Van Helsing

freako104

freako104

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I just saw it today. it was allright. it was more of an action movie with monsters. but some cool things and some funny lines. Not as good as I had hoped it would be though
 
freako104 said:
I just saw it today. it was allright. it was more of an action movie with monsters. but some cool things and some funny lines. Not as good as I had hoped it would be though
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Man, that's just what I thought. I thought the friar stole the show. Other than that, an action movie with monsters, not a monster movie. The flying effects were cool though. Not a waste of money by any means.
 
I dont see how other than maybe the trenchcoat. he doesnt really look like Arucard nor act like him either
 
It keeps reminding me of Van Halen. I keep accidently saying Van Halensing instead of Van Hellsing, though a guitar slingling action hero would be cool.

Kill them with super fast guitar tapping....Van Halensing style.
 
freako104 said:
I dont see how other than maybe the trenchcoat. he doesnt really look like Arucard nor act like him either
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Name, theme(vampires), clothes, guns, and, based on the poster and official site, style(gothish).
 
freako104 said:
I dont see how other than maybe the trenchcoat. he doesnt really look like Arucard nor act like him either
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Well Hellsing is suppose to be based on the whole Van hellsing universe. In Hellsing, one of the main characters: Integra Sama is the great, great grand niece of Van Hellsing.
 
Saw it last night too. :D I think al jourgensen should have played Van Helsing.

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My kid is a big fan, so I've gotten to see it a few times by now.. I think it's ok. Hugh Jackman is yummy, the effects are good, quite entertaining all in all. Kate Beckinsdale annoyed me a bit though. And that transylvanian accent, sheesh...
 
Just saw it last night... the Friar is great :)
The whole 'James Bond bit with the weapons is hilarious' :D

The flight sequences were pretty good, the werewolves were better than the vampire effects.
Is it just me or did they steal Mr.Hyde from "League of Extrordinary Gentlemen'?
I still don't get how being bitten by a werewolf would kill a vampire instantly

Other than that...not a bad flick... not my fave of vampire flicks, but not bad.
 
MrBishop said:
Just saw it last night... the Friar is great :)
The whole 'James Bond bit with the weapons is hilarious' :D

The flight sequences were pretty good, the werewolves were better than the vampire effects.
Is it just me or did they steal Mr.Hyde from "League of Extrordinary Gentlemen'?
I still don't get how being bitten by a werewolf would kill a vampire instantly

Other than that...not a bad flick... not my fave of vampire flicks, but not bad.
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I think you're off about 70 years bish. They stole all the characters from early American movies. Frankenstien, Dracula, Werewolf, dr jeckyl & mr hyde are all from the same genre.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
I think you're off about 70 years bish. They stole all the characters from early American movies. Frankenstien, Dracula, Werewolf, dr jeckyl & mr hyde are all from the same genre.
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Nono...I meant the costume/CGI/look of MrHyde from the movie "LoEG".
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Oh...and it's more than 70 years.
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This one copy dates back to 1886

I love the genre!
 
I see what you mean. The stories are definetely more than 100 years old. Not sure when the first films came out. Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde was 1935 but there were other silent films before it. All that old James Whale stuff was great. Hey there's a movie about him too called Gods and Monsters . Really good movie.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
I see what you mean. The stories are definetely more than 100 years old. Not sure when the first films came out. Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde was 1935 but there were other silent films before it. All that old James Whale stuff was great. Hey there's a movie about him too called Gods and Monsters . Really good movie.
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Kewl! Thanks...I'll have to check it out.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
I think you're off about 70 years bish. They stole all the characters from early American movies. Frankenstien, Dracula, Werewolf, dr jeckyl & mr hyde are all from the same genre.
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Frankenstein is a book in the 1800s. Dracula was based on old myths around Vlad the Impaler. Werewolf is another myth based I thnk. Jekyll and Hyde were also a book in the 1800s
 
Am I the only one who thought it was a highly over-rated movie??? I yawned through quite alot of it, and normally those types of movies are my favs.
 
Well, yeah, I do think it was over-rated. I thought it was ok (no yawning..) and entertaining, but I had expected it to be a bit more than just "ok".
 
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