TomOpus

Armond White must've posted a positive.

JackoOnHisBacko

I probably won't see this in a theater, but the trailer looks like a decent, turn off your brain and watch some gory fight scenes time. I'll check it out once it hits streaming/redbox.

asianxcore

Saw this earlier today.

Echoing the comments of Why So Blu?, this might be the first Neil Marshall film I can say I wasn't a huge fan of.

Though I appreciated the liberal use of the R-Rating, as well as a few of the set pieces, performances are a bit flat and the film feels overstuffed, quite frequently moving from one place to another without any sense of establishing purpose. Characters appear and disappear without note, which makes them feel like clear Plot Devices, rather than anything meaningful.

Also while I appreciate this film showing off more characters from the Hellboy Universe such as Lobster Johnson, Ben Daimo and Alice Monaghan, I can't help but feel that (specifically) Liz (Selma Blair) & Abe Sapien (Doug Jones/David Hyde Pierce) are sorely missed here. There just isn't quite a strong chemistry from David Harbour, Daniel Dae Kim & Sasha Lane.

Orbi-Wan Techno

story

I really like the first two, maybe when things slow down a little at work this is worth an AMC A-List viewing after the kids are in bed. But the lack of strong enthusiasm here doesn't have me very enthused myself.

DJariya

I just got back from seeing this. It's not a steaming pile of shit God awful as the early reviews say it is. It has some decent moments and some parts of it are funny. David Harbour is a solid Hellboy IMO and handles the character very well.

The story does have one of those tired "End of the World" mythologies and also has a goofy tie-in to the Knights of the Roundtable. There is a lot of set up and exposition before things finally get going in the final act.

and yeah it's very violent and gory in parts.

Overall I'd give it a C

and there are 2 post credit scenes, which set up a sequel that probably won't happen.

Abob Teff

lopper

If I'd seen this movie sober, I would've walked out of it.

Aside from the fake single take action sequences, which I thought were pretty cool, and the creature effects, this movie is a turd top to bottom. And there's a 30 second sequence towards the end of the movie that is also very good. So we'll say 15 out of 120 minutes are worthwhile.

I can't believe nobody took the director aside and was like, "Hey, Hellboy looks ridiculous." That make up...woof. The very first time you see him in the movie, there is a big ol spotlight right on his face, and the make up just does not hold up to that kind of lighting. There are a few occasions in the movie where Hellboy actually looks fantastic, and most of those scenes are when the character is not talking or moving or doing anything other than being still. But for 99% of the movie, he looks terrible.

It's too bad we get that character tease at the end that will never go anywhere.

Abob Teff

TheMovieman

Here's the "consensus" Rotten Tomatoes posted:

Is that an unfair assessment? I won't find out as, like many others apparently, decided to skip this.

Abob Teff

TheMovieman

Well, it's not like audiences go just by reviews, just look at Suicide Squad and what it did at the box office. More of an effect, people probably didn't think there was a need and coupled with the poor reviews, they chose to save their money (especially with Endgame coming up).

Abob Teff

E Unit

There is no "good" release date for this. Thankfully, I saw it for free yesterday. The "soulless" and not "imaginative" it completely correct. Unnecessary? Why? Because Del Toro already showed us a much better and light-hearted take. It's not as bad - if you've never seen Del Toro's. But chances are high that most who went to see this were hoping for something a bit along the lines of the previous two. And those who went because of the director...well, at least they were satisfied on that level.

In short, nothing new was offered with this movie. That makes it unnecessary.

Spiderbite

My son and I saw this yesterday.

I will preface that I have only thumbed through some of the comics but my son has read a good bit of them. He loved that they had Lobster Johnson and the mexican wrestler parts.

Anyway, I will also preface that I think the first two Hellboy movies are wildly overrated. I never thought they were that great and when we rewatched them in anticipation for this new version, they were just as I remembered. Flat, non-funny (but supposed to be funny) lines, dull stories but with a decent imagination. I think that Golden Army is a dull mess. So...anyway...I went into the reboot really hoping to like this one.

This movie stinks. Like bad. The guy playing Helboy is fine except for his voice. Something about it and the delivery of his lines just grated on my nerves the whole time. And the dialogue...ugh. Same as the first two but possibly worse. Just tons of "this is supposed to be funny lines" and then nothing. Not funny, not mildly humorous, not engaging. Just annoying. Lots of unfunny snark...so if you liked the tepid, unfunny Aquaman delivery of lines...then you actually might like this.

I thought Hellboy's make-up was fine. It was all the other effects I had a problem with. So much awful CG in this that I can't hate it enough. Nothing looked remotely real. Every blood effect, every creature, every green screen set....everything was just bad. So it fits right in with the other Hellboy movies. At least the other Hellboy movies did a few practical effects. This new one had basically none.

The storyline...jeez. Not interesting and basically I had to move around quick a bit to keep myself from falling asleep at times (and I may have lost about 10 minutes or so because of a quick nap). Milla's story didn't make much sense. She knows HB isn't a bad guy and doesn't want her. Yet she wants him to be with her. So she pushes Excalibur on him though she knows that is the only thing he can use to kill her. Then to make him want her and not kill her, she brutally kills his father in from of him. Great idea! That will make him not kill you and want to rule the destroyed underworld/Earth or whatever.

The creatures that are let loose are the most interesting part. But it makes no sense why they were let loose. HB didn't command them to come out and start destroying and eating people. Why are they there other than to look very cool and get the hard R rating? No idea.

And I love hard R ratings...but this was just a bunch of CG kills with CG blood that a 10 year old would think is fake. Nothing in this movie seemed legit.

So anyway...I went in with no huge hard-on for the old Hellboys like so many others have but I did go in with a positive attitude and came out with a frown.

My rating: ** out of *****

This movie is on par with HB 2: Golden Army. If you liked that, then I would say give the reboot a shot.

But fuck...what happened to Marshall? Dog Soldiers is one of the best werewolf movies ever made. The Descent is truly a modern horror classic. Everything else after that has been shit.

ps. Milla doesn't seem to age and is still gorgeous. But she hams it up too much in this one to be an enjoyable performance. Nice cleavage throughout though.

TheMovieman

I may not be a big fan of Guillermo Del Toro (talented filmmaker but I don't stand at attention with his every project), yet his visual flair was on display with 2004's Hellboy, something that was sorely lacking in this reboot. Also lacking was Ron Perlman's stellar charm, something David Harbour, fine actor and all, didn't possess underneath the comic-accurate make-up and prosthetics. But beyond all that, this was an ugly movie with no creativity and, quite frankly, outright dull at times even during the action scenes. It was only two hours but felt so much longer, happy to see it flopped at the box office. 2.0/5

Original Desmond

I loved it ! very pleasantly surprised

R rating definitely helped.

Fight with giants rocked

The scenes with the weird demons killing humans at the end, that rocked

8/10

mattysemo247

The positives: Harbour was fine as Hellboy, I'll watch Milla is just about anything, the giant scene was kinda fun, and Hellboy looked bad ass towards the end as he was coming up with Excalibur.

The negatives: Just about everything else. The plot was dumb, the side characters were sleepwalking through the movie and the CGI looked cheap.

If this was a bad fun movie that would be one thing, but it turned out to be a 2 hr bore for the most part.

Baron Of Hell

I liked the action and enjoyed the right but the story was terrible. I didn't mind the CGI at all. Reminds me of Alita Battle Angel that also had a terrible story but boy were those fight scenes cool. I could watch both movies multiple times just for the action.

TheMovieman

IDK, I thought the CGI, especially his fight with the giants, was absolutely awful. Terrible and obvious use of green screen. No excuse for that in 2019.

melasnus

Big fan of GdT's HBs, but just didn't feel it with this film.
Marshall seems uninspired here...just going thru the motions.

Our Stranger Things Police Chief does a good job in the lead, as does Leeloo.
Generally, the main actors seemed committed to the characters, but were short-changed by the people behind the camera.
The CGI was decent, however.

The pop songs had a nasty habit of pulling me out of the movie and reminding me GdT owns this material.
Del Toro and Perlman brought a charm to it....something that was missing from this misfire.

Video qualify of the BD was very good.
Sound was good enough.

I'll forget this movie pretty quickly....

d2cheer

I started watching this on a flight to San Diego and made it 25 minutes...before switching to another movie.

DWilson

Del Toro's films felt more character-driven and you were following the story where they led; Marshall's film feels more plot-driven, which puts the emphasis on the story, which does the film no favors.

Draven

Just watched this on a flight too - I thought it was...fine. I haven't read the comics but it felt like it brought a lot of stuff from the comics into the movie. As much as I like the original Hellboy movie, the fact that he really only fights one kind of monster throughout is kinda boring. It was interesting seeing what thing was coming in next. And David Harbour did a good job. I won't watch it again but it was okay to kill a few hours.

Giantrobo

Saw this on HBO and thoroughly enjoyed it.