I liked watching “hellboy” . I liked it a lot.
Maybe it is because of the incredible creative freedom provided by computer graphics special effects, or maybe it is because like Peter Jackson or Brian Singer, Gillermino DelToro cares about his subject – “hellboy” shows there is a hope for movie adaptations of comics or novels.
Like with “X-Men” or “The Lord of the Rings”, “Hellboy” is a joy to watch for a fan of Mignola’s creature.
Everything is there : crazy nazis, the absolute evil of Rasputin, the torments of Liz Sherman, the oddity of Abe Sapiens, and of course, Hellboy’s low key humor. There was a sense of jubilation watching Hellboy as a baby, and even better, witnessing him as a demon king contemplating the destruction of mankind.
The movie was a little slow at times, and probably difficult to follow without knowing the comics, but the mix of plot lines from several stories turned out to be a faithful adaptation of Hellboy’s universe. It doesn’t really matter that the story was not religiously identical to the comics, changes are easily forgiven when thedirector respects the original material.
Maybe now someone can take care of adaptations of H.P.Lovecraft’s stories that would be worth seeing. After “hellboy”, Cthulhu on screen feels just around the corner…