Hellboy
by Josh Staiger
I really liked this movie.
I think what people are finally starting to realize is that the action, while important is not in and of itself what makes a good superhero movie. The best superhero movies are the ones that give us a peak at superheros with real human emotions and demonstrate how one might really deal with "superhuman" qualities. This isn't new to comics in general, but it's a fairly new trend in Hollywood (beginning with Spiderman).
One of my most favorite scenes in this movie is the one where Hellboy is bounding around on rooftops, keeping an eye on Myers while he is walking with Liz, his "girl."
"She took his picture?! Damn! She took his picture... She took his picture... "
He then runs into a nine-year-old boy on one of the rooftops where they talk about women and eat cookies.
"Yeah, the old yawning trick... Watch his arm."
There was, of course, a lot of other typical comic book fair (y'know, saving the world from evil and all that jazz), but a cool movie overall.