Last night I caught the opening day (of course) show for Hellboy II : The Golden Army. excited? not as i will be next week, but was looking forward to it as i really enjoyed the first one. A pal of mine asked me how it went..... my answer :Normal la.. "world domination, hero saves the world.." which of course started to draw all kinds of response from around the room.
So i thought better put in a clearer perspective.
(this is assuming you guys have watched the first one....)
Big Red and his gang come up against a natural heir of the earth (Prince Nuanda) who wants to get rid of the humans, ending a looong truce. Fight to the end kind of premise, with an indestructible golden army awaiting to be unleashed onto us puny humans.
Story is kind of cool, with a lots of creatures and effects when u consider it's Guillermo at the helm. A b8it draggy in parts where he tries to play with the characters emotions, with some comical results, which are ok on their own, but end up making the movie feel a bit draggy.
Great action fight scenes, cool graphics, very cool mystical creatures, some good performances (Selma Blair was on fire ... literally), but somehow i was expecting more. After the first one, i thought this one would go at breakneck speed, but was not to be.
I'll give it an fun to watch, maybe 3 stars, but can say my expectation would have been higher.
Now, not as high as next weeks spectacular release.
to quote a line from it " Anything that does not kill you, makes you ........... stranger"
1 comments:
hmm ok.. i will go on sunday then i let u know how it was haha. i hope the dark knight i much better then this one loh. hope can compare with ironman wahhaah
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