Hellboy

I'm just going to do a quick write up of my thoughts on Hellboy. It was nice to get the story of Hellboy's origins. Given the world it creates, with a fantasy world existing under the surface of our own, it was pretty believable. The creature that spawns 2 more of itself every time it dies was a neat twist. Liz's character was perplexing. She was weak and scared of her power and in a mental hospital, but then unleashed by the man orchestrating the evil. She was really a non-factor in this movie too, except for the kick-ass scene at the end when she tells the guy to hit her so she can get mad and fry all the demons. Otherwise she was the love interest. This was cool in the one scene when Hellboy is stalking her from the roof with the kid and eating cookies. Despite his demon persona, he felt very real in this scene and became very endearing form this point on.

The creatures weren't as fantastical as Pan's Labyrinth or the second film, but that seemed to make sense. Del Toro's imagination was there, however muted by other powers that be. If they make a fourth film, I'll be excited to see it because it could have possibility for Liz to emerge as a strong counterpoint to Hellboy at last. He will probably fall and it will take her being strong to save him, I hope.

I want to read the comics now too. The art looks different and interesting, after seeing so much of it at comic-con, I'm very intrigued.