Finally saw Hellboy at the cheapo theater today.

We were all pretty unimpressed. The plot tried to cram way too much into too little space, didn't make a ton of sense, and didn't wrap up a ton of loose ends. And the big set pieces are too predictable to ever be worth it. And even the special effects seemed below par, including what looked like an old-style, fake-looking "thread the film backwards" throwing stunt.

At least it wasn't as bad as Daredevil. But it wasn't X-Men 2. The best part of the movie was the twenty-second vision of the Apocalypse, which (spoiler: highlight to read) doesn't even happen. It did, in fairness, have giant Cthulhu squids.

I'd heard it was good. Instead it was just passable, and pretty generic.

The comic sounds better.