There is just so much to hate about this movie, which at 39 minutes showed not the least glimmer of hope for improvement.
First, the deliberately-pursued "R." That was so they could throw in gratuitous obscenities and more gore. Did it make for a better movie than del Toro's two PG-13's? In no way.
Then there's the absolutely, absolutely TERRIBLE makeup for the titular character. Perlman's makeup was seamless. This is just rubbery and awful. It screams "rubber." The mouth is nearly immobile...and everything bunches up. Every time he moves or falls or rolls over, you see his body-suit unnaturally bending out. He sharpens his horn, and it wiggles around, because obviously it isn't growing out of his skull.
Then there's just the character. He is stupid and clueless from the first seconds, not a savvy agent who's done this his whole life.
I could go on and on, and I only endured a quarter of the movie.
Do yourself a favor, and don't even do that. Just watch del Toro's vastly-better movies. The people involved in this one clearly have no clue what made them as good as they are...unless they deliberately set out to do the opposite.
First, the deliberately-pursued "R." That was so they could throw in gratuitous obscenities and more gore. Did it make for a better movie than del Toro's two PG-13's? In no way.
Then there's the absolutely, absolutely TERRIBLE makeup for the titular character. Perlman's makeup was seamless. This is just rubbery and awful. It screams "rubber." The mouth is nearly immobile...and everything bunches up. Every time he moves or falls or rolls over, you see his body-suit unnaturally bending out. He sharpens his horn, and it wiggles around, because obviously it isn't growing out of his skull.
Then there's just the character. He is stupid and clueless from the first seconds, not a savvy agent who's done this his whole life.
I could go on and on, and I only endured a quarter of the movie.
Do yourself a favor, and don't even do that. Just watch del Toro's vastly-better movies. The people involved in this one clearly have no clue what made them as good as they are...unless they deliberately set out to do the opposite.