Hellboy II: The Golden Army gets the Blu-ray and 3-disc special edition dvd treatment.

Ron Perlman is perfect as the titular character, Hellboy. His charisma is what I remember the most about these movies. Selma Blair’s character Liz became sorta annoying, but by the end we understood why. Plus, the special f/x are amazing, so I can see how the dvd set is chock full of special features and documentaries. Guillermo Del Toro really raised the bar with this film, so I’m definitely stoked to see what he does with The Hobbit films.

Hellboy II is available to buy or rent this Tuesday, November 11th. Forget the Spider-man or X-men franchises, this is the superior comic-book movie in my opinion. I’d much rather see a Hellboy III than a craptastic Spider-man 4 (Sam Raimi, I expected more from you!).

“And Hellboy II is exactly that: truly brilliant. Whatever your thoughts about the original (some love it, some like it, some are decidedly cool about it), this is light years ahead. This is Wrath Of Khan to its Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s that much of an evolution. It’s that good. ”

No way! That’s just crazy talk. I wanna believe Empire Magazine, I really do. But you can’t just throw out a ‘Wrath Khan’ comparison lightly, man? But y’know, if they’re letting Guillermo Del Toro do The Hobbit movies, maybe it is that good.

The trailer did get me quite excited when I saw it before The Incredible Hulk. The Mummy 3 trailer really made me lose faith in all movies, so watching Hellboy do his thing sorta brought me back from the edge. =) It gave me hope that Hollywood can actually make a movie with wild special f/x and CGI AND an intelligent plot.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters on July 11th.