Who doesn't HATE Van Helsing?

[Tolen Mar]

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.

I gotta disagree, it wasnt that bad, and the acting I thought was decent. The only ones who really couldnt act were the vampire concubines...

I didn't think it was stupid either, and don't think it was bad enough to give up all hope of a sequal. (If they do, lets try to stay away from the mummy, ok? Please? Been done to death recently, in one form or another.)

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

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.

It was more of what looked like a very forced death for the heroine that did it for me… (She took far worse shots during the movie.)

One other thing was how horrible the editing was. People moved and where not where they where suppose to be when they changed camera angles.

 

[Digital M@]

I was bad enough I would not watch it if I caught it on TV and had nothing better to do. The crossbow was aweful. I think it was supposed to hold 10 shots and it fired dozens and dozens without reload. In the end it was just overused and boring. I am not an ammunition nut but don't make a big deal out of it holding 10 shots.

 

[BryonD]

I enjoyed the over-the-top fight stuff in the first twenty-minutes or so.
The it suddenly became a really boring dumb waste of time and just stayed there.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I loved it. Everyone I know loved it. The only people that didn't seem to be here on ENWorld.

It was just a fun movie. I really think that some people go to movies expecting far more than they should...especially us geeks.

 

[Abraxas]

It went over well in my neck of the woods - a whole lot better than the other vamp/werewolf movie underworld.

It was a comic book onscreen and I always enjoy those.

 

[MadMaxim]

I think it was a pretty good movie. I'll agree that the heroine's death was perhaps a bit forced, but I wonder how anyone else would have done in that situation. We can't all be excellent directors, right? I think people should stop being so critical and try to let themselves be entertained instead of nitpicking the flaws. Sure, it wasn't superb acting or absolute realism concerning ammunition and stuff, but relax, okay...? When you mix action and fantasy, you're bound to get something a little over the top and I think that's nice.

 

[kirinke]

I actually enjoyed it. But then I also enjoy alot of B-movie flicks too. I guess I just don't have high expectations from any movie nowadays. In fact, the only movie I ever walked out of was Resident Evil.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I loved it. Everyone I know loved it. The only people that didn't seem to be here on ENWorld.

It was just a fun movie. I really think that some people go to movies expecting far more than they should...especially us geeks.

Never, ever underestimate the capability of geeks to take personal offense when a movie falls short of their expectations. If a movie (particularly a genre film) isn't as good as a geek was hoping it would be, they'll ignore any redeeming qualities the movie has and focus almost exclusively on what they hated about it. I learned this shortly after I started posting on internet message boards and Usenet over a decade ago.

 

[Mystery Man]

*raises hand*

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

Yeah, I thought it was OK. I dug the music score.