Who doesn't HATE Van Helsing?

[Viking Bastard]

I thought you were saying "Jesus Christ! Vampire Hunter was a good film" until I googled it. There really is a film (Kung-Fu Action / Comedy / Horror / Musical) called Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter! I think I'll take Van Helsing over that one thanks.

It's really fun. It's so wonderfully wacky.

 

[Mark Chance]

Well, Van Helsing was a good deal better than Revenge of the Sith.

Not that that's an accomplishment requiring much effort.

 

[BryonD]

The problem with VH isn't the fencing in heels. It isn't the liberties it takes with old legends. It's that it's dull.

Bingo!!



Of course, one thing I REALLY liked was that they released sets with all the classics on DVD as promo. I snapped all six of those up.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Uh, didn't I JUST SAY THAT? What part of your statement is not in complete agreement with every part of my statement?

If you hadn't included "Except that" in your post, it would have been a straightforward "Me too," post, but you make it sound like you're disagreeing with me when you're just restating exactly what I said. I don't understand.

Well I thought wasn't what you were saying. It came across to me more as you saying "there is only one great art and it is what I like."

 

[Morpheus]

*raises hand*

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

Count me in too...I enjoyed it for what it was...popcorn action flick. I never pretended it was anything else and I think I'm happier for it.

 

[barsoomcore]

There really is a film (Kung-Fu Action / Comedy / Horror / Musical) called Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter! I think I'll take Van Helsing over that one thanks.

I watch films, then decide. I like doing it that way. But whatever works for you.

Well I thought wasn't what you were saying. It came across to me more as you saying "there is only one great art and it is what I like."

You're doing it again. That IS what I'm saying. I'm saying that "what I like" is exactly equal to "great art". In both directions. What I like is, by that definition alone, great art. What is great art is, again, self-definingly, what I like. I like great art. Great art is what I like. There do not exist works of great art that I don't like, nor do there exist things I like that are not great art.

I enjoyed it for what it was...popcorn action flick. I never pretended it was anything else and I think I'm happier for it.

I just have to say that this attitude always comes across as tremendously arrogant, though I'm sure you don't mean it to. But what you're suggesting is that people who didn't like the film are A) incapable of understanding what it REALLY is, and B) less happy than you as a result.

A) I know my popcorn cinema. I LOVE good popcorn movies. I didn't dislike VH because I don't like popcorn movies. I disliked VH because it sucked.

B) My happiness doesn't depend on what flashy noises get displayed in front of me.

Sorry, cranky mood. Just venting. Feel free to flame.

 

[David Howery]

Brides had no nipples, they give Batman nips and BAMB, but vamps don't get them and POW!

well, yeah, not in their butt-ugly flying bat forms, but who cares? When they looked like normal women, they were hot! The redhead one was a knockout...

 

[Abraxas]

You're doing it again. That IS what I'm saying. I'm saying that "what I like" is exactly equal to "great art". In both directions. What I like is, by that definition alone, great art. What is great art is, again, self-definingly, what I like. I like great art. Great art is what I like. There do not exist works of great art that I don't like, nor do there exist things I like that are not great art.

Do you also mean that anything you do not like can not be great art to someone else who does like it? Cause thats what I think Captain Tagon was refreing to.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Hmmm, I like quite a few things that I do not think of as great art. And hate a few that I do think highly of in other ways. (I hated Kiss of the Spider Woman[/i], but think that for all my hatred it was a good movie, albeit one that I did not like...)

Van Helsing was a horrible movie, albeit one that I enjoyed. (Along with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!)

The Auld Grump, or the Thousand Fingers of Doctor T...

 

[Ranger REG]

Van Helsing was a horrible movie, albeit one that I enjoyed. (Along with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!)

You think Sky Captain is also a horrible movie?