Well I wanted to get this one in here quick, and I did, so now I have time to actually review this sucker. I actually had to dig through a bunch of HTML to get the code, I can't believe it worked!
Anyways, I'll say it first : this looks dumb. I appreciate the art, the SFX, the humor, and of course Hellboy in itself. I cannot appreciate the cheesy dialouge (so far), and the fact that the main protagonist is a freaking albino. Now that I think about it, 20% of me liking the first Hellboy probably had to do with the fact he was battling ancient Nazi's. That's so cool. Yeah, awesome.
After Pan's Labrynth I expect more in terms of story and dialouge. He hasn't really let us down in terms of mythical creatures and effects, but time will tell.
I don't know. Looks pretty cool to me. Hellboy comics have never really been strong on the dialogue, just on art and action. As long as there are cool fights here and the dialogue/story are passable, I'm down.
All of Del Toro's work takes on a lot of the Lovecraftian mythos, so they all have similarities. Pan's Labyrinth did branch out a bit more into norse and greek/roman mythos for the sake of displaying various concepts of death/life, but it still had an overall Lovecraftian design to it.
Del Toro isn't like to stop doing this in movies he writes and directs since he's very heavy into the mythos.
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Awesome, Snaileb. Thanks for this. I <3 Hellboy.
I thought the first movie was alright, but this trailer doesn't make me all that interested in the sequel.
MEIN HERZ BRENNT!
So Hellboy fights Lucius Malfoy?
Some of those creatures about 30 seconds in look like they came straight from the set of Pan's Labyrinth.
I like it when directors leave little traces of visual continuity.
I'm interested enough. Let's do it!
Does Hellboy look a little slim at the waist to anyone else? And I love the music in the second half of the trailer.
DVD is that some Warlock??
The first one sucked balls. why would they make a 2nd one?
No Nazis... albino elf man... reused Pan's Labyrinth models... hmmmmmm.
I liked the first one enough and I hate every movie pretty much, so alright! Bring on Hellboy killing the entire population of Pan's Labyrinth.
I don't know. Looks pretty cool to me. Hellboy comics have never really been strong on the dialogue, just on art and action. As long as there are cool fights here and the dialogue/story are passable, I'm down.
Looks okay. That doesn't count for much, though.
Agreed, MaxVest, especially when the creatures in Pan's Labyrinth were so rich to begin with.
i'm in agreement with Rockvillainand MaxVest. It does look very Pan's Labyrinth.
music is rammstein
and they kept Ron Pearlmen(pardon my blasphemes spelling of his last name) as Hellboy. Thats enough for me to spend 7 bucks to see it in the theaters.
All of Del Toro's work takes on a lot of the Lovecraftian mythos, so they all have similarities. Pan's Labyrinth did branch out a bit more into norse and greek/roman mythos for the sake of displaying various concepts of death/life, but it still had an overall Lovecraftian design to it.
Del Toro isn't like to stop doing this in movies he writes and directs since he's very heavy into the mythos.