. Oh no, I am not bitter at all.
Sorry. But really! I would have LOVED to go see art and stuff! Even on an overcrowded bus! Poo.
Anyway, cool talking to your dad tonight. ^_^
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Date: 2004-04-03 09:07 am (UTC)that sounds good! that sounds like you're definitely planning to go see it. :D I approve!
awww, I'm sorry about your high school. The people at my school really don't appreciate it. I mean, we have some really stupid teachers and administration, and the security guards are definitely horny morons, but aside from that, it's a good school, and we're getting a good education. God, the idea of not going on any field trips seems to strange to me! Of course, the past two years have been particularly field trip heavy for me, because of Academons, and art this year, and sports medicine last year.
Anyway. Ugh. Your high school sounds awful! I'm sorry! :( Yeah, we definitely don't realize how good we have it!
We're also really lucky to have the art teacher that we do--this is her first year teaching the AP class. And I mean, I'm a bit angry at her, because she can be kinda dim, and like. . . not get things when you try to explain them. Like, I'll be trying to figure out my concentration, and I'll be kind of thinking aloud to her, and she'll say something like "Oh, so you mean. . ." and she'll be completely off-base, and then she'll make bad suggestions. ::blinks:: Uhm, so I'm a bit annoyed at her right now, but she is a great teacher, and has taught me sooooo much this year, even though I feel a bit ill-prepared for the AP, especially in terms of my concentration topic. But it's been a great class, and she's taken us to see all this great art, so it's really fantastic.
Dad enjoyed talking to you, too! :) He said when he got off that you were really nice. . or something else complimentary. Sweet? I can't remember. But it was good! And he feels a lot better about us going now, so thank you!
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Date: 2004-04-03 02:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-03 09:10 am (UTC)They may actually have a point, though. I mean, I didn't read the comics for years because I'd see them sitting on my dad's shelf, and I'd think, "Hellboy. God, what a stupid name!" and I had him pegged totally wrong. I'm actually worried that the American public won't understand it well enough to go see it--not that I'm upset it came out this early! But now that I'm not worried about what the movie will be like, I can focus all of my worrying on wanting it to do really well!
Sorry that you have to wait--but don't forget to go see it when it does come out! Do you read the comics?