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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1460655" data-attributes="member: 63">There are not nearly enough tentacle monsters in modern cinema, but Hellboy is combatting this trend.  Lots of fun stuff in this movie, and though I agree with others that the end was what I expected, I don't see that as a bad thing.  Part of the cool appeal of this movie is that the hero is rather laid back, and . . . well, the end is more about Hellboy being cool than about surprising the audience.Spoilers.[spoiler]So, the dude's line at the end was kinda weak, and the 'death' of Rasputin was rather anticlimactic, but c'mon, he told off an elder god, and got his girlfriend back.  The man is a bad ass.  The most bad ass hunter of the paranormal I've ever seen.  *grin*This movie had great visuals.  For the relatively low budget it was built on, it looked phenomenal.The fights were, like, D&D fights.  Either you spend twenty rounds wailing on some bizarre critter trying to figure out how to kill it, or you kill it in three rounds.  Very matter of fact.  Very humorous.'Oh, yeah, that's the Lance of Longinus, it killed Jesus.  Moving on. . . .'  Some of the things they were so casual about made this movie hilarious.Cthulhu-esque references are always highly appreciated.  I love modern fantasy like this, and this wasn't forcing the 'summer blockbuster' feel like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen tried to do.Rasputin was slick, man.  Close the door, the shadow falls, and he just walks out.  No CG, just pure cool.Oh yeah, and the movie had just enough punching.  The Matrix Revolutions didn't have enough punching, and it left me seriously disappointed.  There was enough punching in this one for me.[/spoiler]So I liked the movie.  I went originally to a 2pm showing, and the previews were shown twice before the movie started, and even then, half the screen was black.  We got out money back, and headed off to start our D&D game early.The D&D game just sorta went no where, because we realized we'd done all we'd wanted to do in the last adventure, so this game just consisted of seeing which PC would win in a deathmatch.  Fun, but kinda disappointing.  We quit the game early, and went to catch a 10:45 showing.Outside the theater, I, a chump, bought a ticket from a guy who said he wasn't going to be able to see the show.  I got it for less than the normal price, and though he actually wasn't trying to scam me, when I actually got to the theater, I saw that one of my friends had bought tickets for all of us.  *sigh*So, basically, at the end of a long day, it would take something great to cheer me up.  And this movie was great.</blockquote>

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