Now That Guillermo Del Toro Is Famous He Can Do Anything He Wants

Rating: 4/10 (9 February 2009)

I believe that when any director has too much freedom the film can be in trouble and this is one of those cases. You give Del Toro a sandbox and he'll give you monsters that have musical numbers. Half of the film was fine. The audience get's what Hellboy is all about, fighting monsters, balancing his love life and getting along with the people he works, while the other half of it was weird and not really needed in a super hero film. For example the romance felt fake, for some reason there is a musical number and the ending might as well just be the start for another movie.
However, is this what the director was going for? Was he going for an entertaining movie or a serious take on the subject of Hellboy? Whichever this fantasy epic falls flat due to awkward storytelling and strange not needed musical numbers.