NoWo's Reviews
Failed its saving throw
Atrocious. At least, not woke.
Instead, it tries far too hard to be modern, speak to a young urban audience, and thus loses any epic scale it might have aimed for, considering.
Also, the director probably failed to save against paralysis, and most actors against spells. Feeblemind, presumably.
Ah well, at least there's still the visuals. Except nope, horrendous.
Feed this one the a gelatinous cube.
Created: 07-13-2024
Entertaining, but lacks pacing
Gorier (more gory?) than the previous installments.
This movie tackles the (even) more serious and grim part of Hellboy's story, and proves adequate but tepid. It especially lacks any real buildup. Coming a good decade after Hellboy II, it has to go through summary character establishment all over again, which wastes runtime while leaving its heroes shallow.
Sign of the times: Alice, an Irish redhead, is suddenly mixed-race, and gets her girlboss moment in the post-climax scene. Nothing against the actress herself, she manages a decent enough London accent for a Texas girl, but she's an obvious quota cast.
Nothing too bad, but, if it doesn't change anything, why change it then?
Created: 07-13-2024
Same as #1: pretty and shallow
Same opinion as for the first movie: visually ambitious, lacks the depth of the original comics, but still entertaining, and Perlman is a miss, sadly in the titular role.
Created: 07-13-2024
Visually interesting, but not quite up to the comics
The movie nails Mignola's visuals rather accurately, although Del Toro's influence is unmistakably there.
The actors do a good job with their respective characters.
All this, except for Hellboy. Which can be construed as an issue in a movie named Hellboy.
In my opinion, Perlman misses the character by a country mile. His HB comes off as arrogant, big-mouthed and immature. Which is to say, Perlman probably shines through the makeup. Said makeup being vaguely adequate only.
All in all, a rather fun action romp, but lacking the substance of the comics.
Created: 07-13-2024
Style over substance, again
Solid cast, solid cinematography, solid choreography.
Add to the long list of things that don't work like that: Paris hasn't looked like that since, well, barely within living memory.
Fun though. And Donnie Yen. And Scott Adkins.
Created: 07-07-2024
Reeves still tries his best, but physics have checked out
Style over substance.
Reeves is actually convincing, but kevlar doesn't work that way. Neither do blades. Or suppressors. Or a lot of things.
Still, a fun pop-corn super-hero movie.
Created: 07-07-2024
Still a good movie, even knowing the plot twist
Speaking of plot twist, Singer gives his audience just enough elements to actually see it coming.
Solid cast, solid storytelling, no complaint.
30 years later, it's sort of funny to see Spacey playing a criminal mastermind whose every accuser die suddenly before trial.
Yep, got that right.
Created: 07-07-2024
The birth of the emasculated male lead?
I remember seeing pieces of episodes from the first season(s?), and thinking, yeah, show's OK, but not enough to watch alongside my wife.
I also remember seeing later episodes, and wondering why bother casting Nathan Fillion, when incompetent male lead (tm) can be played for cheaper. Don't know how far into the series, but the red-headed daughter had grown out of baby fat and very much into adult face fat, so, anti-depressants in potential conjunction with alcohol can't be ruled out.
As for the show itself, what little I've seen was rather clever, Fillion is just good, and Katic has presence, just not quite enough for Fillion to bounce off of. Close, but no cigar.
Created: 12-04-2023
