whats with the giant tentacled villains?

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2004)

i thouroughly enjoyed this presentation of hellboy as the director gave it the feel of a comic book. ron perlman was excellent as hellboy, always spot on to his character. however there were several things about this movie that struck me as odd, first being the fact that the part of the devil was played by huge tentacled monsters locked in a giant prison...why the giant tentacles? also the film placed a heavy emphasis on hellboy's own religious feelings (as evidenced by the rosaries he and his team were wearing all the time)...if the director wanted to bring traditional religion into the mix, why didnt he use traditional villains (ie satan?). another odd thing was the seemingly futility of hellboys fighting the monster samuel, of whom two more are created everytime one is killed, and the freaky german assassin. why not just let hellboy go to town on some henchmen instead? however, as i said before, i greatly enjoyed the movie's comic book feel and ron perlman as hellboy- enough that i can overlook these shortcomings. 9/10