lokithelion Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Remember when you were a kid and you saw Willow or Star Wars or Jurassic Park and your brain exploded from how awesome everything on screen is? The monsters in this movie are 1000x's better. The story is rad, but the graphic design aspect of the film had me drooling. A fucking +. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 i'm going to see it tommorrow. I have a B.P.R.D. logo tattoo. mainly because i'm a huge geek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akross Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I just bought and watched the first movie this week. I feel like I really missed out all this time. I will probably be seeing the new one in the next couple of weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I'm going this weekend for sure. I'm not normally into the comic book movie adaptations, but Hellboy is awesome. The visuals look amazing, and Del Toro is a great director with excellent artistic sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante3000 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I always liked the first one. It wasn't a great film but the visuals were great, plus I love the use of puppets and costumes as opposed to all CG. And yeah, the previews on this movie look visually mindblowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 The new one fixes all of the problems w/ the first one. Namely the poorly injected corn feed white boy agent who added nothing. Dude is fucking gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I liked the first one, mainly because it was a good comic book movie. Not too much corniness to the story, as comic book movies go, just enjoyable and re-watchable. Plus Ron Perlman did an awesome job. Stoked on the second movie. Think I'm doing WALL-E tonight with the girl but Hellboy 2 and Batman should be up next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante3000 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 The new one fixes all of the problems w/ the first one. Namely the poorly injected corn feed white boy agent who added nothing. Dude is fucking gone. I noted that in the previews. They played the first one on FX last night (loaded with promos for the second) and I was like, "Shit...you notice that dude's in none of the previews? Homeboy got the ax". I don't really care if they even explain it. He wasn't needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 i'm going to see it tommorrow.I have a B.P.R.D. logo tattoo. mainly because i'm a huge geek. I was thinking about getting this done too! I'm going tomorrow hopefully, I can't fucking WAIIIIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadetapplesauce Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 will probably see this. never saw the first one in its entirety. but i liked the visuals in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I had no intentions of ever watching either of these, but this thread has me a bit intrigued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 ...the first one was good, I'm expecting this one to be unreal awesome. read the comic books too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 ...the first one was good, I'm expecting this one to be unreal awesome. read the comic books too! the comics are insanely awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I JUUUUUUUST saw Willow a month ago that movie is AWESOME! I need to see Hellboy 1 first, but the trailer for this movie is a visual lovefest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 This movie was pretty fucking stupid. Sorry dudes, I liked the first one and all, but this one was full of so much bullllllshit that had nothing at all to do with the Hellboy comic. It's like Guillermo Del Toro was like "ok, we can make another Hellboy movie, but only if I can use all my leftover bullshit from Pan's Labyrinth, especially guys with no eyes with eyes somewhere else on their body where they're not supposed to have eyes." Plus, the whole love story thing...barf. This movie is to Hellboy 1 what Spider-Man 3 was to Spider-Man 1. Jumped. The. Shark. Granted, there were some awesome things. Agent Krauss was awesome and hilarious. Ron Perlman as a little kid was hilarious. Some of the sets were cool, but man, why can't he just fight Nazis and Russians and shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 This movie was pretty fucking stupid. Sorry dudes, I liked the first one and all, but this one was full of so much bullllllshit that had nothing at all to do with the Hellboy comic. It's like Guillermo Del Toro was like "ok, we can make another Hellboy movie, but only if I can use all my leftover bullshit from Pan's Labyrinth, especially guys with no eyes with eyes somewhere else on their body where they're not supposed to have eyes." Plus, the whole love story thing...barf. This movie is to Hellboy 1 what Spider-Man 3 was to Spider-Man 1. Jumped. The. Shark. Granted, there were some awesome things. Agent Krauss was awesome and hilarious. Ron Perlman as a little kid was hilarious. Some of the sets were cool, but man, why can't he just fight Nazis and Russians and shit? The monster designs are totally in keeping with the style of the comic book, so the Pans Labyrinth criticism seems a bit unfair. And the story style (outside of the love story i suppose) is in keeping with the comic books. Dude didn't just fight russians and nazis. I've read at least a few of teh funny books that dealt with supernatural evils. It isn't going to be exactly like the comic unless they did it Sin City style, which while cool would also look fake as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I'll see it eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericxthexred Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 i thought it was good, had the same amount of cheese that the first one had so its all good with me. comic books were full of cheeys one liners and dumb shit! i'm glad its in the movie too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinylme Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I cant wait to see this. Im going to a matinee on monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I hated the first one, but I saw this one today, not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just got home from this, and I laughed my ass off -- I can't believe none of the reviews I've seen have talked about how funny this film is. That whole middle segment (from the locker room till when the prince shows up) was hysterical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 You know I can't smile without you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante3000 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just saw this tonight. Fucking awesome movie. The story is okay and has some ups and downs but the visuals are amazing. Not to mention things like the toothfairies make your skin crawl. As far as comedy the scene where he's drinking with Abe is still the best. I really was just impressed with the time they put into every character, from the kings guards to the golden army. Really interesting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The thing I didn't get was, to my understanding, there was only 70 Golden Soldiers. But there was clearly many more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The thing I didn't get was, to my understanding, there was only 70 Golden Soldiers. But there was clearly many more than that. The story his dad told in the beginning of the movie said "70 times 7" soldiers, which would be 490, but then the goblin at the end said "Here they are, 70 times 70," which is 4900. So I dunno if that was done on purpose or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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