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diyari

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a very good movie have a good story,fine charecters,and very good sound and special effects...

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Posted aug 18, 2008 12:36 am pt

Lynxan1

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This is just what you want from a comic book hero and while it has been done better, it's one of the better ones out there.

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Posted jul 17, 2008 7:03 pm pt

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I didn't actually see the whole entire movie, but I saw most of it. I'm not sure if this or the second one is better, but I know that they're both cool. This one kind of has better action thaan teh second one, though. And there isn't a lot of...
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I didn't actually see the whole entire movie, but I saw most of it. I'm not sure if this or the second one is better, but I know that they're both cool. This one kind of has better action thaan teh second one, though. And there isn't a lot of dragged on and boring parts either. But this like, the second one almost goes right into the action. Cool movie!!

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Posted jul 12, 2008 12:01 am pt

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This movie was great a real good adaption of the comic witch I read any fan of Hellboy should see this and the next one might be even beter.

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Posted jun 21, 2008 12:30 am pt

GavinGibbons

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I was actually impressed with this film. I hadn't read any of the comics and didnt really know about the character- but, the cast was fantastic, the story easy to follow and interesting to pick up, the villains are cool and scary, and finally the...
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I was actually impressed with this film. I hadn't read any of the comics and didnt really know about the character- but, the cast was fantastic, the story easy to follow and interesting to pick up, the villains are cool and scary, and finally the ending left me wanting more... good job theres a sequel due out soon then :)

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Posted jun 3, 2008 10:13 am pt

XDGRifle

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i really love this film. i love the character Hellboy and they Story. It flows together so well and i love the way the movie is set up. Thats really all i can say. good Movie.

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Posted feb 11, 2008 11:19 am pt

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Hellboy is a great movie with interesting characters, some memorable, if corny dialogue and one-liners, and impressive visuals. This movie made me appreciate del Toro's directing style.

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Posted sep 21, 2007 11:10 am pt

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Is this an incredible movie or what? I never really liked the whole concept of comic books being turned into movies, but this film simply blew me away! I did not expect it to be that good.The graphics were wonderful, the story is excellent.And...
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Is this an incredible movie or what? I never really liked the whole concept of comic books being turned into movies, but this film simply blew me away! I did not expect it to be that good.The graphics were wonderful, the story is excellent.And hellboy kept on getting hotter! Every minuit a word came out of his mouth, loving him wasn't such a difficult job. I am, since this movie, a fan of HB.

Wonderful job. a 10/10

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Posted jun 19, 2007 11:01 pm pt

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A wonderfully entertaining action movie full of memorable characters, woderfully over the top monsters, and some great action sequences. The sequel can't come soon enough.

A treat for all fans of larger than life comic book movies.

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Posted mar 19, 2007 10:08 pm pt

Mr_Doom212

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Hellboy is a fantastic film directed by Guillermo Del Toro. The visuals in this movie are wicked. Hellboy himself looks great, and all the monsters and demons look cool. The story is also excellent:The year is 1945, and the Nazis are trying to...
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Hellboy is a fantastic film directed by Guillermo Del Toro. The visuals in this movie are wicked. Hellboy himself looks great, and all the monsters and demons look cool. The story is also excellent:The year is 1945, and the Nazis are trying to unleash a demom through a potal(known as Ogdru Jahad, the seven gods of chaos) onto the Allied forces. The project fails but something else went through. A young professor and some allied soldiers find a demon child, and name him "Hellboy". In present day, Hellboy and the professor run a secret organization that fights off demons and other supernatural beings, and Hellboy must work together with his new "care taker" to fight off the evils that dwell on earth(this is just a basic preview). The actig in the movie is great and music works. A must see if you are into the supernatural. But anyone can see it(not yound children though). Guillermo Del Toro has created yet another masterpiece, and put together a nice movie. So everything in the movie "check list" is checked off in "Hellboy".

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Posted mar 1, 2007 6:11 am pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  90
  Del Toro moves his story along with unrelenting energy and wit while introducing the opposing parties with admirable efficiency.

  by Richard Harrington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  90
  A perfect fit in the category of instant classic, and, not incidentally, fits the profile of super-profitability. Bursting the bonds of its genre, Hellboy fills the screen with gorgeous imagery, vertiginous action and a surprising depth of feeling.

  by Joe Morgenstern | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  90
  Surprisingly smart, graphically faithful live-action adaptation of the Mike Mignola series

  by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  90
  One of the most poetic comic-book adaptations to come along in years, yet it never loses its sense of lightness and fun -- del Toro gives it just enough screwball nuttiness to keep it from bogging down.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  90
  Guillermo del Toro is in a class with Peter Jackson as a fan-boy who gets it--a brilliant filmmaker who has a kind of metabolic connection to horror and sci-fi that helps him transform secondhand genre material into something deep and nourishing. Del Toro reaches into himself and finds the Wagnerian grandeur in schlock.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  90
  Hellboy just might end up being one of the best movies you see this year.

  by Pete Vonder Haar | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  One of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like a comic book. It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
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  The movie's got a heart as warm as hellfire.

  by M. E. Russell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  Played by Ron Perlman, he's the most magnetic action hero I've come across in a long while.

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  80
  One of the sturdier superhero movies of the last couple of years, with monsters and effects and diabolical baddies to spare, a heart as big as a house and a love story that actually gets its hooks in you.

  by John Patterson | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  Mr. del Toro lets loose with an all-American, vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes the movie daffy, loose and lovable.

  by A.O. Scott | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  75
  Hellboy is on fire with scares and laughs and del Toro's visionary dazzle. It's the tenderness that comes as an unexpected bonus.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  The film - despite being a half-hour too long - is a rocking, rolling supernatural spectacle.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  The screenplay has flashes of real wit, and Perlman is perfect in the title role.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  Hellboy may be a big, noisy goof of a comic-book action film, but love is in the dank, dark, subterranean air as the bulky red-hued palooka tries to win the heart of the pyrokinetic beauty Liz Sherman.

  by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »