the original hellboy movie have atmosphere come out of it red ear and hellboy ii unfortunately miss this point entirely . to begin with youre immediately hit with the stark voice change of the abe character and this be a major mistake . the very essence of the abe character be the way the voice be a mismatch to the heroic way in which he interact in the many ituations to change this voice for a generic one be a great over sight and one which straight away put you on the back foot in term of your anticipated enjoyment . the initial scene of hellboy a an adolescent look cheap and feel cheap and both in term of the acting and the way in which the young hellboy look and all add to a feeling of impend dread that the film maker just do not get it . move onto the old hellboy character and this too have suffer from a change for the worse . in an effort to introduce more obvious humour the character doesn not have the same touch to it and it all very disappointing . i be really look forward to this film but unfortunately the opportunity to capitalise on the original movie feel and atmosphere have be totally miss . it feel like a cynical attempt to make a few more $ $ $ at the expense of a great premise and some great theatrical character . please understand i be in no way a comic book purist a in fact i have never even read the comic book version and but i be just someone who really enjoy the first hellboy film .