A Visionary Masterpiece...that deserved a better storyline.

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2008)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army, as many would've known by now, is about "The mythical world starting a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all-out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds."
Very cool plot.
The movie is filled with awesome creatures and Del Toro created a whole new world; very imaginative and creative and the whole thing was just very epic! And the fact that director Guillermo Del Toro used as least CGI as possible very much entered the movie in a league of its own.
But the problem is the storyline.
Yes, the story was in-depth and very chilling and daunting at some point and not to mention very comedic and romantic...but it gets a very "soap opera"-ish feeling after a while. I mean, someone gets pregnant, Abe fell for Princess Nuala, the whole sacrifices at the end of the movie, Liz's choice between Hellboy's life or the fate of Earth, and relationship that doesn't work out.
Okay, some people might like it. But others (Hellboy and Del Toro die hard fans) may be expecting more than that (or maybe a bit less of the drama).
But still, I must say I LOVED it and gave it a 9/10...sorry, but I just had to take away that one star.