Hellboy II: The Golden Army

[terry78]

Just made its network debut on FX earlier tonight, and repeats afterwards. I had forgotten how hilarious this flick was, and how underrated it is due to getting lost in the 2008 summer shuffle. Seth MacFarlane as Johann Krauss still makes me laugh.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Oh yes, good ol hellboy, which reminds me.....WHERE THE HECK IS THE 3RD MOVIE????

 

[Boom]

It was a fun movie, but I preferred the first one.

Kroenen > everything.

Plus the awesome Lovecraftian monster at the end.

 

[Figs]

It was a fun movie, but I preferred the first one.

Kroenen > everything.

Plus the awesome Lovecraftian monster at the end.

Pretty much how I feel. The first had way more of a Mignola feel to it, the sequel was way more Del Toro. I still like the sequel a lot but the first still is the best.

 

[C. Lee]

The first one is my favorite (one of the best comic book movies in my opinion)....I like the second one....but it just doesn't hit me like the first one. Still like to watch it though.

 

[Timstuff]

Hellboy 2 was awesome. I hope that Del Toro gets to make #3 before Ron Perlman gets too old.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don't get FX anymore.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Hellboy 2 is a great sequel. It's better than most comic book movies in my mind,and hopefully a third one will be out by 2012.

 

[SuperFerret]

Watching it now. Both Hellboy movies would fit in so well during the 80's boom of sci-fi/fantasy action comedies that it's almost scary.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

i love this movie, i thought i was pretty ambitious for a comic book movie, making the people the hero is trying to save out to be the bad guys and him choosing to stop protecting them.

 

[Vapor]

I thought it was horrible compared to the first. Me and a mate went to see it on an orange wednesday (in the UK if you're on the orange mobile network you get 2 cinema tickets for the price of one of wednesdays) along with The Strangers..... a day which has now become known as s**tfest wednesday.

To be fair my opinion may change on a 2nd viewing but it just didn't click with me like the first one did.

 

[Octoberist]

It's much more ambitious than the first. BUT I don't think some of the humor works for some odd reason. It's trying to be quirky and I know that Del Toro is a funny dude, but the comedic scenes tend to miss the mark. It just doesn't have the sharp wit or absurdist comedy that it should have to pull these jokes.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Oh yes, good ol hellboy, which reminds me.....WHERE THE HECK IS THE 3RD MOVIE????

I remember reading Del Toro said he was gonna wait till Perlman was at least 60.

 

[Venomfan]

it was disappointing compared to the first which i thought would be terrible from the trailers but was amazing. David Hyde Pierce was sorely missed and what was GDT thinking with that ridiculous teenage hellboy

 

[Morg]

Hellboy 2 was awesome. I hope that Del Toro gets to make #3 before Ron Perlman gets too old.

Perlman has commented he wanted to do a 3rd one

 

[dude stannis]

Chalk me up as someone who prefers the first. Only by a margin. But I felt II maybe went too far in it's insanity.

 

[Octoberist]

Hellboy (as a series) almost runs parallel with Burton's Batman. Where the first Batman film was more conservative than the more 'Burtony' Batman Returns.

 

[CrimsonMist]

I loved Hellboy II, maybe slightly more than the first, mainly because there's a noticeable difference in Del Toro's visual style, what with Hellboy II being post-Pan's Labyrinth. More puppetry and less(noticeable) CGI. It was actually my favorite of the three comic book films of that year. Abe & Hellboy singing Barry Manilow trumps The Dark Knight

I do find it interesting however that after this film, the Hellboy comics began to lean more towards fairy tales and folklore as opposed to Lovecraftian stuff, which I also loved.

I also realized that, were they to make an Elric of Melnibone film, Luke Goss would be my vote to play Elric. Let's face it: Goss looks ALOT like the character.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

IMO both of the 1st 2 Hellboy movies were absolutely amazing, and 2 of the best CB movies out there, I prefer the 2nd a little more than the first, and yes, I have read the comics, which are also amazing!

 

[dude stannis]

Abe & Hellboy singing Barry Manilow trumps The Dark Knight

I'm inclined to agree. I'd give them the same score (9 on my IMDb profile), but I felt Hellboy II had the edge for me. It was more emotionally engaging, the protagonists where more interesting, whereas TDK's scenes all just seemed to fall into place very coldly.

Again, only a slight preference. 2008 was a great year for CBMs.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Hellboy (as a series) almost runs parallel with Burton's Batman. Where the first Batman film was more conservative than the more 'Burtony' Batman Returns.

Spot on. Their first films felt like the comic where the second felt more like the director's own film.

I think the first is great. And it feels like Mignola. The second not so much.

 

[Octoberist]

As much as I loved the designs of the second, I did feel like..Del Toro was throwing everything that he had at the wall.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Spot on. Their first films felt like the comic where the second felt more like the director's own film.

I think the first is great. And it feels like Mignola. The second not so much.

I thought the 2nd movie had plenty of Mignola in as well, Mr Wink and his metal retractable hand were right out of the comics, as were plenty of other fantasy elements, the comics dont just have horror in you know, there is plenty of fantasy elements in them as well.

 

[Octoberist]

But I love the art design. I had the book that the guy wrote,Wayne Barlowe, who created most of the monsters. It was an artbook, based on designs of monsters/aliens from literary works.

 

[bullets]

Oh yes, good ol hellboy, which reminds me.....WHERE THE HECK IS THE 3RD MOVIE????

I'm wondering the same thing , it needs to happen .