I don't get why this one's rated higher. Hellboy II has some incredibly cheesy scenes - the young Hellboy scene ( i thi

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ryanrdeye — 11 years ago(June 15, 2014 03:00 PM)

Hellboy 1 was so bad and cliche. How can you guys even compare? The prince and the forest scene was so much more epic then the entire first movie.

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RadicalEd26 — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 08:01 AM)

IMO they made a big mistake by not bringing the FBI agent back for the sequel. He kept the movie grounded and was a buffer between HB and Liz.

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Xtremegt2 — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 05:04 PM)

I agree completely. The 2nd one felt like a diorama. All it was were big, carefully constructed pretty scenes to look at, but never really to feel or enjoy too much. The story wasn't really a story, just an excuse to flex the creature shop. And there was no bad guy. It was a foregone conclusion how things were gonna end immediately.
It just felt like there were no stakes, and no real hook beyond, look how pretty things are.
It was a disappointment, because I really loved the first one. And more than that, I couldn't understand why everyone was going over the top, singing the praises of this one. It didn't surprise me at all when the box office came in for it.
Had they had a less literary and inconsequential bad guy/driving force to the film, than maybe something more could've come from it.

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stardama69 — 11 years ago(July 27, 2014 03:01 AM)

"They were no bad guy", yes there was, prince Nuada, an he was stronger than Raspoutine from the first movie
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Kent_Kainer — 11 years ago(July 27, 2014 01:30 AM)

I agree as well. I rated the first one 6 and the second one 5 but not because of cheesy scenes. The second one was much more predictable and thus pretty boring. Good for me it had these nice visuals.
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Morbius_Fitzgerald — 11 years ago(December 09, 2014 04:12 AM)

I find a problem with the first film is that it has a good first and third actthe second act just drags! You have to suffer through that "Hellboy is jealous of Myers" plot point and his relationship with Liz being complicated and do we really need this?
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Shadow-345 — 11 years ago(January 03, 2015 11:34 PM)

Exactly, it's a problem i've had with the first film since I saw it.
Why people prefer the first because it's "scripted better" when it clearly isn't, is beyond me.

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lilwith — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 07:44 PM)

Hellboy 4/10
Golden Army 6.5/10
II gets the edge for being so beautifully shot and action scenes done a bit better.

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buddyboy28 — 9 years ago(April 26, 2016 12:12 PM)

I much prefer the original too.

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dargis49-300-900689 — 9 years ago(June 05, 2016 09:37 PM)

Agreed. First movie is better.

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IMDB_Vits — 9 years ago(July 01, 2016 08:46 PM)

HELLBOY
1: 8/10
HELLBOY
2: 6/10

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prplayer — 9 years ago(August 28, 2016 04:59 AM)

disagree, i thought 2 was slightly better than 1, it has more interesting characters and it's equally visually stunning as the first
so many movies, so little time

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DesterWallaboo — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 02:16 PM)

I agree. I give the first Hellboy a 9 and this one a 6.