Weird for the sake of Wit

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2004)

Going into Hellboy, I was thinking probably like anyone in the audience who wasn't familiar with he comic book: it's going to weird for the sake of weird with plenty of multicolored goo. And you know what, Hellboy didn't disappoint. I got all the goo I could ask for as well enough weird to make me forget exactly where I was.
It's definitely a new approach to the comic book superhero, HB smokes, drinks and curses and I wouldn't have it any other way. I mean seriously, it would be just plain wrong to have a demon who always plays nice with others. He's straight out of Hell, from a Nazi vortex straight to the big screen for your viewing pleasure. Plus he's not without wit some great sarcastic and cynical wit. I laughed aloud when he wasn't quite able to "Superman" from one building to the next only to end up getting love advice from a nine year old.
Story: demon is sucked out of Hell (or outer space, whatever) to be used by Nazis for world destruction, allies recover him and Professor Broom brings him up as a semi-good-guy with a craving for Baby Ruths. John Myers, our cute and innocent FBI agent, has the honor of becoming Hellboy's new escort. They get to work quickly, some museum has been broken into and the security has been devoured. Blah blah blah blah blah, fight in subway, funny line here, witty line there, it's all good.
However, there is no real doubt that Hellboy can pull off the save the world thing, and he makes the BIG choice in about a 30 second argument and a yawning conclusion that is visually disgusting (or beautiful, whatever).
7/10