Hellboy
So another week, another couple movies. First up I saw Hellboy. Now I've never read the comics at all, in fact I don't think I've ever even seen a Hellboy comic in person, so I'm not gonna dwell on the whole "does this fit the comic?" arguement. Frankly that's pointless anyway. So having left that behind, this wasn't a good movie, but it was entertaining. It has a general comic book feel to it, which you might expect from a movie based on a comic. This fails and succeeds at the same time. First it fails cause the story is rather rushed at points, and unexplained at others (who exactly is this villian? who are his helpers? why are they helping him? why do all the germans speak perfect english? why is he hellbent on destroying the Earth? why does the fishboy have psychic? how is the supreme evil so easy to beat when we can't kill a simple demon hound? etc.). However the comic style humour and the lack of taking themselves seriously was refreshing. It was sort of like MIB without the overtop jokeiness. I must say though, it is kind of funny to label it as an "agency" that fights back against paranormal evil when it's basically Hellboy fighting evil with a bunch of people watching him. However, he does kick ass nicely, all the while flashing that Ash-like charm (I'm the ass kicking hero who doesn't really give a crap). For a decently entertaining night of comic-style humour and violence ths movie works well, but if you're looking for more you're probably not gonna find it.
RATING: Worth a Student Ticket, Worth a Rental