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1360 on 13 August 2014

No Akira Yamaoka no Silent Hill



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Dadrik on 13 August 2014
CDiablo said:
kitler53 said:

because he is awesome.

i love this man for his work on hellboy alone.  he creates such great worlds, imo.


HIs IMDB further cements my point about him mostly making "popcorn flicks." He didnt create Hellboy, though he did play a part in writing both movies stories and screenplays. The world of Hellboy was created by several other people in the 10 years prior to the film.


Do you ignore all the awesome/creepy horror movies he made or contributed to on purpose ..?



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Dadrik on 13 August 2014
1360 said:
No Akira Yamaoka no Silent Hill


Some rumors say he's coming back. But nothing official yet.



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Lulz on 13 August 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Because Pan's Labyrinth was a creepy beautiful horror fantasy masterpiece


That about sums it up.

Well said.



CDiablo on 13 August 2014
Dadrik said:
Just go watch The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and comme back to tell me he only does "popcorn" movies again and there's no reason to be excited.

If you read my OP you would see that I have seen all those movies  except Orphanage, which he had no involvment other than financial in. His last real horror movie was 1997 and that was a by the numbers horror flick. I cant play PT, unfortunately though if any of my friends get a PS4 I would like to try it.



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famousringo on 13 August 2014
Dadrik said:
Just go watch The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and comme back to tell me he only does "popcorn" movies again and there's no reason to be excited.


+1 for Devil's Backbone. I haven't seen The Orphanage, though.



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Dadrik on 13 August 2014
CDiablo said:
Dadrik said:
Just go watch The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and comme back to tell me he only does "popcorn" movies again and there's no reason to be excited.

If you read my OP you would see that I have seen all those movies  except Orphanage, which he had no involvment other than financial in. His last real horror movie was 1997 and that was a by the numbers horror flick. I cant play PT, unfortunately though if any of my friends get a PS4 I would like to try it.


Well then, play P.T., and then you'll see why you should get excited.



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hunter_alien on 13 August 2014
Dadrik said:
Just go watch The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and comme back to tell me he only does "popcorn" movies again and there's no reason to be excited.


Add to it Mimick and Cronos both highly underrated movies IMO.

OP: that has to be the most generalized view on Del Toro's lifework ever. You are crying commercial, and all the "horror" element you cand find in his movies where in Blade 2 and the creature design in PL.  Its obvious that you only focused on his moneymaker movies, just to make a point, or you are making a terribly wrong, illimford point.

 

Either way it was a substandard try to downplay a game from which we have only seen a teaser thus far...



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kitler53 on 13 August 2014
CDiablo said:
kitler53 said:

because he is awesome.

i love this man for his work on hellboy alone.  he creates such great worlds, imo.


HIs IMDB further cements my point about him mostly making "popcorn flicks." He didnt create Hellboy, though he did play a part in writing both movies stories and screenplays. The world of Hellboy was created by several other people in the 10 years prior to the film.


christopher nolan didn't create batman but he did create the best onscreen representation of batman that has ever been created.  if you want to downplay guillermo just because he wasn't the exclusive creator hellboy or because he has made movies like pacific rim in addition to some of the best horror films ever that is your loss.   guillermo is very talented and i'm excited for any project he is involved in.



Dadrik on 13 August 2014
hunter_alien said:
Dadrik said:
Just go watch The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and comme back to tell me he only does "popcorn" movies again and there's no reason to be excited.


Add to it Mimick and Cronos both highly underrated movies IMO.

OP: that has to be the most generalized view on Del Toro's lifework ever. You are crying commercial, and all the "horror" element you cand find in his movies where in Blade 2 and the creature design in PL.  Its obvious that you only focused on his moneymaker movies, just to make a point, or you are making a terribly wrong, illimford point.

 

Either way it was a substandard try to downplay a game from which we have only seen a teaser thus far...

True, I forgot about these ones !

Agreed. Did he make "popcorn" movies ? Of course he did (and great ones at that). But everytime he touched the horror genre, he made pure gold.

Also, he wants to make a movie based on Lovecraft's novel "At The Mountains of Madness". How can you not like this guy ?



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