| ***SPOILERS!!!*** I don't think that del Torro is telling us that the character's actions at the end of the movie are wise, intelligent, or in any way "correct". They're simply the choices that people make, good or bad. Further, I think the "Screw humanity" sentiment is not really present. Liz very likely does not believe that Hellboy will destroy the world, just as Professor Broom didn't, and just as Abe (naively) believed that Prince Nuada would let them go once he had what he wanted. The similarities to BLADE II seem pretty thin. Sure, they're there, but they're such broad strokes that you can draw comparison to a lot of stories. In fact, I likened the movie most to, of all things, FATAL FURY: THE MOTION PICTURE, which also featured a crazed brother who needed a magic crown in order to rule the world, and a rebellious sister who tried to hide it from him, and in the end the heroine of that movie also commits suicide in order to kill her brother and save her boyfriend. What do these similarities mean? Probably nothing. But even if they were intentional, it doesn't really matter. William Shakespeare blatantly stole the plot and story of almost every play he ever wrote, but he's still considered a great writer because his renditions of those stories were superior to the originals. I wish that more attention had been given to the Prince in this flick. Although I agree that we're already not seeing enough of HB himself in this movie, the hints of nuance in the villain are intriguing, but not fully developed enough. |