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Rampage99

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Van Helsing - May 08, 2004 12:54
Anyone see it? I thought it was pretty good. The story line was decent and it had some cool action scenes. There were some pretty corny things about the movie(when you see Dracula' s wives you' ll know what I mean. They are f*cked up in the head), but it didn' t take much away from the movie. Good stuff overall.
konrad

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RE: Van Helsing - May 08, 2004 14:12
Overall, pretty average, boring story, and repetitive action. Some cool scenes here and there, but other than that I didn' t like the movie that much, it seemed like a James Bond, but set in Medeval times.
Rikka

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RE: Van Helsing - May 08, 2004 19:11
I' ve heard they strayed from the original character a lot, that is mildly disappointing, but I will still see it anyway (Hugh Jackman.... ahhhhhhh).
yoshimitsu15

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RE: Van Helsing - May 09, 2004 23:48
Jackman gave another good performance. I liked the movie but I felt that the beginning and ending were the strongest parts of the movie. If they make a sequel I hope they just make it all out action as I think that would have worked better.

SPOILER!!!!!!!!
























So for those of you who have watched the movie I have to ask you this question...Is Van Helsing a fallen angel? That reference about the left hand of god got me thinking, and Dracula constantly calling him Gabriel.
Mass X

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RE: Van Helsing - May 10, 2004 01:01
::As I try to avoid that spoiler above:: neways, Im very hesitant on seeing it still. For som reason it looks a lil corny. the SFX dont look amazing the least bit, and the fact that I too have heard it strayed form the origional character of Van Helsing. But I do think Jackman is a dman good actor. Ill flip a coin and see what happens.
yoshimitsu15

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RE: Van Helsing - May 10, 2004 02:03
I thought the effects were really well done. I like how the monsters were almost taken from a comic book in appearence. It' s probably some of the best work out there right now, special effects work. The whole human to vampire transition was cool, as well as the human to werewolf.
Mass X

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RE: Van Helsing - May 10, 2004 02:53
hmm guess the commercials can be a lil deceiveing. well then thats reassuring that adds another point to go and see it then.
konrad

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RE: Van Helsing - May 10, 2004 20:14
It seemed like a random story where this guy just went around killing, kinda confusing plot though. Well it was the 10:30 show, and I fell asleep for the last 45 min, so I guess thats why it was so confusing.
Xtreme

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RE: Van Helsing - May 11, 2004 17:46
this isnt even a movie that i want to see in the theater for the effects, i prefer to watch this one on dvd.....not enough draw, especially since i havent read one good review about it...
Preacher

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RE: Van Helsing - May 27, 2004 01:33
Van Helsing is the movie equivalent of Chinese water torture: each drop (minute) becomes harder to endure. Sure, you might say it' s knowingly vacuous and mindless, but you nevertheless feel like they missed an opportunity here. That and it' s clearly a rip-off of Vampire Hunter D.

RavenShadow

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RE: Van Helsing - May 27, 2004 01:37
I want to see it but heard it was really bad
I have access to the London Assignment so I will have to get around to checking that out to
Smiaras

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RE: Van Helsing - Jun 03, 2004 20:18
Twas absolutely terrible, overreliance on CGI which robs it of any atmosphere, monsters act like they' ve come straight from Jenny Jones and Jackman even resorts to fart acting.

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