Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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H C An absolutely beautiful loveletter to the original comic of The Crooked Man. People who ridicule the pacing, etc don't realize that this is really made by and for the people who love the comic, as it's an almost moment-by-moment retelling of it. The faithfulness of the storytelling is one of my favorite aspects. Even the invented side character of Bobbie Joe is fascinating and so similar to some other comics-only Hellboy characters that I actually had to stop and check that she wasn't one of them. I fully went into this expecting an underwhelming cash-grab disaster, but what I found was a lovingly crafted piece of Hellboy gold. The tone could not be more faithful to that of the comics, even more than the Perlman adaptations so beloved by HB fans. Love love love this movie and will be loving/watching it for years to come. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review Presten S. P This film was surprisingly not bad, considering the disaster that was the previous Hellboy movie. I kind of enjoyed that they went more B-rate horror than comedy (although Hellbou does get in one or two zingers), and I honestly thought this film had a very decent creep factor - the Crooked Man is a very decent villain. It’s not going to win an Oscar, but I did mildly enjoy it. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review Mathew T This is a terrible movie. No fun, no humor, no monsters. Just a lot of shrieking and noise. Nothing is scary or interesting. I could barely watch it. Kept hoping it would get better, but it never did. Hellboy kills the Crooked Man with his gun. Enough said. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Audience Member I tried to give it a chance. Turned it off after the hillbillies recognized hellboy from the cover of a magazine. The trailer made it look more exciting then it was. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Audience Member We watch superhero movies to see the superheroes kicking butts, not superheroes having their butts kicked. This movie is about superheroes having their butts kicked almost the entire movie. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/07/24 Full Review Seth S Hellboy: The Crooked Man ended up being a lot trickier to review than I thought. I thought within the first 5 minutes that I had wasted the $1.99 on the rental, but once I settled into what the vibe of this movie was going to be for the remaining hour and thirty minutes I can definitely say that I’m glad I saw it. Mind, I’m not saying that this was nearly as good as I’d hoped it would be or even as good as it thinks it is. It’s sloppy, the editing is jumbled, and the script needed a few rewrites. But that’s where this is kind of a case of two movies: the movie that it wants to be and the movie that it is. I could easily see this being a lot better if they had just given script more time to cook, but unfortunately this thing just ends up being a mess that can be legitimately hard to follow at times. But what this movie makes up for in its lacking script is its atmosphere. This movie works best when it is forced to be a small budget horror movie. Once it settles into a confined location it can be legitimately creepy and there were moments where i found myself getting chills and pretty creeped out, and I would say that’s easily this movie’s biggest strength: it’s atmosphere. This movie had the budget of a half eaten sandwich and a bag of Cheetos, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. This movie works best when it’s restrained, when it has to rely on the vibes and atmosphere to get under your skin, and for the most part it’s pretty effective. Granted, there are some times when they go for a CG approach that they clearly didn’t have the budget for, but for the most part the special effects are practical, for better or worse. There were times where the Hellboy suit is clearly just that: a suit, and you can spot the fabric folding whenever Jack Kelsey (Hellboy) bends over or leans too far over to a side. I’m not sure if this is something anyone else is going to notice, but as someone who looks for this kind of stuff I couldn’t help but notice it. But overall, I found that the practical approach was in this movie’s favor and it added to the overall unique look of the film and that’s going to be what I remember most about this movie. Overall, did I want more? Yes. Am I happy with what I got? Reasonably? Would I recommend this to just anybody? Well, I don’t think this is going to be for just anybody. I wouldn’t recommend this to someone who needs their Hellboy fix after the Del Toro movies or whatever the hell that 2019 reboot was. But, if you’re a fan of low budget experimental arthouse horror films then I would definitely say it’s worth a watch because that’s exactly how I would classify this movie. It’s got the creep factor, the other worldly atmosphere, and some ideas up it’s sleeve that I think make for an interesting watch. Not perfect, but interesting enough for a recommend. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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