Ding! It all comes together.
Nov. 1st, 2008 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bironicJust saw Hellboy II. Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous, and so creative. I'd had no desire to see any of the Hellboy movies until the trailer for this one at last week's on-campus movie showed all these beautiful demons and said it was done by the director who did Pan's Labyrinth, and between that and the albino-ish Wraith-like prince with the hollow eyes and long hair and English accent (who ended up sort of channeling Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire), I was sold. (They promised me Thomas Kretschmann's voice as well, but it turned out to be Seth Macfarlane's. :( ) It lived up to expectation, with sleek faux-martial arts moves, Gaiman/McKean-like sequences with CGI wood armies and castle-headed characters, Selma Blair with a cool haircut, Tennyson and a multicultural/costume/makeup orgy in the troll market—plus bonus Danny Elfman score! Totally worth the walk in the cold.
And now for a pop quiz: What do the following have in common?
The Gentleman from BtVS's "Hush"
The Angel of Death from Hellboy II
Abe from Hellboy II
The Chamberlain from Hellboy II
Pan from Pan's Labyrinth
The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth
Answer: They're all played by Doug Jones.
Holy wow! Watching Abe tonight, I wondered if the actor was a dancer, the way the character moved so fluidly. I love the way so many of Guillermo del Toro's creatures move too, but I didn't realize it's because they're all the same guy. I didn't remember the name right away from BtVS, either, but now I recall Nick Brendan and Joss Whedon talking about this sweet, six-foot-three guy they knew who could turn creepy as hell with the makeup on, and those expressive hands. He trained as a mime and a contortionist. Cool, cool, cool.
He's been in oodles of other things as well (say imdb.com and this site, where I hotlinked all the images from), but these are the only ones I've seen.
In other news, I'm amused by all the "Whee, it's so wrong yet so hot!"-type comments on Projection. What would people say if they found out I didn't think Wilson's fantasy was that twisted?
And now for a pop quiz: What do the following have in common?
The Gentleman from BtVS's "Hush"
The Angel of Death from Hellboy II
Abe from Hellboy II
The Chamberlain from Hellboy II
Pan from Pan's Labyrinth
The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth
Answer: They're all played by Doug Jones.
Holy wow! Watching Abe tonight, I wondered if the actor was a dancer, the way the character moved so fluidly. I love the way so many of Guillermo del Toro's creatures move too, but I didn't realize it's because they're all the same guy. I didn't remember the name right away from BtVS, either, but now I recall Nick Brendan and Joss Whedon talking about this sweet, six-foot-three guy they knew who could turn creepy as hell with the makeup on, and those expressive hands. He trained as a mime and a contortionist. Cool, cool, cool.
He's been in oodles of other things as well (say imdb.com and this site, where I hotlinked all the images from), but these are the only ones I've seen.
In other news, I'm amused by all the "Whee, it's so wrong yet so hot!"-type comments on Projection. What would people say if they found out I didn't think Wilson's fantasy was that twisted?
