ravidlaz said: I don't think that they got it wrong. I'm sure there's a lot of people that enjoyed it. It was entertaining. It has comedy, action and a romantic touch. I remember when I read your review I thought you were crazy. I didn't think it would be that bad, but after seeing it, I pretty much agree with everything you said. I really did want it to end half way through, and I did not like all the little comedy bits (like them getting drunk and talking about relationships).

After writing this little paragraph I do think that the critics got it wrong, at least in my opinion. It's just an average film to me. And since you were expecting people to call you stupid, I'll say it, you're a dumbass!

This reminds me of the discussion a while back about bloggers and internet movie sites. The major critics get published in newspapers and get shown on TV, and there are also hojillions of internet critics. Their first responsibility is to sell ads, and to some extent, sell tickets. If they told us which movies actually sucked, most of them (oh, I'm not cynical at all), nobody would read their reviews. They have to pander to their readers, the great unwashed masses, to some extent so that they can keep people coming back.

Ok, maybe I shouldn't comment after I've only gotten a few hours sleep. :)

After writing this little paragraph I do think that the critics got it wrong, at least in my opinion. It's just an average film to me. And since you were expecting people to call you stupid, I'll say it, you're a dumbass!

I generally consider a story to be a failure if it's as blatant as Hellboy. Come on! Put a little effort into not frustrating the audience. Oh, wait. I'm not the intended audience. The intended audience is bird-punch woman laughing and spewing popcorn bits all over the back of my head.

davidfrank said: Even if the film was only 20 minutes long, it'd still be awesome.

If it had been only 20 minutes long I would be more inclined to agree with you.

Anyway, I guess they can't just make a movie only 20 minutes long, so they think of ways of adding story. But, being Guillermo Del Toro, I really expected more of a story. I really didn't like trying to make Hellboy be very funny. Half way through the movie, I wanted it to end.

The only good thing about Hellboy was the cool creatures and the awesome special effects. I don't think GDT should have made this film. He could've saved all those awesome creatures for future movies.