Hellboy 2

Rating: 3/10 (13 July 2008)

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I was extremely disappointed with this movie. In a nutshell it is far from deserving a rating of anything above 7. I guess I found it bad because I felt that Hellboy 2 copied many movies. To list: Blue is a bad replica of C3PO from star wars.
The troll world is a replica of Tatooine gone bad from star wars.
Hellboy's line "That was my last cigar now you've pis**d me off" or something is directly from Wolverine who has used that line countless times throughout the wolverine comics. It is a well known wolverine trademark which has been ripped here.
The prince is very similair to Darth Maul from star wars, having his extendable sword which turns into a staff. Even the scene when the stick extends into a staff is almost identical to a scene of darth maul in star wars. I found it unoriginal.
The robot guy reminded me of a cheap try at vader.
The main reason why i disliked it was since as a star wars fan, I felt they copied some key scenes and it wasn't original. The resemblance is sort of faint but its there nevertheless.
The large moving rock opening to the golden army when moving looked like a bad sandman from spiderman.
The scene when the golden army was awakened, the tavern and setting with the robot like things looked very similair to the epic end battle in the matrix revolution in zion. The tavern had a very strong sort of a zion feel to it.
The script was corny in some instances and effects were great on the whole however things were noticeably flawed and looked a little fake in other instances. Jokes were alright at most points but very lame in quite a few instances.
Acting was noticeably bad and plastic in only a few instances but main characters did a good job, especially hellboy.
Some parts were funny such as the singing which added a warm touch to the characters. Some fight scenes were also sort of original. The prince other than some of his moves being copied from darth maul, was VERY entertaining and worth waiting for between other scenes.
To finish, the story's ending didn't make any sense. Had the princess not had the will to live in the first place, should she not have killed herself LONG BEFORE THE END to kill the prince, saving the many lives which the prince took including her own fathers?!?!! A far better job could have been done. It was however better than the first movie but still very very far from being a hit movie and any success is due to the trailer being good. Had it been more original, I may have liked it more. Hopefully IF there is a third, they will give hellboy a better name than it is given now.