EternallDarkness Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 No RT score and the reviews out there are less than impressive, and yet I still want to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Nah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I plan on seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I have AMC A-list and was planning on seeing it either tomorrow or Saturday after work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hellboy_2019 Oh there's a score alright... And it ain't pretty. Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Del Toro makes handling properties so easy...yet the Pacific Rim sequel and now this follow up are not up to standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, Reputator said: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hellboy_2019 Oh there's a score alright... And it ain't pretty. Dang. It wasn't up there earlier when I looked, but dang is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacthenud Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I was looking forward to this, but 12% on Rotten Tomatoes... damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, 5timechamp said: Del Toro makes handling properties so easy...yet the Pacific Rim sequel and now this follow up are not up to standard They probably regret not having him return for the third movie he wanted to make now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Two of my favorite movies are rated under 10% on RT... but I'ma pass on this in the theater. About the only redeeming thing it has going for it is it's supposedly a very hard R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 https://screenrant.com/hellboy-2019-rewrites-issues-harbour-marshall/ Quote A recently released report has suggested that the upcoming reboot of Hellboy was something of a nightmare behind the scenes, with rushed rewrites, conflicts between high-ranking staff members, and walkouts perpetrated by a principal cast member. This comes on the heels of a surprisingly negative reception from critics (including Screen Rant's own review) as the film currently sits at 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdeaOfEvil Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 via Darkhorizons Quote “Hellboy” Clashes Emerge As Film Widely Panned Media screenings and review embargoes for the “Hellboy” reboot were held back until the last minute, lifting late yesterday. As reaction went up however, the reason was understandable. With 58 reviews counted, the film sits at a dismal 12% on Rotten Tomatoes with the film widely panned for practically every element – labelling it loud, incoherent, and empty. In the wake of the reviews, a new report has gone up at The Wrap suggesting there’s a reason for this. The trade says the end result is due to disagreements between the film’s two main producers (out of sixteen total), Harbour, and director Neil Marshall. The site alleges producers Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin fired Marshall’s go-to cinematographer Sam McCurdy for doing his job, and the decision to do so was “to send a message to Marshall that despite being the film’s director, Marshall was not in charge”. Lorenzo Senatore ultimately served as cinematographer. That was just one of the numerous apparent disagreements on set. Others allegedly included Levin interrupting Marshall frequently in front of the crew and gave actors different directions than the director, Harbour repeatedly walking off set, Harbour and Ian McShane reportedly rewriting their own scenes and ignoring direction from Marshall, and a prolonged dispute over the design of a tree that’s core to the film’s story. In addition, it says after Marshall handed in his cut of the film the producers reportedly took over as they never promised him final cut. Gordon and Levin worked on the previous “Hellboy” films and are teaming up again for HBO’s “Watchmen” series. Marshall, Harbour, McShane, Gordon and a Lionsgate spokesman declined to comment for the story, but Levin’s attorney Martin Singer responded to basically every accusation in the story and says it sounded like it was “shaping up as a puff-piece for Mr. Marshall while tarnishing ‘Hellboy’ and my client.” The previous “Hellboy” films opened at $23 million and $35 million domestically, with the new one projected to earn $17-20 million this weekend. TheWrap gave it a good review akin to it being a cheap horror flik, so I'm interested in seeing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacthenud Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 58 minutes ago, Emblazon said: Two of my favorite movies are rated under 10% on RT... but I'ma pass on this in the theater. About the only redeeming thing it has going for it is it's supposedly a very hard R. What are those two movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Might see it in theatre but jfc at the score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Nope. I am gonna see Shazam, then endgame down the road, and I think those are the only movies I plan on seeing this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I’m only seeing one movie in the theaters this year and that is John Wick 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: I have AMC A-list and was planning on seeing it either tomorrow or Saturday after work. yeah, I have A-list to so I am still going to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I have no interest in seeing a del toro-less Hellboy. Heck it doesn't even have Abe or Liz in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Bacon said: Nope. I am gonna see Shazam, then endgame down the road, and I think those are the only movies I plan on seeing this year. You aren't going to watch Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Joker, IT: Chapter 2, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Toy Story 4, Zombieland Double Tap or Star Wars episode IX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 56 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: I have no interest in seeing a del toro-less Hellboy. Heck it doesn't even have Abe or Liz in it. I was also disappointed about Abe and Liz not being in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Remarkableriots said: You aren't going to watch Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Joker, IT: Chapter 2, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Toy Story 4, Zombieland Double Tap or Star Wars episode IX? Oh, well, maybe Joker. John Wick 3 is pretty iffy. I'll most likely be fine waiting for it to hit red box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 3 hours ago, nacthenud said: What are those two movies? The Postman, which I feel is a legitimately brilliant film... and Down To You, which is a guilty pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Emblazon said: The Postman, which I feel is a legitimately brilliant film... and Down To You, which is a guilty pleasure. I enjoyed the heck out of the Postman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I really had high hopes for this movie despite all the rumors while it was being made that the film was being taken away from Neil Marshall (wrote and directed: Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday, Centurion, two of the best episodes of Game of Thrones and one of the best episodes of Hannibal) and the fact the film had 16 producers and was super low budget didn't inspire confidence either. But Neil Marshall is a great director, Mike Mignola was on board and saying the film would be even truer to the comics than del Toro's version, and David Harbour was a good choice if you had to replace Ron Perlman. I even liked the two trailers I saw. But yeah, reviews are destroying it, so I won't be seeing it now. It's a shame, as I just showed the wife Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (her first time with both) and she really liked them (more than I was expecting) and I didn't even mean to time showing those to her in preparation for this one but then when I realized how serendipitous this was I showed her the trailers for this one and she got hyped too. Now with reviews being this bad I'll just show her the two really good Hellboy animated films instead with the del Toro cast voicing the characters. Probably better than going to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 Holy crap was this bad...and I mean Mortal Engines caliber bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 7 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: Holy crap was this bad...and I mean Mortal Engines caliber bad! Next time don't listen to @Emblazon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Next time don't listen to @Emblazon lol, I'd already been planning to see it. But damn I think the RT score is overrating it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I enjoyed the del Toro movies (at least I vaguely remember liking them, haven't watched them in over a decade), but Hellboy as a property doesn't really excite me. I guess I'm saying that I'm not all that disappointed that this one is a turd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, TheLeon said: I enjoyed the del Toro movies (at least I vaguely remember liking them, haven't watched them in over a decade), but Hellboy as a property doesn't really excite me. I guess I'm saying that I'm not all that disappointed that this one is a turd. del Toro's were enjoyable as hell and seeing this abomination only makes me appreciate them more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I shall pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Next time don't listen to @Emblazon Wait what? I didn't say go see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 53 minutes ago, Emblazon said: Wait what? I didn't say go see it. On 4/11/2019 at 3:41 PM, Emblazon said: Two of my favorite movies are rated under 10% on RT. Go see it everyone! Looks like a glowing endorsement to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealSmallville Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I saw this tonight. I've never read a Hellboy comic, but I've seen the previous 2. This film has a lot of problems, most glaringly (to me) being rough CGI...but hell, I had fun. Certainly no game changer & pretty forgettable, but if you have A-List or Sinemia & want to kill a couple hours with some dumb fun, I'd say check it out (unless you haven't seen Shazam...then go see Shazam lol). I should add that I did not know the RT score before walking in, and I had read no reviews...so if you're someone who has their opinions a bit pre-painted by that stuff prior to seeing a film, then you may not even get any dumb fun out of it. I find if I walk in with no, or little, review knowledge then I'm able to better decide if I like something. So YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 7 hours ago, TheRealSmallville said: I saw this tonight. I've never read a Hellboy comic, but I've seen the previous 2. This film has a lot of problems, most glaringly (to me) being rough CGI...but hell, I had fun. Certainly no game changer & pretty forgettable, but if you have A-List or Sinemia & want to kill a couple hours with some dumb fun, I'd say check it out (unless you haven't seen Shazam...then go see Shazam lol). I should add that I did not know the RT score before walking in, and I had read no reviews...so if you're someone who has their opinions a bit pre-painted by that stuff prior to seeing a film, then you may not even get any dumb fun out of it. I find if I walk in with no, or little, review knowledge then I'm able to better decide if I like something. So YMMV. reviews never influence if I like or dislike a movie, and often I enjoy the heck out of poorly reviewed movies and don't enjoy those that get rave review, but I seriously considered getting up and walking out of this one. And you are indeed right, that CGI was rough as hell. Almost seemed like it wasn't finished, like the special effects guys had tossed some stuff together to give the director a rough idea of what it was going to look like and then never went back and finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I’m not usually dissuaded by reviews either. Word of mouth on the hand ... maybe I will pass in this for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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