Sublime

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2004)

The universe of Guillermo Del Toro keeps getting more beautiful...
Hellboy is the perfect comic book film, surpassing the first Superman, Batman, Spiderman and X-Men movies in my book. Ron Perlman just kicks so much ass. Everyone is great in this, Jefferey Tambor and David Hyde Pierce in particular adding some needed levity to the otherwise gloomy and gothic surroundings. Perfect balance between romance and action, comedy and suspense so this long but just-the-right-length movie never drags for a minute, nor ever feels rushed to get through anything or get anything "out of the way" (like those tedious exposition scenes in most every other comic book film which this one masterfully avoids through flashbacks).
I'm already dying for a sequel to this ridiculously entertaining film!