It's fantastic storytelling mix of family devotion, burgeoning love, acceptance of personal power, overcoming prejudice, sacrifice, with action, comedy, horror, comic book stylized evil and one of the eeriest bad guys ever to weld a knife, as well as one of the most intense and well dressed villains to ever threaten the earth. You do not have to be a fan of the comic to enjoy this movie. Not to mention it's simply just one exciting damn fine fun kick butt movie! There is not a weak performance onscreen by actors or offscreen by crew in this film. Īre the telling of old tales in new ways and some will become tomorrow's myths, "Hellboy" will definitely keep that belief alive. It is well worth watching for anyone with a taste for fantasy.
For my money, these are some of the most impressive cgi creations yet, including some great cgi fight scenes.Hellboy is captivating, suspenseful and humorous. The sets are all engaging, from exteriors one hilariously claimed to be in Newark, New Jersey to interiors, urban to expansive countryside and even outer space environments.As for effects, which are a large part of the film, I can't for the life of me imagine someone claiming that cgi looks "fake" compared to mechanicals, practicals, stop motion ala Harryhausen, and so on after they see this film. That's a good sign, because it shows that del Toro and fellow writers Mignola and Peter Briggs have successfully conveyed a world with "deep" characters who have extensive histories.Also worth noting is the cinematography/lighting/production and set design, which is consistently beautiful, and ranges from the popular recent trend of more monochromatic textures blue is the color of choice here, to the strong chiaroscuro of the comic books, to striking contrasts, such as a mostly monochromatic scene which is suddenly penetrated by a supersaturated red stream of blood. Like many films of this type, I'd love to see all of these characters further explored in prequels, sequels and spinoffs. And newly recruited "caretaker" John Myers Rupert Evans shows promise, even if we do not get to spend much time with him here. His adopted father, Professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm John Hurt is intriguing. There are also other characters providing enjoyable comic relief, most notably Tom Manning Jeffrey Tambor. The villain and neutral creatures such as the "half-creature" with a speaking role towards the end are just as captivating. Hellboy has a monster-like counterpart, Abe Sapien Doug Jones, and a "freak" love interest, Liz Sherman Selma Blair, who are almost as fascinating as he is. Hellboy is at its best when it focuses on these characteristics.But everything else works well, too. He's also a cigar-smoking, smart-assed detective.
So he has a large number of human-like quirks, including a love of old music, beer, cats, pancakes, chili, and so on. He was raised by humans who were as normal as they could be, being government agents in a bureau dedicated to the paranormal. Even though he's half demon, a large part of the comics, at least-and this is hinted at in the film, particularly in the climax-is a continual nature versus nurture "debate". How many you meet will likely determine how well you'll like Hellboy.What worked best for me was the material that showed Hellboy, portrayed exquisitely by Ron Perlman, as just a regular guy cum sassy detective. And Five, you have to not hate cgi creatures. Four, you have to like an epic, sprawling feel to your fantasy. Three, you have to enjoy your fantasy both very dark on the horror side and humorous/sarcastic at the same time. Two, you have to have a taste for fantasy where the creators are not very concerned with making the material coherent with or plausible in the actual world. One, even though director Guillermo del Toro is a big fan of the Hellboy comic books and many comments have been made by him, comic creator Mike Mignola and others that the film is faithful to the books, they've also said they've changed it to suit the context of the film, so you have to not be a purist about source material to screen translations or current screen instantiations. government to help battle monsters and the paranormal.Hellboy was a 10 out of 10 for me, but there are a number of criteria for any viewer to have such a high opinion of it. Infant, we go forward in time to the late 20th Century, and most of the film concerns an adult Hellboy still working in conjunction with the U.S.
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