Who doesn't HATE Van Helsing?

[Dougal DeKree]

Some of you guys go to see Van Helsing, where the summary states that Frankensteins monster is chased by a vampire so he can have living children and is plagued by werewolf infestation, which calls the Vatikan onto the stage.

And you really ask for a plot? And for consistency?

After reading the summary i went to see the movie to be entertained. I did not want a plot, a deeper meaning, consistency or award-winning drama. I wanted action, monsters, jokes and nice chicks. I got all that plus a exaggerated kitschy ending that spat on all those hollywood happy endings that are a must (SADLY!). I bought the DVD as soon as the extended version came out and still watch it every now and then. I certainly is better than many other movies that make it into cinema (like IMO e.g. War of the worlds or League of extraordinary gentlemen).

Dougal

 

[glass]

*raises hand*

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

Me too.

I mean, it wasn't the pinacle of cinema as an artform, but for two hours entertainment I've seen a lot worse.


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[glass]

Hold on a sec. Posting on a site that's all about pretend characters doing impossible things like shoot fireballs out of their hands, flying wihtout the aid of machinery, and falling inane distances and getting up and walking away, and you're concerned about the reality of someone's footwear?

If so, I'm sorry, but in a movie with vampires, werewolves, and living creatures assembled from corpses, the shoes just don't cut it as a complaint. Perspective, dude, perspective.

Plus which, people can and do dance in high heels. It's not that much of a stretch from there to fighting.


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[glass]

(Like what Wesley Snipes did with Demolition Man 15 years ago).

Demolition Man was 15 years ago? Wow, I must be getting old.


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[Taelorn76]

Lump me in with people that liked it as well. True it wasn't a great movie, but it a fun 2 hours.

 

[Thanee]

It was a fun movie. Nice entertainment.

Bye
Thanee

 

[JoeGKushner]

Bad acting?

Poor plot?

If the vampire brides hadn't been so annoying....

If everything hadn't been named "Dracula" like his castle.

If the actor wasn't playing Wolverine again "I have no memory..."

If the actor who claims he has no memory didn't mention that his first memory was from A.D. 66! I mean how much more does the guy want to remember?

Etc... etc.. etc...

 

[Hand of Evil]

If the vampire brides hadn't been so annoying....

If the actor wasn't playing Wolverine again "I have no memory..."

Etc... etc.. etc...

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

Typecasting - God help us if he becomes Bond.

 

[Ferret]

I would (still) hate it if I thought of it as a vampire/werewolf/frankenstein film. But its not, just forget all that mythology and it not bad, action, bit of acting, naked women.....

 

[takyris]

Some of you guys go to see Van Helsing, where the summary states that Frankensteins monster is chased by a vampire so he can have living children and is plagued by werewolf infestation, which calls the Vatikan onto the stage.

And you really ask for a plot? And for consistency?

Yes. Yes I do. Really.

An over-the-top premise is not a license to slack on the execution. And honestly, it's a real shame that so many people seem to think it is, because that's what lets dreck like this get produced. I give them credit for having a fun over-the-top idea, and I also give them credit for botching it in just about every way it could have been botched. It was obviously a labor of love, and it's great that they got their labor of love made, but labors of love don't automatically get a "It would have sucked, but this is a special case" sticker slapped on them to excuse shoddy worksmanship. Or shouldn't, anyway.

I can come up with ten over-the-top ideas before breakfast. I write over-the-top ideas. So if I go to a movie, seeing an idea isn't going to impress me all by itself. What impresses me is if that wacky idea is carried out well.