What Kate said, basically. The visuals are spectacular, the plot is pretty silly, the gender politics are kind of irritating.
The director, Guillermo Del Toro, is supposedly going to direct The Hobbit, and given the impressive look and feel of this movie, I’m sure he’ll do cool things with Middle-Earth.
Kate remarked on the way home that it would be pretty difficult to screw up the gender politics of The Hobbit, given that there are basically no women in the book at all. I think she’s selling Hollywood short.
I think she’s selling Hollywood short.
Pun un-intentional?
Speaking of Hellboy, I always thought, based on the picture in your profile, that you resemble the Hellboy actor (Ron Perlman). Without his Hellboy makeup, of course.