Monday 9 June 2014

Hellboy

Tali: Hellboy is a "supernatural superhero film" (that's what Wikipedia says) about, essentially, a demon spawn, brought to earth via a portal to hell created by… you guessed it, Nazis, raised by humans to fight supernatural crimes! I had no idea what to expect from this movie and I can literally say that my expectations were exceeded, but I still don't know what in the hell I watched! Hellboy himself is so uninterested in anything, so anti-hero that it is confusing. Also what was up with the underwater C3PO knockoff character (he was great is what's up). A total genre-busting movie, with some cool and interesting things that made it enjoyable….. but also it was totally weird. This review may sound confusing because this movie was totally off the wall! 77/100.

Leo: To be honest, I didn't really like this movie the first time I saw it, but I genuinely loved it the next 20 times (not even an exaggeration bro, it's always on TV). Perlman is a perfect fit for the witty-cheesy (in a good way) dialogue as well as the intense and evil parts. He brings one of the most complicated and characters that can't be related to down to being a simple loving/mistake-making/wisecracking hero we all know and expect. Again, in a good way. The interesting thing is that this movie's side plot (the complicated Liz-Hellboy relationship) is actually not in the comic but the movie would almost be too one-dimensional without that aspect of motivation. It also adds another weakness / strength to the hero. All in all, this is an awesome movie and everyone should see it at least twice. If you love Gillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) then you will also enjoy this movie in all of its disturbing and weird glory. Leometer: 87/100. 

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