Movie Reviews

Hellboy:
Hellboy is a great example of a movie integrating fantasy into the modern world, and the main character is not something you’d see in an archetypical story. The universe of Hellboy focuses on the supernatural side of the modern world where mythical creatures co exist with us. Hellboy bends more on the side of fantasy than science fiction. Although set in the modern world, the difference lie with the fantasy creatures and environment. No changes in technology from reality are shown.

The Hero, Hellboy, is born as a demon said to bring about the final judgement on humanity. But an incident occurs, and a baby Hellboy is adopted by a scientist who researches paranormal problems- mainly on the experiments of the Nazis. Hellboy’s foster father brought him up as a protector of humanity, and a warrior against the forces of evil and his destiny.

Although he tries to help others and fight against evil, Hellboy’s presence is more rejected as a freak than accepted as a saviour. His motives are more of his personal feelings than what he should be doing to save humanity.

He has cracked down on many situation of paranormal activity, but the final question comes in mind: “Will Hellboy pull the trigger for the final judgement on humanity because of how they treat him so harshly.”
Still waiting for Hellboy 3...

Silent Hill:
As a game and a movie title, it has been a recognizable horror series. Silent Hill is much like a ghost town in another dimension where supernatural activity comes and goes. The character would most likely be alone in Silent Hill with not contact for help at all, giving the player a sense of insecurity. To make matters worse is the existence of grotesque monsters roaming around Silent Hill. Such monsters may consist of human like attributes such as a four legged human with no face. As a mutation of the human body, we are able to recognize it but would be shocked by the unexplainable existence of such a horrifying creature.

Silent Hill utilizes the elements of horror to create a sequence of events. In a dark corridor lighted with a creepy orange light, you can hear the shuffling of feet. Because you know there is no one else in Silent Hill, your imagination gets you to think of the next possibility. You turn the corner and find no one there. A shuffle behind startles you and you turn back to see a human with a skull face and broken limbs limping looming over you.

Horror prevails in Silent Hill as the character tries to survive the unknown depths of the dimension.

My Neighbour Totoro:

THis movie is majorly based on surrelism. The movie is like something out of a child's mind, of the adventure of child and imaginary friend. Transrealism is the appropriate genre for this film. Such things as a cat bus is definitely not a technology inventors would think of engineering, nor is it totally magical. It is more of the ridiculous. It's a charming tale where the producer has brought a child's imagination to life on screen. The innocent mind of a child can present a wonderful source for transrealism- such that most Transreal games are made for the young audience.