I saw this in theaters on opening weekend after watching the first one earlier that day. Both were fun, but I actually like the story and action better in the sequel.
Hellboy (Ron Perlman), Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), and Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) team up with renowned, eccentric scientist Johann Krauss (Seth McFarlane) to stop an evil prince (Luke Goss) from releasing and taking control of The Golden Army, a near indestructible army of machines that can wipe out humanity. The film manages to balance riveting action (Hellboy takes on a giant, tentacle laden monster while holding an infant, Shoot Em Up style) and tongue in cheek comedy quite well for a super hero movie. While it doesn’t come close in comparing to other cape capers of the summer (Iron Man, The Dark Knight), Hellboy knows where it stands. It excels, mostly, in Del Toro’s vision of the creatures in Hellboy’s world- a scene that brings the team into a black market of sorts while wearing glasses that see through all spells and guises is breathtaking. The world of creatures is like a mix between Pan’s Labyrinth and Diagon Alley of the Harry Potter films.
Nominations:
Best Makeup
Therefore it’s quite deserved to see those creatures, almost all results of practical make up effects, land itself a nomination in this category. Del Toro’s creatures from Pan’s took home all sorts of gold back in 2007, so it certainly gives me hope. The contenders in the category are very diverse and it could really go any way this year.
Havaianas
Seeing Hellboy has never interested me
1We saw this one in the theater too. It was a good movie, and they did an excellent job on the makeup.
I liked Hellboy 3 better than TDK in the sense that it was a comic book movie that my kiddos could watch, unlike TDK (which was way too dark for them). I know there's a huge adult fanbase for these movies, but hello - kids, boys especially, absolutely love their superheroes. It's a bit annoying when they market a movie to kids, but kids can't see it.
2Since it's a sequel it's old news. I bet you anything Benjamin Button is going to nab the Oscar that Hellboy II deserves.
3I'm afraid of that too, but most on Benji Button's stuff is VFX and not practical. It doesn't take much make up to make Brad Pitt look old- har har
4Not to mention the special effects makeup and prosthetics in the first movie were done by Rick Baker, and he was nowhere to be seen in the sequel. I wonder if Roz whatever his last name is will lose votes because the designs aren't entirely original.
5Sad, but true. Poor Brad.
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