I don't read many comic books, so I never knew about Hellboy until the movie came out. There have been some good comic book movies and I like Gulermo del Toro, so I went and saw the movie. I thought it was very well written and great visually with some good action set pieces. Ron Pearlman, a good actor in other things I've seen, delivers a performance that is on the level of performances of actors getting end of the year kudos, like Jamie Foxx in Ray.