Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

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Almost as much Pan's Labyrinth as Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro cranks up the weird: it's glorious set-piece after glorious set-piece, inhuman creatures and stunning backdrops and a deep plunge into the uncanny valley.

The Dark Knight might be setting new records for self-importance; Hellboy is just pure imagination. It's an adventure. It's the new Star Wars. Fantastic.

- Sam - 2008-09-17 12:41:55
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Just as good the second time around -- my favourite superhero movie of all time.

The DVD adds some particularly delightful behind-the-scenes special features. It's rare to get glimpses of just how hard these things are to make, but these do a good job. It was amazing to see the use of models for scenes I'd assumed were pure CGI, and the use of CGI to improve scenes of men in rubber suits that would otherwise have looked like something out of the Power Rangers.

Fantastic.

- Sam - 2011-09-01 04:22:20