Could have been better...

Rating: 4/10 (30 July 2004)

I've just seen this movie, and I really looked forward to it, but I was seriously disappointed. It's really because of many things. First of all, it looks terrible, when they hit Hellboy, and he slowly flies horizontally across the room. The physics are missing here, which isn't VERY important, but when it looks strange (and flat out ugly), it just doesn't work. Second, he kills a monster (which isn't easy to kill), but he doesn't really learn from it. He kicks the other (similar) monsters' butts for the rest of the movie instead of just killing them, and when he does kill them, it seems like a coincidence. That results in fighting just for fighting's sake. Third, the movie seems to go on forever and ever. The movie simply has too few scenes. There's lots of action all along, but the movie dwells in the wrong places. And finally, WHAT KIND OF ENDING IS THAT!?!? Seriously! A jealous demon is funny, and it works, but to see Hellboy getting emotional is simply too much: HE'S A DEMON FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! And he should behave more like one. No more than 4 stars for this movie.