I just started reading Hellboy. Are the movies considered decent

>>90129815

In order of the questions:

1) There were a lot of liberties taken in adapting the comics into the films, but as a whole they are faithful to the spirit of the characters and source material.

2) I do. I know other fans who do. I have yet to meet a fan who loathes the movies, but I am sure they are out there and have reasons for their loathing.

3) As far as I know, nope.

>>90129815
The films are a lot lighter than the comics. Specially the second one, which is basically an regular adventure film, as opposed to the darker and introspective tone of the comics.

But that doesn't mean the films are bad. In fact, they are pretty good

the personalities are completely different
still worth watching for del taco scenery though

The movies are different. The first one has some noticeable meddling of how the "comicbooky" stuff is portrayed. Mignola also intentionally changed some things to make movie and comic Hellboy different. Like the movie one is a cat person and the comic one is a dog person. They are solid, but I'm indifferent to them. I sometimes feel like Mignola and I are the only two people on the planet who didn't want a third movie.

>>90129815
Its very much Del Toro's own version of Hellboy and his influence makes them quite different to the comics. As the previous anons have said the personalities are different and the movies feel more 'Fairy Tale' while the comics are folklore.

The movies are completely different, but they're not bad. They did maintain important things like Hellboy's personality, while totally altering Abe's, for example. The movies are fun to watch, but don't think of them as adaptations of the comics. Watch it with a friend who also likes stuff like that, or Hellboy.

No dice with the new movie.

The only person I met who didn't like the movies said they were "Disneyfying" the Hellboy comic.

Turns out she never read the actual comic.

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>>90129815

>>90133477
>didn't want a third movie.
why doesn't he?

>>90134073
He worked heavily with the studio to make the movies. It took up so much of his time that he had stop drawing Hellboy. He just wants do his own things undisturbed.

Its not really faithful, and wants to go for a weak conspiracy angle.

But it has some respect for what images/scenes that needs to be adapted. Which is why you get short 10-20 second segments with stuff like Risen Hellboy in the first movie.

>>90133655
I like this description best.
Both are enjoyable but the movies make BPRD seem like a sort of monster-of-the-week show, not that that isn't fun in its own right) while the comics shows the organization as a lot bigger than that. Both work and both are enjoyable but just different things in a bunch of ways

>>90129815
The comics blow the movies out of the water a thousand times over. They could never touch the mood and tone that helped make the comic one of the best series out there.

The movies are fine. Perlman does a good job, I like Del Toro's direction, and the art design is pretty good for a Hollywood movie.

My gf fangirls so fucking hard about movie version abe