hellboy 2

just got back from watching the premiere of hellboy 2.

i wonder how long i can keep your attention here, because i have a lot to say, and you might probably get bored.

spoilers ahead. turn back now if you can't take it....





all right. you're still here.

hellboy 2 was summer fare, nothing more, nothing less.
predictable, saccharine sweet, action packed,
and as is usually the case, a plot shot full of holes.

for instance,
why does the bad guy, who severely wounds the hero, leave without finishing the job?

or why, when the hero is perched on a precarious ledge, not try to kill the hero?

is there a bad guy code of ethics or something?

and i know this is a comic book adaptation, but do the characters all have to be two dimensional?
even the so called hero, hellboy is about as expressive as a plank of wood.
no emotion whatsoever.

his lady love, pregnant but refusing to accept it.
so much potential, yet all wasted

the fish.
he is a pain to watch.
at least he has an excuse for being inexpressive.

it's as if the producers just wanted something to move the movie along till they got to the action scenes, which by modern standards barely pass the mustard.

i'm tired.
go watch for yourself.