I'm a huge fan of the Hellboy films and In fact hellboy aka Red is one of my favourite comic book hero's. The films captures everything that you can imagine the world of fantasy would be, it's got the most amazing monsters and creatures throughout every single film and it's almost impossible to think that Guillermo Del Torro could ever out-do the previous film, yet he continues to do so..
The scene in Hellboy II: The Golden Army with the troll market is unbelievable; I watched the troll market tour and pre-production on the special features disc and its jaw dropping. The way that everything is designed right from the initial brainstorm paper sketches to the production of each scene and creature, along with the CGI effects is astonishing.
It would be so hard to choose which film I prefer out of the 2 because they are both brilliant films, but if I had to, Guillermo Del Torro continues to blow me away with his impressive and wild imagination and so it would be The Golden Army. I loved the whole concept behind the Elf Prince Nuada of the Underworld ("Silverlance") and the Elf Princess Nuala, they create a mix of fantastic fighting scenes full of perfected combat skills along with a touching bond that cannot be broken.
The whole cast play great parts and I think Ron Perlman plays his character perfectly and can't imagine Red being played by anyone else, Selma Blair plays Liz' character really well and her relationship with Red is argumentative, funny and sometimes forgotten, due to red's obsession with cats and himself, yet deep down loving and devoted in their own little ways- If you have not seen The Golden Army yet I wont ruin the end but lets just say I only hope there will be a third Hellboy coming to our screens in the very near future, with even more genius!