You don't know who Guillermo Del Toro is, you say? Shame on you if you don't. The Mexican director is responsible for films such as The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth, and is also one of the only men on the scene with the balls to make dark fantasy great again. In short, one of my heroes. But what does that have to do with Team Ico?
In a recent interview with Edge magazine, Del Toro talked about his affinity for games like Medal of Honor: Airborne, Call of Duty 4 and Army of Two. Of Team Ico games, however, he commented, "There are only two games I consider masterpieces: Ico and Shadow of the Colossus."
If you've seen any of his films, those comments won't come as much of a surprise, but it pleases me to see that directors have an awareness of gaming beyond those that they think can be adapted into Hollywood productions. Although if Del Toro announced he was making Ico into a motion picture, I'd probably die on the spot and float right up into the arms of Jesus. No lie. It'd be that good.
[Thanks, Joe]
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4:40 PM on 08.26.2008
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But it's good to see that Del Toro pays attention to the games world.
I can not wait for the next Team Ico game!
Still trying to find Ico on PS2 as I swear I used to own it at one point in time :(
But it's cool to see with some artistic being mentioned in the mainstream. Maybe this will cause a few more to go out and grab a copy.
Yeah, I said it.
Jesus..
And Pan's Labyrinth was a great movie but the scene where the guy's nose gets crushed in with a bottle still fucks with my head.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104029/
If you don't want to spoil your perception of him don't watch the one where Mira Sorvino fights the giant moths. Other than that, he's pretty great.
To have someone like Del Toro to do either Ico or SotC be like hot sex on my face.
By the way, I'm a freak for Del Toro. Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone are two of my most favorite films of all time. Can't wait to see his take on Middle-Earth.
If "pretentiousness" means "quality," then I agree.
@Pew
Peter Jackson (and those two women) are writing the adaptation with (I think) Del Toro, so Del Toro won't be entirely to blame if the film's no good. But given Jackson's involvement, I don't see this being any worse than the LOTR films.
Yeah, because the guy who directed two movies about a red demon who fights crime and another movie about a half vampire slaying other vampires is surely pretentious. Your a boob.
I haven't seen any of his other films
But on seeing that film alone
I say, if he makes a film based on a Team ICO game I will probably cream with excitement!
ps, EYEBALLS
*heart flutters*
Hellboy, though... eh.
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