Hellboy II: the Golden Army

[lookingland]

fun and fabulous ~ if you've never seen the first one, get it and watch it first; it'll help contextualize the character relationships. otherwise, this one stands on its own, storywise. lots of action, lots of fun weird creatures, alas too much cgi (but what can you do?). ron perlman is excellent again in the title role and the villain is lovely-creepy in a strange live-action manga sort of way.

two thumbs up if you dig this sort of goofball stuff.

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Comments

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

well, i don't think it was intended that the bad guys were eeeevil (the ambiguity of evil being relevant to the whole story). and the relationship twixt hellboy and liz is a gimme (set up in the first movie).

as for needing a big reason for humanity to live, i think you're digging way to too deep. love is worth keeping alive. they repeat it a hundred and fifty times.

just enjoy the shiny. i think you are totally over-thinking this one.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

lol... I'm not over or under thinking anything, really. I just found it funny that two people I respect had such divergent opinions and I was just curious, that's all. I'll probably rent both of them and do a double header when it comes to DVD.