thebes Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Along with so many of these special effects flics. What gives, they blow all this dough on groovy special affects but can't come up with a decent, not retreaded to death plot line, leaden actors, no steam in the love sceens and repititous, simplistic dialogue. Really glad I didn't catch this in the theater. Other examples: The Alamo, and that movie where global warming brings on a new Ice Age. Pee Yhew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Although I haven't suffered through a sitting of The Alamo I completely agree with you about the other two flicks. Van Helsing was just plain awful BUT I think the worst thing I've seen in a long time is the new version of The Stepford Wives. Oh my God I can't tell you how unenjoyable this crap was! The original has always been a fav of mine(SPOLIER ALERT!!!) because of the tension it creates. You really just don't know what the deal is with the wives until the very end when it's revealed that they're robots. They reveal that in the first 10 minutes in the new version. Plus there are plotholes the size of Texas in this rank piece of crap. It had no redeeming values at all. They also "changed" it up to become a so-called comedy but I didn't laugh once! Why change the genre like that? That would be like trying to make a comedy out of The Exorcist or make a serious drama out of Dumb And Dumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Rex Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I wasn't very impressed with Van Helsing either but my wife liked it. I also have some young cousins that really liked it as well. I will try to watch it again just to see if it gets any better with time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkpark Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 i guess nobody here liked it huh? *chuckle* i consider myself tolerant and can usually overlook bad plots in movies that have enough interesting action to make up for it but this movie had nothing interesting in it. The storyline was immature, the monsters were silly with the exception of the werewolves which to me were cool looking but too cartoony for my tastes. the main female character was portrayed as a tough person but did little to really help out the main character. anyway, the movie is full of hot air with almost no entertainment value. two thumbs down and two big toes down too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meuge Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Bah! I loved it. The amount of funny mocking commentary that my friends and I threw out loud in the theater while the movie was going on (getting the entire theater to chuckle a lot, and break out into laughter a few times) more than made up for the lack of plot, the horrendous acting and the immature badly orchestrated action sequences. I guess I have to score another point for going to the movies. Had we waited till the DVD, rented it, and watched it in a home theater, the DVD would have been back in the case after 20 minutes and we would have missed out on a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddvj Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 I liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 me 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Me 4... I thought it was great! It's in my must have DVD's collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoker Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Me 5 - The vampire chicks were hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I thought I remembered a thread about this movie sucks.I'm glad I watched it anyway,really good movie,one of the best I've seen for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 ---------------- On 12/29/2004 12:51:25 PM gcoker wrote: Me 5 - The vampire chicks were hot. ---------------- LOL... Yes they were! I agree 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 It is out used now...and in my collection... plan on watching very soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPRINCE Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Me 6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I watched it on DVD with my wife. Halfway through the movie she fell asleep. I continued watching it. I found it okay, but only just. The plot was very ordinary and I thought it was a waste of some quite talented actors. Maybe it was more to do with the editing than the movie itself. By the way, welcome back, thebes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 It was entertaining in such the visuals and Special effects.... Story and dialogue could have been better.... Not bad but not awesome either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 even with our votes, guess we're not going to the Oscars eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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