USA Today ripped on it by saying "A fiery action picture destined to please fans of other comics-turned-adventure flicks such as X-Men." Thats a negative review?????
Its a sad sad time to watch movies. After ROTK came out everything else seems like horsecrap compared to it.
I really don't care much about Hellboy, but it does get a 74% fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com. I'd say that's pretty good. LXG clocked in at a blistering 16% rating. A little research = everyone in this thread got "pwned" BTW, Walking Tall got a 27% rating. I can smell what The Rock is cooking, and it stinks.
Ill probably see the movie one day, but if i have to hear "ever heard of things that go bump in the night? well were the ones that bump back." my god that is annoying.
I liked this movie better when it was called Crossroads (huh?) I liked this movie better when it was called Godzilla and starred Matthew Broderick.
I'll pass on that. I didn't like Revolutions. I thought it was crap. I loved The Matrix, it was the best. And Reloaded was also really good.
I've found only one movie that was funnier not influenced. Pootie Tang. For some reason, that **** is hysterical when I'm sober.
It was GREAT !!! A total surprise. Remember that feeling you had when you went to see the Matrix and thought it would be crap, and you walked out going...WOW !! Hellboy is the same type of feeling....a great movie from nowhere. Well done and I am going to see it again. DD
A mixed bag. I liked Del Toro's previous film "Blade II", but this one was less entertaining. Ron Perlman, who also played in Blade II, stars as Hellboy: a demon raised by humans to fight against the forces of darkness. The concept of the characters just doesn't seem to have a very fresh feeling after the slew of comic book movies that have come out recently. The dialogue is surprisingly crisp and funny in many parts, and Perlman was the perfect man for the job. Another positive is a slick looking villain in a gas mask. Despite the good things, this was a very campy comic book movie. And it never really tried to be much more than that. The scope of the plot, while it must have seemed grand on paper, just came off as ridiculous and silly. Most of the action is heavy CGI and is unrealistic. The entire plot just seems vastly undeveloped. When compared to a film like X-Men 2, Hellboy falls short in certain areas but is reasonably entertaining. Grade: C
it was already nearly 2 hours long. how much more do you want them to develop it? this movie only tries to be what it is. i agree that this movie was only average. still pretty entertaining though.
aww man... I thought LXG was pretty good. they set up for the sequel too... but i'm guess now it's not gonna happen. i guess hellboy was a little better... but i did like LXG.
How would you compare Hellboy to X-Men 1 Nomar? (Haven't seen either of them, but I think it's a tad bit unfair to compare it to X-2 when I heard X-Men first one sucked major ass.)
I gave it a B- because I thought it was very entertaining. The plot definately had a problem, and needing more time to develope it wasn't the problem and I don't think that's what Nomar meant. Sort of Spoiler Alert* It was the standard bad guy who wants to destroy the world type thing. But why does this guy want to destroy the world? What does he gain from that? I think Rasputin's goals just needed to be explained a little, and that just required some better writing. BTW, Dadda, I remember you were approached about making the game for this movie. Are you still on that or did they go elsewhere?
I would still rate X-Men 1 higher than Hellboy. Less campy, and like Oski said better developed plot. I didn't necessarily mean more time to develop, like character development, but just a better job of setting up the story, etc. Oski hit it on the head.
