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May. 9th, 2004 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
froodleJust got back from seeing Van Hellsing.
Sam West was in it, so it gets ten points from me just for that. Thought David Wenham was a little over-the-top as the uber-dorky science-genius-friar-sidekick bloke, but it did get a few giggles ("I'm a veritable cornucopia of talent" stands out). Dracula's brides were very camp, cheesy horror - they got on my nerves. Kate Beckinsdale was, suprisingly enough, quite bearable in her 'token love-interest' capacity and also looked several degrees of hot that outfit.
The oh-my-brother-is-a-werewolf-boo-hoo-don't-kill-him element was predictable and over-done - frankly, I couldn't wait for the silly bastard to get electrocuted. Dracula himself seemed to go from being cool and understated to hammy and annoying and back again several times in the film, but on balance, I think he tips the scales in the 'cool' section.
Mr. Hyde - meh. I liked the accent, and let's face it, the CGI Hyde was a lot better than the makeup on the LXG version of the character, but it was still kind of lame and unconvincing, not to mention, did we really need to see the builder's crack during that scene? I suggest not.
Igor and Frankenstein's creature were neither here nor there for me - I can pretty much take or leave them, though I did get a laugh out of Igor chasing Sidekickimir with a cattle prod.
The scene with Van Hellsing and Anna in the room full of Dracula's reanimated spawn seemed to be lifted straight out of the 1998 version of Godzilla, and also had elements of Gremlins 2: the New Batch. Not to mention, you'd think Dracula might have stopped to think, 'Hey, releasing thousands and thousands of mini vampire Gremlin thingies into the world is really going to mess with my food supply, maybe I shouldn't do this...', but I guess not.
Despite all that, I still thought it was niftykeen, and will probably go to see it again.
Also, Hugh Jackman was very good - there were some Wolverine-esque moments, but all in all, I was impressed by his performance. I want a doll of him now...
Sam West was in it, so it gets ten points from me just for that. Thought David Wenham was a little over-the-top as the uber-dorky science-genius-friar-sidekick bloke, but it did get a few giggles ("I'm a veritable cornucopia of talent" stands out). Dracula's brides were very camp, cheesy horror - they got on my nerves. Kate Beckinsdale was, suprisingly enough, quite bearable in her 'token love-interest' capacity and also looked several degrees of hot that outfit.
The oh-my-brother-is-a-werewolf-boo-hoo-don't-kill-him element was predictable and over-done - frankly, I couldn't wait for the silly bastard to get electrocuted. Dracula himself seemed to go from being cool and understated to hammy and annoying and back again several times in the film, but on balance, I think he tips the scales in the 'cool' section.
Mr. Hyde - meh. I liked the accent, and let's face it, the CGI Hyde was a lot better than the makeup on the LXG version of the character, but it was still kind of lame and unconvincing, not to mention, did we really need to see the builder's crack during that scene? I suggest not.
Igor and Frankenstein's creature were neither here nor there for me - I can pretty much take or leave them, though I did get a laugh out of Igor chasing Sidekickimir with a cattle prod.
The scene with Van Hellsing and Anna in the room full of Dracula's reanimated spawn seemed to be lifted straight out of the 1998 version of Godzilla, and also had elements of Gremlins 2: the New Batch. Not to mention, you'd think Dracula might have stopped to think, 'Hey, releasing thousands and thousands of mini vampire Gremlin thingies into the world is really going to mess with my food supply, maybe I shouldn't do this...', but I guess not.
Despite all that, I still thought it was niftykeen, and will probably go to see it again.
Also, Hugh Jackman was very good - there were some Wolverine-esque moments, but all in all, I was impressed by his performance. I want a doll of him now...
