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hellboy was fun - lots of fun. i had some exposition problems, and the main baddie wasn't quite bad enough for my taste, but it has a LOT to recommend it - great special effects & production design, good action sequences, and some really wonderful performances. i just can't say enough how much i love ron perlman - he's fantastic, and he gives hellboy a sweet, sad soul (while he's busy destroying much of new york city). mmmm, there's nothing like monsters & explosions at 2am on a friday night.

i think it would have benefited from a somewhat darker tone, but i understand why they wanted to keep their PG13 rating. my feeling is that had the studio let del toro go truly hog-wild with the project, it could have been a much more interesting film. but as it is, i'm satisfied.