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Why The HELLBOY Reboot Was So Bad | Cynical Reviews
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2019’s HELLBOY, the latest adaptation of Mike Mignola’s iconic comic book series, and a reboot of the film franchise as established by Guillermo Del Toro, with David Harbour replacing Ron Perlman in the lead role, and with Neil Marshall stepping in for Del Toro, was a major disappointment. Disliked by critics and divisive for the IP’s fanbase, it suffers from a great many problems with its writing, characterisation, tone, and overall vision. It would have been better off left in development hell.

I’m going to take a long look at why.

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@bloodyneptune

3 years ago

It somehow kills me more knowing that amazing Make A Wish Thing is what inspired Del Toro's almost-third-movie. Because I mean, a 62 year old man spending hours in a makeup chair becoming a demon to meet a Make A Wish kid is something that should cause a movie to be made.

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@tevinsamuel

4 years ago

using Twitter to find him makes sense since its a hellhole

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@Montesama314

2 years ago

It's so fucked up that a man's good-hearted effort to make a dying child smile through tragedy... Would end up leading to THIS cinematic tragedy.

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@gendygoblin8391

2 years ago

The original opening also shows how Hellboy is accepted as a baby boy even though he was summoned by Nazis. He was a literal demon and was still seen as a sentient being by one person showing kindness towards him.

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@alexmarkadonis7179

4 years ago

I would rather have seen Del Toro's third installment.

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@_V.Va_

4 years ago

"Cats, cigars and candy bars" has such a nice ring to it. Adult-oriented but not edgy.

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@ansrfururactions

1 year ago

Hell boy's design is awesome in the originals, it conveys the fact that he clearly isn't human biologically, but he still acts and does human things, it also matches perfectly with his personality of being tough, but also somewhat casual. All without going full-on uncanny valley. The reboot, on the other hand, makes him look like a raging alcoholic who crawled into a red wine factory and came out covered in said alcohol and with two giant corks stuck in his head.

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@AluminumFusion22

1 year ago

Del Toro, despite being known as a horror director, tends to add a lot of levity to his films to not make them traumatizing or edgy. His films at their very best acknowledge the beauty of the grotesque without getting edgy or violent. Hellboy did this very well. The character in the original two films had the mentality of a teenager and only acted tough as a means of masking his real feelings. He could also be snarky but with redeemable traits too, like his love for kittens.

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@LowEffortDucks

3 years ago

Something the reboot does poorly is making the villains interesting. Seriously, that nazi sand-bag guy was fucking terrifying.

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@jackblack3718

3 years ago

So Mike Magnolia broke up with Del Toro because the script he made didn't fit with his vision. So he pushed forward a reboot that didn't fit with his, Del Toro or even the director's vision instead. Great job, Mike.

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@sarasaland4709

1 year ago

Imagine an underworld demon granting the wish of a six year-old boy. That’s part of why Ron Perlman is a legend.

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@TheSpectacularSpider-man905

1 year ago

At first I was so angry about Abe not being in it I hadn't realized how bad it was

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@alexross1816

4 years ago

I forget how surprisingly calm and soothing Ron Perlman's voice is.

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@DarthLesbian

3 years ago

I feel bad because I get the sense the actors were really trying their best but the failures were coming from above

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@realsanmer

1 year ago

As a beginner reader of the comics, and having watched the first movie recently while the second one a long time ago, what I love about Hellboy is that he's "lame cool". Like, his backstory is geniunely cool, and so are his powers and design, but whenever he chooses to quip or try to sound badass, it comes out as lame or goofy, and I fucking adore that. It makes him sound more human and loveable. He also doesn't curse much for being... you know..., which is refreshing. 2019 Hellboy, on the other hand, is basically the opposite. No hate to Harbor or anything, it was the script's fault tbh

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@ionvash

2 years ago

So many problems with this movie are due to the fact that they picked pieces from the comics without completely adapting them to be cohesive or comprehensive. A small example is the flashback scene with Gruagach impersonating baby Alice, he escapes by the chimney because in the comics, the family lives in a very rustic home in the countryside. So they changed the setting but kept the chimney escape, regardless that it didn't make sense anymore. Also, the BPRD isn't trying to hide Hellboy in the comics because he's well known by the general public, enough so that he's been granted honorary human status by the UN but you'd have no way of knowing this if you hadn't read the comics, which is another fail considering the larger audience who might watch this movie are more likely to be familiar with Hellboy only through the Del Toro movies... Hellboy is also much more mild mannered in the comics and there's very little expletives and gore in them... Anyway, I don't want to make an exhaustive list. This is already long enough and I'm not saying anything new...

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@kelly5693

4 years ago

The last time I was this early, Ron Perlman was still a big red demon starring in an incredible film series helmed by a visionary genius.

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@farshadevil1

4 years ago

the way this version of hellboy looks compared to Perlman's version is like when the bad guy in "The Mask" wears the mask versus when Jim Carry wore it.

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@ccateni28

2 years ago

Neil got interviewed by Critical Drinker, he confirmed the rumors the studios was in control on the film. He even said he didn't see the script until after he signed on and couldn't change anything due to the studio.

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@Geezer-yf8hv

2 years ago

I loved the fact that Pearlman’s Hellboy loved cats! Not that I am a big cat lover; I just thought it was an interesting detail!

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