we're better than that!

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2004)

i know i can write 1000 words on 'hellboy' but i really don't need that long, since the film itself probably contained fewer than half that! my point is pretty simple - haven't we reached a level in film now that we as viewers are no longer satisfied with just punch-punch-punch action? don't we crave the intellectual discourse thrown at us by writers such as tarrantino and the collaboration of damon and affleck? don't we adore the depth of character thrown at us by directors such as maddocks and zemeckis? 'hellboy' seems to treat us like movie-morons, as if we couldn't have our attention sustained by dialogue for more than 5 seconds and couldn't cope with a deep and intricate character if our lives depended upon it. sorry, torro. we're better than that!