Hellboy II ( Movie )
C
Hellboy II is such an average movie that it’s ridiculous. I really don’t understand why it’s getting such praise, but it needs to stop. Firstly, why hasn’t the fact that Hellboy looks eerily like Ted Danson been exploited more? Honestly, he looks exactly like him!! I mean, shit.
I did absolutely lose it at one part of the movie, where Johann Strauss (brilliantly portrayed by Seth McFarlene) sings and dances after a pretty cliched ghost/locker room/hero from hell fight scene. It’s by far the highlight of the movie, and worth the price of admission.
Aside from that though, the characters, action, and story are pretty bland. Even Hellboy’s girlfriend has a fairly lame secret, which has a slight twist at the end that is pretty self-aware of how awful it is. If you liked Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, you’ll like this because it’s a mashing of the two of them into one movie.
I would go on about this movie, but I saw it like 2 weeks ago, and it’s so forgettable that I can’t remember pretty much anything about it. There is one scene with a plant monster that isn’t good, except the CGI afterwards looks pretty good for about 4 seconds. Skip this one or rent it if you’re really desparate.
