Caught the 10:40 show last night.
Wow! What a great comic adaptation. Probably the best one ever (next to X-Men and Spiderman).
Folks who are not familiar with HB might be a little lost, but Guirremo del Toro does a great job of adapting, writing and directing this flick.
I've been a fan of Mike Mignola's work for quite a long time, and the Hellboy stories are always dark, foreboding, but contain some pretty dry humor and wit to help even things out.
Ron Perlman does an outstanding job of playing "Hellboy". The studios really wanted someone like The Rock or Vin Diesel, but GDT stuck to his guns on Ron.
The rest of the cast nails their characters, Abe Sapien, Dr Broom, Liz... it was great!
***1/2 out of ****.
Time to resurrect my "Movie Sig" and move the Summer Movie Forum to the first level... (well, okay... maybe at the end of the semester).
Wow! What a great comic adaptation. Probably the best one ever (next to X-Men and Spiderman).
Folks who are not familiar with HB might be a little lost, but Guirremo del Toro does a great job of adapting, writing and directing this flick.
I've been a fan of Mike Mignola's work for quite a long time, and the Hellboy stories are always dark, foreboding, but contain some pretty dry humor and wit to help even things out.
Ron Perlman does an outstanding job of playing "Hellboy". The studios really wanted someone like The Rock or Vin Diesel, but GDT stuck to his guns on Ron.
The rest of the cast nails their characters, Abe Sapien, Dr Broom, Liz... it was great!
***1/2 out of ****.
Time to resurrect my "Movie Sig" and move the Summer Movie Forum to the first level... (well, okay... maybe at the end of the semester).
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