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MOVIE REVIEWS: HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY Friday, July 11 2008 
Hellboy
II:
The
Golden
Army
has
added
to
its
collection
of
positive
early
reviews
it
receive
on
Thursday.
Most
of
the
new
praise
is
going
to
director
Guillermo
del
Toro,
who
drew
strong
reviews
and
solid
ticket
sales
for
Pan's
Labyrinth
in
2006
and
who
has
been
assigned
to
direct
The
Hobbit,
the
prequel
to
Lord
of
the
Rings.
Writes
Roger
Ebert
in
the
Chicago
Sun-Times:
"He
has
an
endlessly
inventive
imagination,
and
understands
how
(more)MOVIE REVIEWS: HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY Thursday, July 10 2008 
Comic
books
make
another
return
to
the
movie
theaters
this
weekend,
with
Hellboy
2:
The
Golden
Army,
starring
Ron
Perlman
and
directed
by
Guillermo
del
Toro
making
its
debut
in
previews
at
midnight
tonight
(Thursday).
Early
reviews
are
mostly
positive.
Roger
Moore,
writing
in
the
Orlando
Sentinel,
calls
the
film
"a
visually
striking,
mildly
amusing
way
to
kill
a
couple
of
hours."
Likewise,
Claudia
Puig
in
USA
Today
writes,
"This
Hellboy
sequel
is
a
quintessential
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It will be a fierce fight between seriously flawed superheroes over the weekend, as Hellboy II: The Golden Army takes on Hancock at the box office. Most analysts are forecasting that the outcome is likely to be close. Also competing for attention will be the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave and the 3-D adventure, Journey to the Center of the Earth. The Hellboy sequel, directed by Guillermo del Toro, has been attracting considerable buzz, and some analysts are predicting that it could edge out the Will Smith film, which dominated last weekend's box office. On the other hand, not a lot of moviegoers are likely to answer the invitation to Meet Dave. Daily Variety suggested that it could wind up being Murphy's worst opening since 2002's Adventures of Pluto Nash. Journey, is hampered by the inability of the studio to line up more than 854 theaters that can screen it in 3-D. Many moviegoers are aware that it was meant to be viewed in 3-D and are unlikely to visit 2-D theaters to see it, analysts said. 
