You'd be surprised...

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2004)

When I first saw this movie, I got a kind of Spawn vibe. Any one remember that movie? It was a comic book flick that came a few years ago before comic book movies were a fad. It's about a normal guy who works for the mob or something. He didn't do a mission write or wanted to quit, it's been a couple of years and I don't really remember. The mob people kill him and one of enemies marries his wife and becomes a Surrogate father for his daughter. The rage and anger within him cause the big bad guy in Hell to take notice of him and made him into an assassin. And in this, he becomes the Spawn of Hell.
Spawn was creepy, but it wasn't creepy *while* I was watching it. It was afterwards that I felt a bit iffed out by it. But it was that same creepiness that made me love the movie that much more.

It was the same way with Hellboy. Okay, I admit some of the acting wasn't exactly immaculate. The guy who played Broom when he was in his twenties springs to mind. However, throughout the movie I had an intense sense of awareness that we were in fact dealing with a creature from Hell.

I consider myself a Christian, which is that major reason it surprised me that loved this movie so much. Honestly, I only saw Hellboy because I promised my little sister I would take her to any movie she wanted and I really, REALLY had no interest what so ever of seeing the stupid movie. I had never ever heard of the damn thing before the movie posters. And yet I was pleasantly surprised.
From what I read of the other reviews it seems that this is one those movies that you either completely love or absolutely hate. Personally, I'm in the former category. If you don't like, then hey, you know, every one's entitled to their own opinion. But you should at least give it a chance. Every one I told that I was going to see this movie, *every one* thought it would be total crap. And I am one of those people. But I saw and thought it was great.
But can I say? I'm a sucker for unconventional heroes.