Humorous, Exciting, Adventurous

Rating: Null/10 (9 April 2004)

I Recently saw Hellboy not because of the previews, but because my boyfriend wanted to. Seeing the previews, I assumed that Hellboy would be a wanna-be X-Men. But it was definitley a lot better than I thought it would be.
For one thing, the characters were so neat and definitley creative. I also thought the intellect and history in the story was a significant part. The settings were really exciting as well. Although, I think the movie would have been a ten if they had capitalized more on some of the characters and relationships. For example, Myers was 'chosen'. But his character still didn't bring much drama or substance as the audience would assume from the beginning of the movie. Gaps like that left out a lot of quality, leaving the audience with unanswered questions. At the end, the scene where Hellboy fought the leader wasn't all that dramatic, but it was supposed to be an important part in the story. It was the final fight and there was absolutely no substance in the scene.
Overall I would say it was a good movie, but had potential to be much better.