So does this belong here or HorrorNews? Its not really a horror film so I'll just post here...
I liked this film, I didn't love it as much as I loved Blade 2 but I was still entertained. Guillermo del Toro is the man. Can't wait to see what he does next.
Too bad he didn't do Blade 3 and hopefully that doesn't get fucked up...
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I liked it, too. I'm a pretty big fan of the comics and I had some problems with the movie's version of the story and how angsty Hellboy is in the movie but it was a really good adaptation.
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You're right about Kroenen--he's the main reason I'm not likely to let my son see HELLBOY just now (though I'll probably indulge him with VAN HELSING).
Yes--it's fun enough to recommend, but as Shawn suggested, it's not likely to be anyone's favorite Guillermo del Toro movie (mine's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, for the record). Let's face it--the monster action itself we've seen a hundred times since THE RELIC and MEN IN BLACK came out.
Unsurprisingly for a del Toro film, HELLBOY is at its best when it's dealing with the parent/child relationship at the heart of the story. It's only too bad that the adult Hellboy and the elderly John Hurt spent most of the film "not speaking." I understand that the wall between them was crucial--but what the film needed was more of the relationship they had BEFORE their rift... more time spent with Hellboy's upbringing--something to truly show us what father and son meant to each other. I'm sure it was there at one point, but it probably went by the wayside in the name of action.
One of my favorite moments (and another del Toro signature paying tribute to one of his favorite films) involved Hellboy meeting the nine-year-old boy on the rooftop. Sure, it was played for laughs, but this reaches all the way back to SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE--which reaches back to FRANKENSTEIN itself--in showing how a child would really want to relate to a "monster."
As for BLADE 3? I hope the series goes the way of ALIEN, with each entry featuring a different director and a completely different style, so I'm glad del Toro turned it down. And I still look eagerly forward to his next film (rumored to be another personal, small-scale thriller). HELLBOY is an enjoyable between-meal snack where I come in.
Yes--it's fun enough to recommend, but as Shawn suggested, it's not likely to be anyone's favorite Guillermo del Toro movie (mine's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, for the record). Let's face it--the monster action itself we've seen a hundred times since THE RELIC and MEN IN BLACK came out.
Unsurprisingly for a del Toro film, HELLBOY is at its best when it's dealing with the parent/child relationship at the heart of the story. It's only too bad that the adult Hellboy and the elderly John Hurt spent most of the film "not speaking." I understand that the wall between them was crucial--but what the film needed was more of the relationship they had BEFORE their rift... more time spent with Hellboy's upbringing--something to truly show us what father and son meant to each other. I'm sure it was there at one point, but it probably went by the wayside in the name of action.
One of my favorite moments (and another del Toro signature paying tribute to one of his favorite films) involved Hellboy meeting the nine-year-old boy on the rooftop. Sure, it was played for laughs, but this reaches all the way back to SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE--which reaches back to FRANKENSTEIN itself--in showing how a child would really want to relate to a "monster."
As for BLADE 3? I hope the series goes the way of ALIEN, with each entry featuring a different director and a completely different style, so I'm glad del Toro turned it down. And I still look eagerly forward to his next film (rumored to be another personal, small-scale thriller). HELLBOY is an enjoyable between-meal snack where I come in.
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I didn't like the comic and now I don't like the movie. I mean, it wasn't awful, but so far I haven't seen anything from Del Toro that would suggest he's as good as his reputation would lead you to believe. I liked Blade 2 well enough, but nothing of his makes me tremble with anticipation of his next movie. I'll give him another shot when At The Mountains Of Madness comes out, but if he doesn't deliver big time on that one, I'm gonna just give up on the guy. Maybe I'm all alone on this, but I just don't see where he has achieved such status. 
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