Long Story Short

went to watch Hellboy II: The Golden Army... was disappointed. the plot was... illogical. i mean there's a difference between having things which defies physical principles, like... magic, a hot babe spontaneously flaming up and still staying alive, etc etc. but... the story still needs to be logical. things should happen in such a way that you can believe it should follow one another and actually need to happen. but that's not the case for Hellboy II. and here's why

spoiler warning...

see... Prince Nuada (the bad guy) and his sister Princess Nuala are linked. you hurt one, you hurt the other. you knock one out, you knock the other. therefore, just when Prince Nuada is about to kill the good King, the Princess could have just given herself a tranquilizer jab. or chopped off her own arm. or killed herself, which is what eventually happened. which is the reason why i felt a little cheated. all the big bang boom pow and in the end, the little lass just goes and stabs herself. leaves one wondering... why didn't she just do that in the first place? or anything less drastic but still able to incapacitate her brother.

and there's also the part where the Hot (in more ways than one) girl just melted the crown at the end. again, one must wonder why that was not done earlier. it could have prevented soooooo much trouble.

ah well... i wonder whether the Dark Knight will live up to all the hype.