Tangy Travis

After missing out Wanted last week, I make sure I get to watch Hellboy 2 this week no matter what!! I am really in the mood these days. Why am I so crazy for this movie to the extent of watching it on the first day? Simple! I was really really attracted to the trailers. It has all the crazy creatures design seen in Pan’s Labyrinth, another award winning film also directed by Hellboy 2’s director, Guillermo del Toro.

We manage to grab tickets at 1pm even though the showtime is 1.45pm, best part, on the first day of its showing. Plenty of seats left as well when we look at the screen. Seems Malaysians are not really interested in Hellboy. They prefer the wild 3D adventure of “Journey to the Center of the Earth“, which has quite a long queue compared to other movies (GSC specially reserve a line for them). Good for me. Can still get good seats even its 45 mins before showtime.

The film started off really well, with some cool fights and funny dialogues along the way. We get to see Hellboy back when he is just a kid. He is like any ordinary kid back then, albeit with a really big right hand, called The Right Hand of Doom in comic. It is invulnerable and feels no pain, OWNAGE!!!

The Troll Market scene is awesome. It is like an exhibition of creatures you never dream of. Kinda reminds me of Star Wars back in the 70s, people are suddenly introduced to all kinda weird alien creatures in the universe. Nobody has ever done stuff like that before and everybody love it since then. So far this is what I feel of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy 2.

The 2nd half of the film kinda let me down. The plot starts to get boring as it focuses more on the romantic relationship between the characters and their development in the story. Hellboy gets upset to be scolded by the public when all he really wants is to protect these people. Watching all the trailers of a movie seems to be a bad thing sometimes. The trailers kinda have most of Hellboy 2’s impressive moments. I don’t really have much surprises throughout the film when all the really awesome creatures have already appeared in trailers.

Aside from that, it is a good film. As long as you don’t watch all the trailers and don’t hold much expectation for the story, it is still a really enjoyable film. The final battle of the Golden Army is the most impressive moment for the movie. Well done for the climatic battle.

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