Who doesn't HATE Van Helsing?

[Turanil]

Well, until now, every time someone spoke of the Van helsing movie, it was to say how awful it is.

But there was a promo on amazon.fr to get the DVD for 8$, so I didn't hesitate. After having seen it, I must ask: why the hate? People want to see this film as a horror movie, but this is not. This is simply a pulp-action movie set in the Victorian period, featuring 18th level characters using a lot of action points. Once you realize that, it is on par with films such as X-Men or the like, just that the superheros live in the 19th century and fight vampires instead of supervillains. In fact, it's a gamer movie, and the action portrayed would make an excellent RPG adventure.

Now lets flame all around...

 

[Angel Tarragon]

For clarifiaction I think there is difference between disliking and hating. On that note, I dislike the movie.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Now lets flame all around...

The ending was crap and forced... Besides that I didn't really hate the movie... I just didn't like it either.

 

[Dark Jezter]

*raises hand*

Count me as somebody who actually enjoyed Van Helsing. I found it to be pretty darn enjoyable.

 

[Tolen Mar]

Same here, though one of my first thoughts was 'Looks like they are selling the video game.'

In fact, ask my wife, I leaned over and whispered that to her in the theatre, it was during the rapid fire crossbow scene.

I have to agree though...it was the ending that almost ruined it for me. I just wasn't digging the monster vampire vs. monster werewolf cartoon they added at the end.

Everything else I thought was gravy.

 

[The Serge]

Van Helsing is an incredibly stupid movie. And I love it. Aside from the idiotic final battle that came out of no where (well, I suppose it's for fanboys who like to see monsters fighting each other) and the idiotic take on vampiric transformation, I liked this movie tremendously. Yes, it's dumb. Yes, the acting is atrocious. Yes, it butchers any kind of hope for a sequel featuring some of the key players in horror films if Sommers does it again, but I still like it. And I love Silvestri's choral theme for Dracula that starts the whole movie off. Awesome.

 

[RangerWickett]

Van Helsing was campy, and kinda fun, but just not fun enough. There wasn't enough humor. And yeah, Computer Graphic vs. Computer Graphic fights are boring!

 

[Aust Diamondew]

I watched it. And I knew it wasn't a horror immidiatley which was fine. I could tell it was an action movie and I love action movies. However I do not even feel it was a good action flick. It was decent at best.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yeah, I didn't find it awful, but I suspect it's because I'd already else talk of how awful it was.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I rather enjoyed it. I'm not sure where people got the idea that it was supposed to be a horror movie as opposed to the fantasy pulp action thriller that it so clearly was. Probably marketing issues.

Brad