Hey guys, Perri Nemiroff here and I have your
non-spoiler review of the new Hellboy movie
this movie pits Hellboy against
Nimue - she's the Blood Queen and
basically she hasn't been present for a
real long time but now she is back and
she's seeking vengeance and the only
thing standing between Nimue and the
destruction of earth and humanity is
Hellboy himself. First off, David Harbour
as Hellboy = A+ casting right here!
He's great he carries the makeup and the
costume really well and he also does a
great job mixing Hellboy's... his sass and
also his brute really well too.
The problem is I think this movie kind of
bit off a little more than it can chew
there is just so much information here
so many characters and it's one thing
when you'd simply state facts about a
character and you state facts about the
world that you're building around them
rather than immersing you in that world
and making you feel a connection to that
character and I think there's just so
much going on in this movie that my head
was spinning I was exhausted when I left
and I kind of never really connected to
anybody but that being said there are a
handful of action sequences here that
are really impressive specifically the
baba-yaga scene I loved and there's also
two 'one-ers' that are also very well shot.
The comedy though, I can't say it works
all that well and I think it has
something to do with the pacing and the
tone and just how much is going on.
It's like a joke never really gets an
opportunity to land and I also think
from a script perspective they just
weren't very well-written
as far as character arcs go here I don't
really think anyone has one that is
especially strong which is a little
unfortunate when it comes to Hellboy and
also the team that he's forming around them
even though there is a satisfaction
in seeing them all come together,
it definitely doesn't have that payoff at a
moment like that should have in this
kind of film
oddly enough I think one of my favorite
characters in all of Hellboy is Gruagach the pig
I actually thought he
looked pretty good I liked the practical
effects there and he actually has the
best transformation of the entire
film
in looking at the practical effects
in the visual effects though I think
when things are done practically they
work pretty well. With Gruagach in particular,
there's a couple moments
where the light catches him in just the
wrong way where the costume looks a
little rubbery but he still has that
reach out and touch it feel and I think
that serves the character very well.
When it comes to the digital effects though
it looks like what you saw in the trailer -
it looks a little cartoonish,
a little silly, and it doesn't work as well
as some of the practical stuff.
I will also put out there that Hellboy is very, very violent. Yes we knew it was gonna be
an R-rated movie there is a sequence
though in the third act of the film that
really just goes there - I have a taste
for that kind of stuff in films but I
know it's not for everybody out there
and hey it might be a little shocking
when you see it all play out on screen
in the final film
Now jumping into my score,
I'm gonna give Hellboy a 4.5 out
of 10 it didn't really work for me it
didn't really come together I was a
little upset that I didn't walk away
with more of an attachment to the main
characters but there are certain
elements of it that are impressive I
can't take away any of the credit that
David Harbour is earned with this movie
he really fully immerses himself and
owns that character and I was very
impressed by that and also the practical
effects there are a number of very
striking characters and sequences and
elements here that yeah they were really
impressive and I want to see those get
some credit as well but overall didn't
really come together for me and this
might be another instance where I think
I was just bombarded with so much craziness
on screen and so many details that yeah
I walked away with a little bit of a headache.
So there you guys have it
that is my non-spoiler review of the new
Hellboy movie directed by Neil Marshall
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