Van Helsing

Bah, please delete the duplicate thread. I forgot to post a topic.

Decided to go and see it tonite.

Entertaining but not without flaw/s. For the most part I really enjoyed the first two thirds of the movie. There is practically no story at all, just non stop action. And I do mean non stop. I don't have any problems with that as I found the movie fun to watch and enjoyed it's dark atmosphere and swashbuckler spirit. But I know it will really turn away some viewers for how lacking the story truly is.

It's the final chapter that really fell falt imo. It turned into a mess of predictable or extremely far fetched action sequences. You know, those kind of battles that create those insanely ironic and coincidental moments in which one battle will magically intertwine with another so that the hero losing the battle will suddenly be saved by the sheer luck of another hero stumbling into the scene and helping out whether it was deliberate or not.

Van Helsing is a great character. It's just shame that the ending abandons the cool calm intellectual hunter that he is with some horrible plot device which I won't spoil. I would of made Van Helsing more comical and sly witted. I'm actually surprised that the director (same as the mummy movies) didn't do so. Brendan's character was full of wit much like Indiana Jones but you won't find much of that here with Hugh. Speaking of the Mummy, you should instantly recognize that the person playing Igor is the same as Beni.

The comedy really fell short. The punchlines and jokes received little reaction in my theatre. I doubt many were even chuckling. The character Carl played by David Wenham imo really wasted his talents. (AKA Faramir of LOTR). The thick headed sidekick I could of gone without. He did have some moments but I thought a lot of the humor was pretty dry.

Thanks for your insight, Depression. The previews, of course, make it look spectacular, but I have noticed it's really taking a beating when it comes to critical acclaim. Good or bad, I'm sure I'm still going to go see it because I'm such a sucker when it comes to eye candy. ;)

Eye candy and ear candy 8) . This is a LOUD movie.

Eye Candy a.k.a. Kate Beckinsale?

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i thought that the movie was okay as summer action fare, but including just about all the big-name monsters of literature and cinema means that whatever sequel they have has the potential to be uber-lame.

^^ This is true, but you are forgetting the fact that Kate will sign on for a sequel... only to be SELENE IN AN UNDERWORLD CROSSOVER!!! :x

Did you like how Mr. Hyde was also the Hunchback of Notre Dame? Only Roger Ebert seemed to have made the connection, lol.

I thought the ending was perfectly appropriate, it reinforces Van Helsing's nature of a loner. The thing VH did that I appreciated was really set up the man as a hunter before having the big story kick off... the scenes with Mr. Hyde were exactly what Hellboy was missing a month ago, it helps to establish the character before he went up against a major challenge. Excellently done. I really enjoyed this movie.

Yeah, but it's a Hollywood movie, and I'm sure that a lot of people were expecting the two characters to be holding each other while looking at a sunrise/sunset. :)

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From a certain perspective I suppose.... Kate had a lead role in the movie but was more so just a plot vehicle. She wouldn't be necessary for a sequel (if she had lived). I don't think it hints at the fact that she dies, but because we've seen the movie it's that much more easy to look at it that way?










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