Hellboy [Blu-ray]

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What can be said about this movie? People complain about the gore when they wanted an R-Rating. Improvised lines happen in movies but somehow it's become a public thing to say "well that's went wrong." For starters, despite the trailers being a bit misleading, this film actually is far more comic accurate. It is far less apologetic and after making "everyone good," as characters exist who have done bad things but have done things are, well more human than actual human characters in the film. The tone of Hellboy's rejection of the world and his personal struggles is still comical, but handled in a different manner. You want that in a reboot. In my opinion it is better than the original two films in that way. Well, actually, in a lot of ways. No goofy sidekick, no trying to be about everyone in redemption/innocence. You know exactly what Hellboy is, and what others are, and nobody is going to get apologetic or try to resist unless they choose too in a far more natural way than "how they were raised" or "whom they are working for/want for the world." So it is quite early on one of many "organizations" out there basically try to kill Hellboy, and he gets 1/2 his origin. This ISN"T an origin story. Not a "lie" either like "Spider Man: Homecoming" per say where it definitely was an origin story regardless of them trying to get around it. The most similiar about this film is the shown backstory in which the wierd guy with the wind-up thing in his back only makes a cameo, same with rasputin, etc. After that we have Hellboy on a new adventure starting from scratch. Let's speak of the cast and/or characters. If it wasn't for the comic book more accurate shift for this "reboot," wouldn't have even noticed it wasn't Ron Perlman but David Harbour as Hellboy. In other words, Hellboy is played as Hellboy-not an impersonation (superman returns PTSD anyone?) or feeling wrong. "Alice" is also interesting and is still growing into her powers, and has a connection to hellboy without needing to have a love story. As things go on she goes from "helpful" to "kicking butt" and it feels natural. Daniel Dae Kim plays someone who well...hates the "dark side" but you get it all in a great package and channeling what he is comes and works by the end of the film. Milla Jovovich isn't in this film every five seconds-we have her minion pig, baba yaga-they are all pretty cool and acted well. Nimue is handled well, if not a bit too goofy at times (severed head talking) but her "reassembly" and basically what she sees in Hellboy, plans, etc, have set motives and she doesn't need to be anymore complex than she is, or else she'd be taking time away from the others, including "hellboy's father" played by Ian McShane. Although he clearly sees the good in Hellboy, he doesn't constantly preach to him to "be good," and mostly gives him crap like a father who wasn't ready to be a father, and this is well played out too. In case you haven't gotten it by now, I was a fan of the prior hellboy films. Actually liked "Golden Army" because it embraces the fantasy side of hellboy along with the more grounded elements. Hellboy is fantasy horror, so if you didn't like "Golden Army" then you probably won't this either. Not that the first did something so wrong-it just had less of these elements. I also am a Guillermo Del Toro fan. However, this reboot is as said, way more comic book accurate, and while that doesn't always translate to a good thing (see batman-the killing joke for how bad that can go), in this case it finds a better balance. Thus, I liked this film much more than the priors. With middling box office+home release success, and negative response in which actress Milla Jovovich (Nimue the blood queen) even spoke out about humorously, a sequel is very doubtful. I don't think the random magic that pulled golden army getting made is around this time, in this day and age. Speaking of the time period, I don't think I've seen a film embrace using gore and action that's wild and super fun like this for like 5 years. It is a shame people don't appreciate stuff like this. This is why studios make PG-13 watered down stuff. Hopefully the monster hunter film is not watered down either, and mentioning it since Milla Jovovich will be in it too, and the blood should be flying in 2020.

It's difficult to review a film without spoiling it for someone who hasn't seen it. You can glean from the description that Hellboy goes to Britain to fight 3 rampaging giants, and while there encounters a resurrected vengeful and bloodthirsty sorceress from the days of King Arthur. Standing on it's own, this was a pretty good movie. Action, lots of supernatural creatures, awesome effects, with a few plot twists tossed in. A great action yarn. With all of that going for it, it is only fair that you ask why I only gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Fair enough. I loved the first 2 Hellboy movies. This movie is NOT Hellboy 3. It is a brand new movie. They've changed Hellboy's backstory. Nearly all of the characters from the first 2 movies are missing. This movie does not require Hellboy in the way that the first 2 did. That said, it IS an enjoyable move, BUT, if you expect it to pick up where Hellboy II left off, you are going to be disappointed.

Fun and entertaining.

The appearance and condition of ( Hell boy) is excellent. The quality is brand new and at a great price. The DVD arrived on time.

Although not as good as the two Del Toro films, Neil Marshall’s “Hellboy” film has its moments, it’s not a sequel to the Del Toro films but an alternate version of the same character. A pity that they chose not to be part of the continuity of the Del Toro universe. Hellboy (David Harbour) is once again pulled into a zero sum game with the world on the edge of destruction. Am evil sorceress (Mila Jovovich) has plans to destroy the world and tempts Hellboy with his own role in the prophecy. Featuring Harbour in the lead works fairly well but Andrew Crosby (the Tv show “Eureka”) doesn’t quite have the chops as a writer to create or flesh out the characters here. The other characters aren’t as well developed as they need to be though the film does succeed in making “Hellboy” and R rated film. Hopefully with the passage of t8me, this film will receive its due-it is pretty good despite limitations. Director Neil Marshall (“The Descent”, “Dog Soldiers”) seems like an inspired choice as director but the producers on the film interfered so much during production and post-production that Marshall has disowned the film. Marshall has stated it was the worst experience making a film he ever experienced. The quality of the CGI isn’t quite up to the two previous films with some sequences feeling like they aren’t completely rendered. It’s still an entertaining film even if the characters of Abe and Liz aren’t part of the film (well kind for Abe). We do get two other characters from the comics to replace these characters. The 4K does a nice job of giving this dark looking film the necessary h9me video release of the film. Special features include a documentary in the making of the film, deleted scenes and some previz sequences for the film. What’s missing are the voice of Marshall in the form of a commentary telling us what went wrong and what went right for this film. “Hellboy” isn’t quite up the quality of the first two films by Del Toro but it does have its moments. With a better script, Harbour would have truly shined but, as his, he beings a great presence to the film that matches Perlman’s even if it is quite different in its own way.

Good

Great old movie

Muy Buena Película En Blueray llego en perfectas condiciones y a muy buen presio

Excellent

Highly recommended!!!

This should have been the slip cover that the Hellboy Remake should have went instead of that bland looking one. However, the remake does not really do justice from the old one. The original one is way better than this.

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