Hellboy Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

This is as close as I can get to them....

Hellboy (2019) - Financial Information

Thanks, was hoping this could make enough for a sequel as the cast had potential.

 

[Slick]

So I seen this last week with my buddy who already saw it because it was discount Tuesday. I went in with low expectations and honestly I thought it wasn’t as bad as the critics made it out to be. It still wasn’t that good of a movie tho.

I will most likely buy it on blu Ray because I have the other Hellboy films on blu ray so I kinda feel like I have to have it part of my collection. Anyway I’ll give it a 6.5/10

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Saw this opening weekend with my mom but haven't been on here in forever. I liked it. It's not great, or even that good, but it gets the character, adapts things I've always wanted to see, so as pure fan service I had a good time. It had some cool monster effects, I dug the use of long takes throughout, the cast was solid. I'd watch the hell out of a sequel, but I doubt it'll happen. But who knows, I'm pretty sure the first 2 weren't breaking the bank either. I'll buy it when it comes out. Also, baba f***ing Yaga.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Harbour gives his views of the films whilst visiting the UK for a comic con...

David Harbour admits "major problems" with Hellboy reboot

 

[samsnee]

He also said this, which I can see his point but Hellboy’s failure had nothing to do with Marvel. If it was the only comic book movie released this year, it probably still would have bombed.

He said: "The problem that I have with comic book movies nowadays is that I think, and it's a result of the power of Marvel stuff, it's like chocolate, it's a flavour.

"So everybody goes chocolate is delicious and these guys make the best chocolate. So as you judge the movies, it's like, 'Well it's not as chocolatey as this, this does not taste like chocolate at all'.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Home release details....

Hellboy Reboot Coming To Blu-Ray In July

 

[samsnee]

I’ll wait for FX

 

[craigaat]

He also said this, which I can see his point but Hellboy’s failure had nothing to do with Marvel. If it was the only comic book movie released this year, it probably still would have bombed.

He's not exactly blaming Marvel, but any and every comic book movie that comes out gets compared to the MCU.

I really enjoyed this Hellboy. Harbour was great, and I loved the visuals and level of violence. It's a shame because I'd love to see a sequel.

 

[chamber-music]

The film had issues but Harbour wasn't one of them in my opinon

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The film had issues but Harbour wasn't one of them in my opinon

Definitely not, he was good in the role. It’s behind the scenes where the problems lied.

 

[Filmfan93]

Just watched this - quite the disappointment.

Harbour got the character right and was probably the only good thing about the film. The editing was atrocious, the CGI was bad and the characters were really boring. Can't believe even McShane was phoning it in. Nimue's sidekick - Gruagach, often had me laughing in how unintentionally hilarious he sounded.

That being said, this had potential and some cool stuff in it - the giants battle was good, the last 40 mins of the film were quite fun and the monster designs and hellish atmosphere was quite good and dark.

Overall - around 4.5/10. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing Harbour again in a proper Hellboy film.

 

[the last son]

4/10. The acting was bad, dialogue, so was writing. None of the characters were likeable. The positives were some of the action, monster designs. That's it. Would not want to see a sequel.

 

[BobJM]

I think this reboot had a lot of potential but was ultimately let down by a weak script & a meager budget. An additional $5-10 million for makeup and CGI & another pass at the script, and I think this could have launched a new franchise for Hellboy.

David Harbor is great as the title character, but the supporting cast left a lot to be desired so I would recast most & add more characters.

The story, I think, would have benefited from less f-bombs & tough-as-nails characters (Alice, Broom, Daimio, as well as Hellboy all included). We don’t need an opening monologue with Professor Broom cursing. Softening their personalities & including Kate Corrigan to provide exposition for the occult (and work as Broom’s apprentice), as well as adding Director Manning as a fun antagonist (not villain) for Hellboy to banter with.

David Lowery would have been a great alternate director. Just look at his upcoming Green Knight—the cinematography would have been stunning & potentially rivaled del Toro’s visuals from the original.

And this needed a subtitle!



HELLBOY: DARKNESS CALLS
directed by David Lowery

Hellboy: David Harbor
Professor Broom: Malcolm McDowell

BPRD
Kate Corrigan: Toni Collette
Alice Monaghan: Erin Kellyman
Capt. Ben Daimio: Brian Tee
Director Tom Manning: John Goodman

VILLAINS
Nimue / Blood Queen: Sylvia Hoeks
Gruagach: Ray Winstone (voice work)
Baba Yaga: Emma Tate (voice work)

ADDITIONAL
Lady Hatton: Shohreh Aghdashloo
Lord Adam Glaren: Alistair Petrie
Agent Ruiz / Camazotz: Mario de la Rosa
King Arthur: Mark Stanley

AND FEATURING
Grigori Rasputin: Tom Cullen
Ilsa Haupstein: Mamie Gumer
Karl Kroenen: Ilko Iliev
Herman von Klempt: August Diehl
Lobster Johnson: Thomas Haden Church


SEQUELS CASTING

BRPD RECRUITS
Abe Sapien: Bill Hader
Elizabeth Sherman: Christina Ricci
Rogers: Jason Segel
Johann Schmidt: Matthias Schweighöfer

ADDITIONAL
Sarah Huges: Maime McCoy
Panya: Adjoa Andoh
Malcolm Frost: David Costabile
Daryl Tynon / Wendingo: David Wenham

VILLAINS
Azzael: Clancy Brown (voice work)
Varvara: Isla Johnston
Koshchei the Deathless: Andy Serkis
Kriegaffen: CGI / Motion Capture