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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InzeladunMaster" data-source="post: 1534128" data-attributes="member: 9774">No problem.  Gabriel Van Helsing in this movie is far more typical of a modern grungy hero with an unknown past (just like Wolverine, Gabe Van Helsing doesn't remember his past, nor realize he is just as old as Dracula).  He shares none of the attributes given to Abraham Van Helsing as portrayed by Bram Stoker, Edward van Sloan (who played him in 1931's Dracula against Bela Lugosi), Peter Cushing (who played him repeatedly against Christopher Lee during the 1970's), and Anthony Hopkins.Other than the B&W beginning sequence, this movie is entirely lacking in the charm present in the old Universal movies from the 30's and 40's.  Despite all of that, I still enjoyed the movie.  I guess I realize that the old charm simply cannot be recaptured and sustained in modern popular film.As it is made by the people who made "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns", I guess an apt comparison would be similar to comparing those two movies with Boris Karloff's original mummy movie from 1932.  In short, there is no comparison, although the two modern movies are enjoyable nonetheless.</blockquote>