Hellboy: Sword Of Storms Review

Hellboy fans alot of will know that the character has starred in a bunch of movies and video games as well as originally being a comic book character. However what many of you will not know is that there are some animated movies out there and well I thought that i'll take a look at the first one since it's the only one that I actually own and so then Hellboy fans here is my review of the first animated movie "Hellboy: Sword Of Storms" enjoy.

The plot of the movie is Hellboy finds himself transported to feudal Japan when investigating a case involving a missing sword and possesed professor and so Hellboy has to find a way back home before to evil gods destroy the world. In terms of what I thought of the plot it's was honestly really fun and it was something that I would have liked to have seen done in any of the movies that being said the plot does feel a bit rushed and bit formulaic at times.

Reprising their roles from the live action films are Ron Perlman as Hellboy , Selma Blair as Liz Sherman and Doug Jones as Abe Sapien. Jojning them for this film are Peri Gilpin as Professor Kate Corrigan , Dee Bradley Baker as Lightning , Kappa and a Pilot , Phil LaMarr as Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense Member and a Pilot , Mitchell Whitfield as Russell Thorn and Gwendoline Yeo as Kitsune.

In terms of what I the acting it was honestly really good which is something that I honestly wasn't expecting from a direct to DVD movie. Of course Ron Perlman is perfect as Hellboy I honestly think that he's the only one who can play the character at this point and while Doug Jones didn't play Abe in the first movie he did do the voice for the character on set so yeah he was reprising the role here and he killed it as did Selma Blair.

Doing the animation for the film is Film Roman who as far as I can tell are mistly known for there work on 1980's Garfiekld And Friends. As for what I thought about the animation it was honestly pretty decent again this is a direct to DVD movie so you can't expect the animation to be on the same level as say Disney and so what i'm assuming little budget that they had to work with the animation team did a good job.

However there is one creative choice that I take issue with and that's the fact that they give all of the human characters huge pupils. That choice makes all of the human characters look creepy as hell which for the villains works fine but it doesn't work for the good guys and so I have to wonder why did they choose to give the human character huge pupils since it's very off putting and doesn't work well withy the design of the human characters.

I have to wonder if Hellboy creator Mike Mignola came up with the designs for the creatures present in the film. Since there are some freaking cool looking creatures in this film like the fact that as you can see in the above picture there's a woman who's top half is human and her bottom half is that of a spider that in my opinion is just so cool , don't get me wrong there are a few lame looking villains like the headless people don't look that good but the vast majority of thye creatres that we see look so freaking awesome.

Now if your like me and you own this film on DVD then you'll know that it comes with a free comic book Hellboy: Phantom Limbs. I have no idea why those involved with either the making of the film or it's distribution chose to do this but I have to wonder why I mean it's not a bad idea but who honestly is going to by a DVD for a comic book it's pointless but at the same time it could also be a good way to get people who don't read comics into them espically if they like this film since it uses the same designs and is set in the sake world as the movie.

This film is an hour and seventeen minuets long and if i'm being honest it really should have been a but longer then that. Simply because the amount of story that they have in this film could very easily have filled up an hour and a half maybe an hour and forty minuet movie but for some reason they chose to make it just under and hour and twenty minuets and because of that scenes and plot points in the movie that would have worked if in a longer movie here feel rushed because the movie has to hit all of these plot points.

Now then since this is an action film that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in the film itself. Which I feel was honestly really good and was easily the best part of the movie which is honestly saying something since when this film wants to it can be really fun and alot of this fun scenes do come in the action sequences which is every bit as awesome and as cool as you'd want them to be in my opinion.

Overall this was honestly I really good film and it's one that i'm glad that I own it's just a shame that the film is far to short. The fact that the film is to short is for me a big issues as is the fact that the human characters have really large and really off putting pupils but at the same time this movie can be really fun espically when it comes to it's action sequences as such this film gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me and if you guys givbe this review enough love i'll look into doing the sequel Blood And Iron as well as the live action films i'll make a few days of reviews out of it. 

 

 

Some Comic Books I'm Going To Review

Comic book fans I thought that i'd do something a bit different today because honestly I couldn't think of a single thing to review. So I thought that i;d tell you some of the comic books that I intend on taking a look at at some point in the future please note that this will include books from alot of different comic book companies so your not just going to find Marvel stuff or DC stuff your going to find stuff from alot of companies so alot of books will be ones that you've never heard of so here we go.

The Jetsons (DC)

Now i've been meaning to read alot more stuff from the Hanna-Barbera beyond line since i', a fan of there work and I did read this when it was coming out. The only thing stopping me from doing it is the fact that I was never that much of a fan of this book I only picked it up to see how they did the characters but it is something that is quite high on my list of comic books to review but it's not something i'll be getting to any time soon.

A Clash Of Kings (Dynamite Entertainment)

Not only am I a huge Game Of Thrones (your talking to a guy who owns all the books plus alot of seasons from the show and have played the dreadful XBOX 360 game) but i've also reviewed the original Game of Thrones comic book. So of course i'm going to be taking a look at this why I havn't done it now is simply because i'm waiting until they've finished the whole book before I even read a single of it.

Elvira: The Shape of Elvira (Dynamite Entertainment)

I read the recent and reviewed the recent Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark comic book which I loved and i've read the first issue of this book and if you've seen the cover and the title you'll have a fair idea of recent film there spoofing. I will say using Elvira to spoof this film to me is pure genius because no one spoofs films better then her and the best thing this series is only four issues long so when ever im able to see the remaining issues the review will be going live.

Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor (Titan Comics)

You comic book fans won't know this but i'm also a huge Doctor Who fan and i'll admit i've not read the comics or heard the audio plays but i've seen the show both classic and recent and i've seen all of the films and spin off shows. I was actually one of the few people excited to be getting a female doctor granted I had to watch something that Jodie Whittaker was in to see if she was any good at drama but she's not let me down so far and as soon as they finish the first story for this run i'll be posting the review.

The Flintstones (DC)

Not only are we heading back to DC but also back to the stone age because just like with The Jetsons recent comic book I read the awesome Flintstones book as it was published. Guys and girls this is a book that i'm dying to revuew for you guys but with it being twelve issues long and the fact that I have many other reviews and stuff to write per day this one might take a few billion years but it will get here that much I promise.

Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill (Marvel)

Now then Marvel fans i've not forgotten about you guys this is a title that i've honestly not seen that many people talking about. I figure tho that with the next Avengers movies coming out soon this would be a great year for me to take a look at it the only issue i'd have is there's so many issues to read and the collected edition is rather expensive so I might have to wait until it drops down in price before I even consider reviewing this one.

A-Force 2015 (Marvel)

I'm not even going to try and lie here the only reason i'd even consider reading and reviewing this book is that it has Captain Marvel on the cover and I could tie it in the new Captain Marvel movie that's coming out. It might be a shameless reason to do a review but it's better then doing a review for no reason at all plus we all know that when that movie comes out any book featuring her is going to sell and sell fast.

Batman/Catwoman: The Wedding Album: The Deluxe Edition (DC)

When this storyline was first announced alot of people couldn't believe that it was finally going to happen Bruce Wayne was finally going to get married to Catwoman it just seems insane right. Well as we all know things didn't exactly go that way and that's why I want to review it so I can see if it makes sense in terms of both the story and the characters or not because it would be so easy for me to say that the storyline sucks but it would be more of a challenge if I sat down and read it and then gave you my thoughts on it.

Any Hellboy Comic

I'm not going to name just one title here because there's so many just for this one character so i;m saying that I want to review any of the Hellboy comics because I honestly like the character. It also helps that he has a new movie coming out and so any review I could do I could then tie it in to the new m movie in shape or form so it would be a really easy for me to get alot clicks or likes just due to that fact.

The Rest Of Red Sonja Worlds Away (Dynamite)

I know that i've just reviewed the first volume but my task is to finish the whole storyline now i'm going to tell you right now i'm not working on this as of this moment because there is such a thing as to much of a good thing. So i'm aiming to finish that whole storyline by the end of the year so that way I myself can take a break from the character and whoever publishes the collected editions can finish releasing it.

Some Comic Books That I Would Love To See Get An Animated Series

Comic Book fans it's very common for someone to turn a comic book character into an animated series just look at Disney as prime examples but for every one that does get made there are a dozen or so that don't even get looked at and so i'm going to list of the comic books that I want to see turned into an animated series.

Grimm Fairy Tales

This series presents a take on classic fairy tales that is more inline with there original source material so this could make for a really exiting adult animated show heck one of the characters was so popular that she got her own Syfy show Van Helsing but just imagine if the whole Grimm universe was adapted for this series we could see Cinderella interact with Snow White and Alice and we could see Robyn Hood (that's how they spell it in this series) interact with Dorothy Gale you could do pretty much anything and it would work.

Suicide Squad

Yes I know that Harley Quinn is getting her own animated series but this one could also work as a series again the only way this could work for me is if you make it an adult series since the team is mostly made up of villains that would make the most sense and heck the recent animated movie Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay proved that the team can look good in animated form and if you wanted to tie this into the new Harley Quinn series then make this one a spin off.

Any 2000 AD Character

2000 Ad has such a great selection of characters some have already been seen in movies but none have been turned into an animated series and to me that's just wrong Judge Dredd has proven himself popular twice at the box office and you wouldn't have to stick to one genre of show Dredd could be a cop show , Slaine could a violent fantasy epic and Survival Geeks could be a Sci-Fi comedy there are so many genres you could do if these characters were adapted into an animated series.

Hellboy

Like Suicide Squad Hellboy has not only appeared in live action but also in animation and also like Suicide Squad he has never gotten an animated series despite how popular he became after the 2004 movie perhaps the reason why he's not been given his own animated series is the fact that the series does focus alot on supernatural elements but the way I see it is if Supernatural can get an anime then why can't Hellboy get his own animated series.

Vampirella

She's pretty much a vampire freaking superhero how in the hell is this not been turned into an animated series already the series pretty much writes itself and since this is a horror character you can really go all out in terms of the story and the things you can get away with all you need to do is get somebody like Adult Swim to air the show and the shows golden.

Deadpool

This was honestly one of the few things I was really excited for when it first announced and then they announced that the glover brothers were going to be behind it and I got even more excited and then they cancelled it which is a shame because Deadpool IS a cartoon character so all they had to do was put that character on the small screen that was it and yes I still believe that one day this character will get his own animated series.

Red Sonja

This character kinda got an animated film but it's really more of a motion comic but the character has never been given an animated series which is a shame because if you make the show in the vain of Xena mixed in with Game Of Thrones it could really work I really cannot be the only one who sees the potential in an animated Red Sonja series even today she's still popular this is a series that's just begging to happen.