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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:21 am
I saw this yesterday and loved it, because I love hokey monster movies and this is one of the best. It's basically 'Dracula meets the Wolf Man' and has awesome special effects. So if you like monsters, go see it!
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Zules
Member
08-21-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 11:01 am
Hi Ocean, Although I usually agree with you, I just can't in this instance. I saw the movie with a friend and she hated it only slightly less than I did. It was the "cheesy factor" I didn't appreciate. I was really looking forward to it and was already feeling let down in the first 10 minutes. Unlike you, I like my monster movies scary rather than hokey. So if you like hokey monster movies, definitely go. If you like scary monster movies, don't. Glad you liked it!
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 11:56 am
I saw it this weekend. I thought it was good. The friend I was with hated it. I do agree that it is rather hokey.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 1:01 pm
Some of the special effects (like anything involving humans morphing into monsters) were great. Some of them were (like anything the involved swinging on a rope) were awful. As for the hokey vs. scary thing, my problem was it couldn't seem to decide which it wanted to be. Started off hokey, turned scary, back to hokey, back to scary... But you get to see Hugh Jackman with his shirt off, so it isn't all bad...
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 1:40 pm
The reviews weren't very complimentary. Hugh Jackman...yummy.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 1:46 pm
And you gotta love Hugh with the long hair
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 3:37 pm
Hugh Jackman DID make it worth it!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 3:50 pm
Maybe he should be the new Bond...James Bond.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 3:51 pm
Maybe he should just be at my house....my house.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 4:04 pm
Roflmao....hey missie...you are greedy. Couple hours ago, ya were Mrs. Jon Bon Jovi ;)
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 4:13 pm
I think ALL monster movies are hokey. I do differentiate between 'monster' movies and 'horror' movies. The difference is that monster movies have a focus on the monster. Horror movies have a focus on scaring people. This is JMHO of course. I didn't think it was scary at all. In fact, it was a laugh! Especially the last howl of the werewolf -- that was really a hoot!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 5:39 pm
I loved the vampire brides the most! They were a hoot for sure. When I first left the movie I was a little disappointed and wished there had been a more fleshed out story line, but after my bf and I discussed it, I decided to embrace it for the hokey monster movie it was. I liked it!
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Friday, May 14, 2004 - 4:05 pm
I enjoyed the movie too (until I got sick) - I especially liked the vampire brides and how they morphed from flying monsters to beautiful girls. Great special effects. The whole story was a comic book come to life - pretty juvenile, but I use to dig comic books when I was a kid Definitely Dracula meets The Werewolf. I also enjoyed Hugh's chest! My body is so weird as I get older I get motion sickness very easily and all the swirling and flying in this movie made me sick I'm very sad that I'll probably not be able to watch action movies on the big screen anymore.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, May 14, 2004 - 7:31 pm
(((marebear))) 
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 3:16 pm
I also found that the camera swooshing around kicked off my vertigo. Life sure seemed simple after coming out of that movie!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 5:03 pm
I just came home from watching this movie. It was fun! I go to movies to be entertained and that it did. Was it hokey? Yeah. Did I jump a couple of times? Yeah. Did I laugh alot? Yeah. Did I get dizzy a couple of times? oh, yeah. But I enjoyed myself and the movie. It'll never win an oscar, but who cares?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 11:10 am
We saw this movie yesterday and I'm sort of conflicted over it. The opening montage had me convinced I hated the movie - Colossus had the same reaction right off the bat. But there are some very appealing, humorous elements to the movie once the plotline is revealed that may turn this movie into somewhat of a camp classic. It's just - different. Every time you think you hate it to death, something funny or cool happens. The special effects are magnificient 90% of the time. And I LOVED those , the Delphi's. Colossus decided he hated the movie after all, I think I did too but I'm glad we saw it. BTW - Colossus loves sci-fi, which is why we saw it. I don't care for sci-fi - but we'd heard Troy was such a bust, we opted for Van Helsing.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 8:16 am
I saw this last night because it came to my city in open caption and so few movies come to my city in open caption. I love monster movies. Fright Night is a movie that I can watch again and again. I had no expectations about Van Helsing because I had heard rather unflattering things about it. That said, I still found it atrociously bad. It was so bad, it was laughable. We all laughed and laughed through the whole movie. OI, that werewolf howl at the end was hilarious. I agree with Prisoner-- "As for the hokey vs. scary thing, my problem was it couldn't seem to decide which it wanted to be. Started off hokey, turned scary, back to hokey, back to scary..." In the end, I had fun just because it made me laugh so hard, but I don't think that was the original intention!
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 6:34 pm
Saw this on DVD last night. I'm a big fan of both stars, and they did their best with these roles, but other than a few laughs, this puppy was formulaic and predictable. If the people that did the first two 'Blade' movies got a hold of this one, it would have been much better. This reminded me of 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen', but I actually liked 'Gentlemen' better than this one. The Extras are pretty good. You get two commentary tracks, which I haven't listened to, a special on Fleshing Out Van Helsing which showed clips from the 1930's Dracula flicks, which was cool, and a Blooper reel, which was mildly amusing. The first Blooper reel I watched on DVD was the one for American Pie, and those movie's Bloopers are still the funniest I've seen. But you'll get a few laughs here.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 5:58 pm
I loved this movie and hope to get the dvd this weekend. #2 actually asked to get it and he hate watching vampire movies with me cause he gets scared. Yet he still refuses to watch Underworld with me. Vampires and Werewolves, it gets no better for me.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:07 am
They should have marketed this as camp - because that's what it was - totally campy. I agree Lycan - it seemed like a ripoff of "League".
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