I agree, the movie looks pretty bad-ass in terms of story and action.

Dont forget Alantic Rim just came out on dvd, oh wait thats a Asylum film :|

Guilermo del Toro in the director's seat.

Giant robots, monsters, and the voice of Glados.

I don't see how this could go wrong. Del Toro never disappoints on story, he's go a very unique visual aesthetic, and this is a film that screams for his brand of crazy. Best case scenario, it's a movie that is better than the sum of its parts (Independence Day). Worst case. the movie is mediocre (Prometheus) without having to live up to the pedigree a franchise develops.

This said, I'm thankful that early screening results are positive.

Guillermo Del Toro DOES have a couple of bad spots on his record - Hellboy II and Blade II, but his record is more solid than most Hollywood directors today nonetheless. There is definitely no one else in Hollywood I would trust to make this work.

We differ then. I thought Hellboy 2 was alright. Blade 2 was passable, and infinitely better than the third movie.

The only thing I hold against him is Pan's Labyrinth. The story was too jumbled to make sense, and a plot was ignored in favor of visuals.

I haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth, but critics strongly disagree with you on it.

And critics are always a great meter of what is good?

Art house movie generally sway critics, and Pan's Labyrinth was art house. My issue is that it was up its own butt with pretension. That may please a critic, but I couldn't get behind it.

Critics can sometimes be way off base, but it's not necessarily a good idea to ignore them. Unless the core point of their complaints is a lack of story, they're usually not too far off.

At least when the majority of the big critics are in agreement. When it's mixed the critical opinions aren't worth anything.

Here's the jist of what I am going for. Over exposure breeds fascination with the unique. Critics see hundreds of movies a year, so they get acquainted with movie formula. Action movies, kid's movies, chick flick's, etc... all work under a bunch of tropes. They see the tropes too often, and begin to resent their use.

Along comes a unique movie, and they have a knee-jerk reaction to it. It is different, so it must be good. That is human nature 101. If you eat cake every day, it is no longer special. On the other hand, I love cake. A movie every other month means I don't develop a tolerance for tropes. Yes I can see some things coming, but it doesn't take away from the experience.

If you want proof of this wait for the award nominations, and see how many of them are bizarre little art house pieces.


Pan's Labyrinth was an artichoke. The cake addled critics loved it, I could see the beauty in it, but it still tasted funny to me. The critics should be one source of information, but their bias is not for everyone. I'd like them to like what I watch, but they also hate so much of what I like that I've insulated myself from their negativity.