I dunno about "far" better...

Posted by Harmonia (A) on February 2, 2008 at 21:02:15

In Reply to: Del Toro is a far better director than Jackson posted by Jazz Inmate on February 1, 2008 at 09:02:16:

There's always Heavenly Creatures. That one has all the above. Still not another movie like it.

And Brain dead is hilarious, wicked fun.

I think you're a bit hard on Jackson. He's is a real filmmaker, but he let his horror movie love get way out of hand in LOTR. It also suffered from originally being written as a twofer, expanded quicky into a threefer, and thenb being rewritten on the fly while shooting. That can work with a single movie, but got very unwieldy for a sinultaneously shot trilogy. And much of the problem with LOTR is derived from the source.

OTOH I coulda really done without Lurtz and "Sam, go home." ;-)

The guy has real cinemnatic chops (lots of FOTR was very fine, some of best genre filmmaking ever) but he's torn. Heavenly Creatures is his best to date, so we'll se what he makes of The Lovely Bones.

No question Del Toro is the real deal, as Devil's Backbone and Pan are wonderful.

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Topic - Guillermo Del Toro likely to helm The Hobbit. - Harmonia 21:22:16 01/29/08 (14)

So, Hobbits are going to look like big crickets? * - mr grits 11:41:47 01/30/08 (13)

LOL, actually... - Harmonia 16:34:00 01/30/08 (10)

"..add his own touches"....RED ALERT! Wrong-On. Stop production. Not good. * - mr grits 19:43:52 01/30/08 (9)

Del Toro is a far better director than Jackson - Jazz Inmate 09:02:16 02/01/08 (3)

I dunno about "far" better... - Harmonia 21:02:15 02/02/08 (0)

"Ok, Bilbo, in thees scene you look really, really, reeeeally horny." * - mr grits 11:52:47 02/01/08 (1)

"Oh, Gandalf," looking longingly into his eyes, "I'm so glad you're here." - Jazz Inmate 16:41:15 02/01/08 (0)

Not necessarily. - Harmonia 23:54:04 01/30/08 (4)

I hated HP3.....one of the worst in the series....del Toro IS an - TWB 11:31:35 02/01/08 (3)

This pretty much sums up my reaction to HP3... - Harmonia 21:11:18 02/02/08 (0)

I strongly disagree, obviously. - Harmonia 20:52:41 02/02/08 (1)

"I disagree...obviously".....funny I prefer/like them in the order in which they have been made.... - TWB 21:07:24 02/03/08 (0)

Yep, just with hairier feet. [nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 15:04:37 01/30/08 (0)

LOL! (nt) - mkuller 12:07:30 01/30/08 (0)

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I dunno about "far" better... - Harmonia 21:02:15 02/02/08 (0)

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