Well, I had a chance to check out Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, and I have to say, I was quite impressed! Overall the hype for this movie was well deserved. Normally I wouldn’t give up a good chunk of my Sunday to see a movie like this in the theaters (especially in downtown Chicago), but I did and it was worth it!
Plot:
The overall plot was quite interesting. Without giving too much away, I liked the Lord of the Rings Middle Earth-esque story telling, complete with humans vs. elves (and other fictional beings).
I really enjoyed the character development of Red (Hellboy).. They really went out of their way to make him display more human characteristics, especially when they showed him in his childhood.
At times, the sappy love stories were tiring, but they stopped before I was upset… Nicely done! It doesn’t take too much for me to go off the deep end when it comes to that stuff (see: titanic, the notebook, yuck).
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Action Scenes:
Lot’s of cool monsters in this one. I have to say the scene where Red is fighting the plant monster is just AMAZING. I had no idea what to expect, and it really was incredible. There was a point where I was actually rooting for red to join the other side and not kill the thing, as it was the last of its kind too.
The golden army… WOW. Very well thought out, very cool, and didn’t look over-the-top fake with too much CGI, as a lot of movies do these days. Those things are BURLY.
The Prince had a lot of fast action martial arts techniques that made it pretty cool to watch, kind of like a brute force vs finesse commercial.
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Sappy Love Story:
yeah, it was there, and I know I said i wasn’t going to complain, but here I am, complaining. Was it necessary? Not At All.
Did I enjoy it? Nope. If i wanted to see a chick flick, i would have popped in America’s Sweethearts. Shame on you, guillermo del toro.
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Overall:
Overall, i’d suggest this movie to all, just know that there is the sappy love story before going in (so you’re ready for it.. I wasn’t.)
It was very well written and directed, and I didn’t even notice the longer-than-usual run time!
Be sure to watch Hellboy 1 before going to see #2, so you’ll get the full effect of what GdT was trying to do.
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