RE: 'Hellboy' by Guillermo del Toro Review: It isn't too bad, but perhaps too dark
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"a balance between action and humor that is less seen today" - oh man, is humor ever Missing in Action today. So hard to find it in any movie or tv series or novels.
Fargo delivers with dark humor, as did Dexter, for the first two seasons only.
Would you believe I still have a copy of the Hellboy, the blue-ray, in its original shrink wrap, unopened? I couldn't get my husband to watch it with me. He doesn't like sci-fi or fantasy. The disc came free with the blue-ray player..... *sigh
I really need to watch this one.
Thank you for another great review (as usual) @namiks!
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Does that mean you've never seen it before?!
I remember watching it way back, then recently while looking at comics to check out, I remembered the character existed. I'm surprised there haven't been more serious pursuits to revive it for the big screen. There's a film from 2019 which it seems few liked, and the 2024 one coming looks painful to say the least. Very little seriousness in it. I'm surprised comic book publishers like Dark Horse or Image Comics haven't started to take the film and tv side a bit more seriously with the IPs they have.
That darker side of comedy that @jessuses1381 also mentioned is so true. I think it's removed for quirky humour these days that ends up taking you out of the action or removing the seriousness of a situation entirely. Films like Hellboy do it well because that careless side of them is part of the character. It's a trait that makes sense.