Review of Hellboy (2004) by Tiberio S — 24 Sep 2017

I've tried watching this several times, and admittedly my attention span veers. At times it's over-the-top chatoic CGI monster garbage that loses me. Other times it's beautiful cinematography and a simple setup, like Hellboy spying on Selma Blair and Myers on a date while sharing milk and cookies with a young boy, that moves me emotionally.

I was most interested in seeing the development between Hellboy and Jeffrey Tambor's character, and I was not disappointed, besides the fact that Tambor is left hanging. The movie pokes fun at this by showing him still lingering in a post credit scene. The film ends abruptly, a short wrap up that sees the end of the monster and the two lovers embraced as Myers watches on. It's all rather unceremonious.

Nothing is any more surprising than the trailer, you can watch that and get a similar result. But as a costume and makeup epic with great creature effects, it's just barely worth the effort to engage. I could certainly never watch this mediocrity again.