Hellboy (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]

Good movie

happy to have the set

Love this movie so much, been in my top 5 for years now!

No explanation for what’s to come… Awesome movie…

Nice to have my own copy to watch when ever I want.

FORMAT: Blu-RayUPC: 0-43396-19172-3RELEASED: 2007-06-05TITLE: Hellboy: Director's Cut (2004) • Unrated • 2:12:29Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Doug JonesGuillermo del Toro (Director)Director Guillermo del Toro strikes again! This is a movie based on a comic book character (though, admittedly, a most unusual comic book character) that doesn't SEEM like a movie based on a comic book character — mainly because, while it has plenty of action, it also has plenty of character development and numerous instances of witty and interesting dialog. See the other reviews for more detail and/or other opinions regarding the plot of the movie.VIDEO: 1.85:1 • Color • 1080p • MPEG-4 AVC (25.9 Mbps)The images presented in this movie are fairly sharp, with very good delineation of objects in the deep shadows (of which, there are many). Also, the image possesses a muted color-palette that works very well with the tone of the source material. However, the entire film appeared ever-so-slightly soft, and lacking in fine detail — as was evident in many of the close-ups of faces, clothing and the many occult artifacts (it was as though someone was a little too vigorous in the use of the "sharpness" control when transferring the film). Aside from some infrequent occurrences of banding (particularly around the dropped light-sticks when Abe was swimming in the underwater cavern), there were no other major picture anomalies (such as: specks, hair-lines, white dots, color fluctuations, etc.) to mar the image. Overall, this movie's picture quality, while very good, is another example of the learning curve that was encountered by those who transferred movies to blu-ray in the early days of the format: that is, usually more than adequate, but could be better (nothing that a remastering using current techniques and technology couldn't fix).AUDIO: LPCM 5.1 (48KHz, 16-bit) • Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)I listened to the LPCM track all the way through, and compared several short sections of the standard Dolby Digital track to the LPCM track. The midrange and high-end sections of the LPCM track (particularly with voices and music) were more life-like and had greater detail than the lossly Dolby Digital track. However, the Dolby Digital track seemed to have more prominent, and slightly deeper, bass than the LPCM track — though, neither featured very deep bass. The surround channels were fairly active and somewhat directional, dialog was cleanly recorded and well-placed, and ambient sounds that convey the location of the on-screen setting were effectively integrated into the soundtrack. The LPCM version is a very good (though not great) soundtrack, which should satisfy all but the pickiest listeners.EXTRAS: Deleted ScenesSeveral 'Making Of' videosNone of the extras were reviewed.

Ron Perlman was born for this role. He is hands-down the best Hellboy.

Great movie it’s a classic.