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An odd choice of Guillermo del Toro after his critically acclaimed Pan's Labyrinth did so well. With the amount of projects this guy turns down, you'd think a Hellboy sequel wouldn't have made the cut. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army was definitely worth his time, and shows a director's superior control over creativity can make a sequel that doesn't correct the supposed flaws of the last movie, but expands upon them making them better as an overall improved work of art.
Without the guidance of John Hurt's character, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy 2 has a sense of misguidance to it. Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor) has sort of taken his place and uses bribery to keep him under control, and most importantly, out of sight. Even still, Red's main concern is going public and getting recognition for what he does for a living. A valuable lesson is learned about keeping people at a distance, and how underappreciated the people who protect them really are. Otherwise, this movie is a constant fantastic dream of Del Toro bring Mike Mignola's creations to life. I did have a favorite character aside from the big red guy himself, and that was Johann Krauss (voiced by Seth MacFarlane). Krauss is a gassious spectre that has inhabited what looks like a big, rusty, old scuba-suit from the 1930's mixed with . He has the ability to leave his suit in ectoplasmic form, and can inhabit most any kind of soulless object, which makes for some great action durring the film's finale.
Hellboy 2 is beautifully directed and keeps it's shaky, yet stable plot rolling with some wierd creatures and amazing action along the way. There aren't many I could see adapting Mignola's work at this point (though Tim Burton might have been a good choice), and Del Toro has always given what audiences like me want to watch. It's no Pan's Labyrinth as far as plot goes, but it does deliver and overflows with creativity.
Without the guidance of John Hurt's character, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, Hellboy 2 has a sense of misguidance to it. Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor) has sort of taken his place and uses bribery to keep him under control, and most importantly, out of sight. Even still, Red's main concern is going public and getting recognition for what he does for a living. A valuable lesson is learned about keeping people at a distance, and how underappreciated the people who protect them really are. Otherwise, this movie is a constant fantastic dream of Del Toro bring Mike Mignola's creations to life. I did have a favorite character aside from the big red guy himself, and that was Johann Krauss (voiced by Seth MacFarlane). Krauss is a gassious spectre that has inhabited what looks like a big, rusty, old scuba-suit from the 1930's mixed with . He has the ability to leave his suit in ectoplasmic form, and can inhabit most any kind of soulless object, which makes for some great action durring the film's finale.
Hellboy 2 is beautifully directed and keeps it's shaky, yet stable plot rolling with some wierd creatures and amazing action along the way. There aren't many I could see adapting Mignola's work at this point (though Tim Burton might have been a good choice), and Del Toro has always given what audiences like me want to watch. It's no Pan's Labyrinth as far as plot goes, but it does deliver and overflows with creativity.
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