Reviews of Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Aw, crap.

Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago on 2 March 2009 08:40 (A review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

I really enjoy del Toro's stuff, and the first two movies in this series are no exception. I will say though that I liked the first movie better, it had a bit more love and emotion to it while this one seemed more fantasy and magic driven. There is of course the political message tossed in there about nature and such, and that we should be accepting of each other and our differences. But, I don't really think that "ruins" the movie, I still enjoy the action, the characters and the overall tone. I was extra mad at myself too that I didn't pick up on Seth MacFarlane's voice until the credits, shame on me.

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A very fantastic sequel albeit more magical.

Posted : 11 months, 2 weeks ago on 27 November 2008 06:38 (A review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

''Let this remind you why you once feared the dark... ''

A mythical prince starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world yet again from a certain unstoppable Golden Army.

Ron Perlman: Hellboy

Hellboy 2 is one of the most unexpected pleasures and combinations of genres I've seen in a while. Not only is this Hellboy sequel a comic book film but it's also a mixture of fantasy, imagination and comedy, light and dark.

Del Toro has taken the whole idea and turned it upside down and what comes about as an end result truly is refreshing. We have John Hurt popping up yet again in a much needed flashback prelude to explain about the film's backbone, the golden army.

We have a new wonderful villain in the form of Prince Nuada (Luke Goss,Blade 2), who displays some wonderful stuntwork and swordplay, not too mention some real class lines and showmanship, he gets his intent across effortlessly. I also loved his sister Princess Nuala (Anna Walton) and the connection they share.

Ron Perlman again shines as the lead Hellboy while the old team of Liz and Abe make for some fun times. Also a new character in the form of Johann Krauss(Voiced by Seth MacFarlane) provides us with laughs aplenty and a mysteriously suited ''gas man''. I mean when you get to the locker scene with Krauss and Hellboy and you can't stop laughing then you truly start to realize the many wondrous sides Hellboy 2 has.

The little tooth beasties were awesome and as they enter that fantastical troll town I began to think this is like some kind of fantasy Star Wars mixed with Pan's labyrinth and shaken with even traces of LOTR. The creatures and effects were completely perfect on the whole, overall. Think Pan's Labyrinth fused with the Silent Hill game series and that conjures up a relatively accurate description.
In the headquarters it felt to me, as Jeffrey Tambor & Abe are walking along the place, like a warped version of Men In Black where they are talking but you're also interested in seeing also what is happening in the background.

The new inclusion of Danny Elfman too for the music gives the movie an injection of vibrance also, and you really feel the momentum on the action parts and battles, as well as the chases. Hellboy 2 wasn't what I expected, which is a good thing and mixes fantasy with comic class. Throwing in laughs, romance and even a definite nod to a third installment.

A grand achievement and I'm left inspired artistically and creative wise also from Hellboy 2, a true vision from Del Toro that doesn't have to be too serious to be a bloody good show.

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very very good

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 12 July 2008 10:26 (A review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

Guillermo Del Torro's Hellboy 2: THe Golden army opens with an awesome introduction. with a younger version of beast himself in 1955 New mexico in which John Hurt is telling Hellboy(Ron Perlman) a bed time story about the Golden army. then as usual winds up fighting the army itself of course with some help from Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and johann Krauss (Seth Macfarlane) who is the new addition to the family.

Luke Goss provides one hell of a performance as the villain Prince Nuada who will stop at nothing to rise the golden army. and is well supported by Anna Walton Who plays his sister Princess Nuala who later develops a love interest for abe.

it was great to see Gullermo Bring back John Hurt even though it was only for one scene. and master yet another wonderful,colorful, and action packed yet comedic piece of art of a movie. However, Selma Blair's character even a main role it seemed she only had a few good scenes and one impticular that kind of sets you up or the next installment inf the franchise. I must say though that this has been the best Blockbuster movie i have seen so far

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Surprisingly Good

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 12 July 2008 05:24 (A review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

Much to my surprise, "Hellboy II" was very, very good. I wasn't even a fan of the original movie, but the previews to this one totally sold me.

You can immediately see the "Pan's Labyrinth" influence in some of the new characters. I even think the little fairies from the film can be seen flying around in the Troll Market area. There were also 'tooth fairies' in the film as well, but they weren't the least bit friendly!

I just think the cast of characters and the story was so much better this time around. The addition of Johann Krauss -- a new freaky good guy -- was a really big plus. On top of all that, the fighting scenes were all quite entertaining.

While I'm not a big fan of having a lot of comedy mixed in with my action flicks, the humor in this movie is pretty good. To see Hellboy and Abe (the fish-looking guy) doing a feel-good duet of Barry Manilow's "Can't Smile Without You" is super hilarious.

When I first heard of there being a sequel to "Hellboy", I remember rolling my eyes to the idea. Thankfully, I'm not a closed-minded person or I would have missed out on this very entertaining movie. I guess my point is that even if you weren' all too crazy about the first film, you might still enjoy this one if you are willing to give it a chance.

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