Oh, I loved Hellboy, though I confess to never reading the source material.
I think the Mickey Rourke storyline ruined the rest of Sin City for me. And the Yellow Bastard storyline didn't so much skeeve me in a fun way but just disgusted me. Not to mention the weird editing where the dead Elijah Wood character reappeared mysteriously at the conclusion of the Bruce Willis story.
I wanted to like the Bad Girls beat up on Benicio story but it seemed as if the 'heroes' were as brutal as the bad guys.
I loved Hellboy and Constantine, but again, never knew anything about the source texts.
I have a soft spot for Keanu when he's not murdering a British accent, though.
I loved
Hellboy
and liked
Constantine
but had no knowledge of the comics. I also loved
Ghost World
and
liked
American Splendor
with no knowledge of the source texts.
I hope they don't screw up
Y: The Last Man.
I read an interview with Mike Minghella, and he wants to find a way to do more Screw-on Head stuff. I could SO get behind that.
WANT!
I'm not sure there are words to express my love for Amazing Screw-on Head. It was like someone scooped out the "THINGS JESS REALLY LIKES, SUBCAT STEAMPUNK" part of my brain and put it on TV.
I loved Hellboy and Constantine, but again, never knew anything about the source texts.
I can't quite bring myself to say I loved Constantine, because on just about every objective level I can look at it with, it was really not a good movie. But Tilda Swinton and Keanu have a way of making me go all wibbly and fangirly over things that otherwise don't deserve it, so...yeah.
I'm not sure there are words to express my love for Amazing Screw-on Head. It was like someone scooped out the "THINGS JESS REALLY LIKES, SUBCAT STEAMPUNK" part of my brain and put it on TV.
Also? Really, REALLY funny. I've shown my DVD to a few people, and they've totally lost it laughing.
I think top of my list for comics movies is Batman Begins.
Oh hell yes. Although I have a shameful fondness for the second Tim Burton Batman movie (Batman Returns, maybe?), with the Penguin and Catwoman.
Spider-Man was pretty damned good, too, as was Spider-Man 2.
Let us NEVER speak of Spider-Man 3 again, though. I am the world's hugest Spidey fangirl, but I loathe Spider-Man 3 with the kind of loathing I reserve for Magnolia. After it was over, the first words out of my mouth to The Boy were, "I'm SO sorry I made you come with me to see this."
Fucking dance scene. Ptui.
I think top of my list for comics movies is Batman Begins.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
I liked Hellboy a lot, though I was only passingly familiar with the source material until after the movie came out.
I did not like Constantine, but I think a lot of that had to do with Keanu Reeves. He did not seem like a way cynical seen-too-much inadvertent sorceror as he did Neo-Redux But With Theology.
Liked the first two Spidey movies, hated the third.
Liked the first two X-Men movies, hated the third.
And I have a great love for Superman Returns, though I know there are a lot of folk here who didn't like it.
I think top of my list for comics movies is Batman Begins.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Liked the first two Spidey movies, hated the third.
I'm not sure I've ever had cause to say this, but: MM, get outta my brain!