BrickedHampster
BrickedHampster t1_iu0frls wrote
Reply to There are no movie stars or recognizable names, just super heroes and Tom Cruise by [deleted]
Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman and Robert Downey Jr. are the first people I think of when I here “comic book movie star”.
They all did great movies otherwise.
BrickedHampster t1_iu0fcgg wrote
Reply to comment by circleofblood in There are no movie stars or recognizable names, just super heroes and Tom Cruise by [deleted]
A good director can carry a movie the same way a good actor can carry the scenes they’re in.
Bad take.
BrickedHampster t1_iuhh8wy wrote
Reply to Anyone else finish Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities? How would you rank the eps? by 121jigawatts
I like the top 3 a lot for different reasons, but The Autopsy just seems like the most engaging episode in the whole series. The Murmuring felt out of place in the show me but I enjoyed it. The Outside and Lot 36 weren’t particularly good or bad, I just wasn’t that invested in anything happening to the characters.
Finally, I really didn’t care for the two Lovecraft adaptations. They’re both way more convoluted than the original stories and I just don’t understand why aside from trying to pad out the episodes for an hour long run time. The second half of Pickman’s Model completely destroyed my suspension of disbelief and the melodrama in Dreams in the Witch House fell flat for me. Those two stories would have benefited the most from being slow burns but instead they have the most special effect and CGI.
Kind of reminds me how Cthulhu’s actual appearance is almost the least important aspect of “The Call of Cthulhu” but a squid-headed Godzilla monster is the image that everyone is attached to in popular culture.