Hellboy II

So here’s my take on Hellboy II. I feel like this movie is getting a pass from most critics, and it shouldn’t: it’s not nearly as good as the original. Some of this is blind Guillermo Del Toro love, some of it is a hangover from the critical success of the first movie.

Speaking of Del Toro, did you know he turned down a chance to direct Se7en? Here was his reasoning:

I rightfully said no to Se7en, because it was a great script but it was a very cynical view of the world. I loved it, I wanted to see it, but I’m a romantic, fat bastard and I don’t subscribe to that view.

Hey, if he’s not feeling it, he’s not feeling it…but to say that Se7en had a “very cynical view of the world” and that’s the reason he turned it down…I mean, really? This from the man who made Pan’s Labyrinth, easily one of the darkest movies of the last decade? Hokay…