When I first saw
Hellboy II: The Golden Army, I didn’t like it. Having been a big fan of the first film, my anticipation was high for the sequel. However, it didn’t take long into the film for me to start feeling a sense of unease.
Hellboy II is brighter lit, the character designs are good but Hellboy looks cheaper than the first film, and the writing… oh the writing. While everything to do with Prince Nuada is dark and broody and everything I had signed up for, everything with the BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) was overly goofy — almost sitcomy. I didn’t like it.
I know that humor has always had a place within the Hellboy universe, but this felt lazy — cheap. It felt like a string of gags rather than natural comedy being woven into the story. So upon this revisit, I was wondering if my original feelings would still hold weight, or if perhaps I had been too critical before.
