Perspective: The Hellboy comics are great. The 'Hellboy' movie is not.
Maj. Ben Daimio , Hellboy and Alice are on the hunt in"Hellboy." By David Betancourt David Betancourt Reporter focusing on comic book culture Email Bio Follow Reporter April 12 at 7:00 AM “Hellboy” reviews started popping up online on the same day that the world saw a black hole for the first time. Coincidence? Maybe. But it’s telling that staring at a blurry image from space was more entertaining.
Brits and comics go great together on film. Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman gave us the Dark Knight trilogy. Tom Holland might be the best Spider-Man ever. Don’t expect the same symmetry here. “Hellboy” wastes an R rating, a first for this new/old franchise, using it mainly for extra gory moments and f-bombs. One can only wonder what del Toro could have done with such creative freedom and lack of censorship — the last time he had a creepy-looking character and an R rating , he won a treasure-chest-full of Oscars.
That is not to say that Hellboy creator Mike Mignola should have been the one behind the director’s chair, but the aura that has made the comic a hit for 25 years seems absent in this film. If a movie could be clickbait, well …
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