I didnt like the sequel anywhere near as much as the first (the story just didnt pull me in), but the characters/ization was great, the FX, the overall humor.
I think Del Toro would have bounced back from the ‘sophomore slump’ w. a third outing.
What was the whole thing about that hellboy was gonna turn evil? When he had that sword peace removed, dunno if that's something that happened in the comics
Yeah, that's actually a criticism. It could have used more of hell being unleashed. But of course there were probably budgetary constraints.
That may have helped, but I think it would have been fucked no matter what, to be honest. There's always going to be steep competition. But I think it would still fail due to the whole del Toro fiasco as I've explained. People are unjustly holding that against it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people online saying, "Oh, it's not Ron Pearlman (yes they misspell his name of course) I'm not going to see it." Plus the reviews haven't helped it any. It's destined to have more of a niche appeal.
That being said, at the time of writing this they still haven't released the total foreign gross so far.
I agree. Like I said, I wanted to see del Toro finish his trilogy. Especially because I think he was going to explore a similar storyline that the new film explored, about Hellboy having to deal with his potentially evil nature, etc. Plenty of filmmakers would have been willing to drop the budget a little and do it for the fans, but he's so set on not "compromising his vision."
Yeah, if I have time I hope to catch it again at the cheap theater. And from the looks of things it probably won't take very long for it to get there... heh.
Did you see in one of the trailers it showed Hellboy making out with the Queen with blood dripping all over them? It must have been cut from the movie, because I don't remember seeing that at all. It's the only thing I don't recognize from the trailer...
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