My little brother and I would rent this repeatedly from blockbuster to the point where we should have just bought it. Such a fun movie and all of Van Helsing’s gadgets are so cool. It’s this and the Mummy that were done so well around the time.
this post is curious, because the complaint at that time was that it was too goofy and silly. I remember how horror fans said that it felt like a cartoon.
specially Frankenstein monster.
It does have something of a quippy marvel quality to it, especially frankenstein and the apprentice. I guess I just mean people see a film about werewolves and goths covered in black and people getting beheaded and just aren't interested.
but underworld was out around that time and that was very popular.
I think the problem of van helsing was that it felt like a horror comedy that didn't commit to either side .
to goofy for horror and too scary for comedy.
but underworld worked perfectly fine as an action horror
Yeah, the apprentice and frankenstein forming a kindof buddy cop team, whilst the heroine is killed by wild van helsing in a terrible heart breaking tragedy.
and that describes Dracula too, ironically. gay and fruity. always yelling. always crying
frank and dracula yell all their lines and constantly whine
seriously how did that director go from the mummy to van helsing?
mummy was badass. had great action. great effects, great comedy.
van helsing is so metrosexual lol
I find this more entertaining than dracula, that's for sure. Everyone told me it was such a good book but half of it are just two girls gossiping about their boyfriends via mail. The fact that it was not written by a thirsty tumblrina but by an asocial creepy fatman from Clontarf makes it even more unsettling.
This was one of the first movies I jerk offd to. Those vampire chicks were hot, as is Kate, I think eurotrip came out the same year, I coomed to the bathtub girl and German girl so many times. Good times.
Somehow the full auto crossbow is more ridiculous than steampunk Frankenstein. Lots of singular cool ideas that don't add up to anything through the entire movie.
Omfg I love this movie. Mysteriously this dvd showed up at my house, my mom would buy random stuff. This is just fun adventure film, they don’t make shit like this anymore.
Wild to me how they had this shit and The Mummy ready to go for a whole shared universe and did nothing with it while the MCU got all the glory.
Then they tried to play catch up with that Dark Universe garbage and looked like idiots. What a fumble.
I never started, but few people have taste as good as me. Look at this thread, so many midwits filtered, I would pity them if their arrogance didn't offend me so.
The ones posting about Dracula overacting for example, how do you even manage to operate a keyboard?
It was a bad movie - the "watch once and forget later summer blockbuster". It's just that the overall quality of films has declined so much in 20 years that it looks good in comparison.
> zoomer can't fathom that some people who like this movie now liked it when it came out too
not everyone updates their opinions everyday, some of us actually make our own
I know they'd frick it up nowadays but a TV show about david wehnem's character and the other interfaith Q department people having mini adventures and researching supernatural stuff to come up with weapons for the church would be kino
I would enjoy it. Plus it opens up to all kinds of supernatural stuff around the world in different countries to explore but I just don't trust any modern writers these days anymore. Said.
>WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALLAH IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
Such a small line, but a line still makes me laugh till this day.
Loved it from the first time i saw it, it has everything an edgy 12 year old boy wants, sexy vampires, prime beckinsale, over the top action sequences and beefy werewolves. My taste has always been refined.
it was dogshit. kate beckinsale has a better movie in this genre, the underworld franchise. this film was something I thought was cool when I was in the fourth grade, now only overweight, stuck in adolescence redditors think this is anything noteworthy, it's schlock of the highest order
sex with werewolves
sex with a werewolf possessing the voice and physique of Kate Beckinsale
Stephen Sommers is an underrated director.
all the fricking planets must have been aligned for this homosexual when he made the mummy
it really fricking isn't
I still do even though I'm more critical of it.
this movie has 2 good things
Kate Beckinsale breasts
that's it
And a great transformed Dracula design.
the villain is too moronic. awful actor.
Dracula is acting like a soap opera
dracula ruins the entire movie. awful overly dramatic acting. he literally ruined the entire thing.
awful cgi
>awful cgi
Zoomie, you have school tomorrow, remember!
>this movie has 2 good things
Bro I can think of three hot vampire bawds that disprove this thesis
What's the deal with Kate Beckinsale and vampires?
She is very adept at sucking men's essence
My little brother and I would rent this repeatedly from blockbuster to the point where we should have just bought it. Such a fun movie and all of Van Helsing’s gadgets are so cool. It’s this and the Mummy that were done so well around the time.
It was a good movie but waaaay too dark for a mainline release at the time. It would be leading a franchise if released today.
this post is curious, because the complaint at that time was that it was too goofy and silly. I remember how horror fans said that it felt like a cartoon.
specially Frankenstein monster.
It does have something of a quippy marvel quality to it, especially frankenstein and the apprentice. I guess I just mean people see a film about werewolves and goths covered in black and people getting beheaded and just aren't interested.
but underworld was out around that time and that was very popular.
I think the problem of van helsing was that it felt like a horror comedy that didn't commit to either side .
to goofy for horror and too scary for comedy.
but underworld worked perfectly fine as an action horror
Yeah, the apprentice and frankenstein forming a kindof buddy cop team, whilst the heroine is killed by wild van helsing in a terrible heart breaking tragedy.
Frankenstein prevented me from being obsessed with it. Too gay and fruity.
and that describes Dracula too, ironically. gay and fruity. always yelling. always crying
frank and dracula yell all their lines and constantly whine
seriously how did that director go from the mummy to van helsing?
mummy was badass. had great action. great effects, great comedy.
van helsing is so metrosexual lol
Standards have dropped so much since then which makes it feel like a decent movie now when comparing it to average MCU slop.
I find this more entertaining than dracula, that's for sure. Everyone told me it was such a good book but half of it are just two girls gossiping about their boyfriends via mail. The fact that it was not written by a thirsty tumblrina but by an asocial creepy fatman from Clontarf makes it even more unsettling.
>Everyone told me it was such a good book
Oh god, no, it's a dreadfully dull book, and poorly written. Its main selling point was the vampire myth.
The movie was a lot of fun.
This was one of the first movies I jerk offd to. Those vampire chicks were hot, as is Kate, I think eurotrip came out the same year, I coomed to the bathtub girl and German girl so many times. Good times.
For me, it was the Bloodrayne flick on early Netflix where she gets fricked against the wall.
It was terrible
if it was a bit less campy and quippy, and more dark and serious in tone, it would've been a masterpiece
who said it was bad
the box office
critics
the online ratings
the studio
universal had a theme park ride planned that got canceled
so its the israelites' fault
I love this movie. Especially the werewolf designs.
I love this new trend of critically panned movies from my childhood suddenly gaining cult followings
I've never seen this one though
Frankenstein's monster being a Christian is such a based, but never fully realized, concept
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asiatics have No Nut August? I'm sure it sounds better in Japanese but why couldn't just be November like the rest of the planet?
Somehow the full auto crossbow is more ridiculous than steampunk Frankenstein. Lots of singular cool ideas that don't add up to anything through the entire movie.
Because you're pretentious.
WWHHHHhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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This was such a creepy fricking scene watching it as a kid
Because your last name ends with -stein.
>I'm a friar!
Omfg I love this movie. Mysteriously this dvd showed up at my house, my mom would buy random stuff. This is just fun adventure film, they don’t make shit like this anymore.
Wild to me how they had this shit and The Mummy ready to go for a whole shared universe and did nothing with it while the MCU got all the glory.
Then they tried to play catch up with that Dark Universe garbage and looked like idiots. What a fumble.
I never started, but few people have taste as good as me. Look at this thread, so many midwits filtered, I would pity them if their arrogance didn't offend me so.
The ones posting about Dracula overacting for example, how do you even manage to operate a keyboard?
I never started
I didn't like it.
Sex with Kate Beckinsale
I've always liked it and none of your opinions have ever meant anything to me.
I watched THIS movie and Troy, in the same night, at a ONE screen cinema in small rural town with my best friend in 2004. DAMN good night.
it was a decent pirate flick
Only on this website is where you hear the myth that nobody likes Van Helsing
It was a bad movie - the "watch once and forget later summer blockbuster". It's just that the overall quality of films has declined so much in 20 years that it looks good in comparison.
> zoomer can't fathom that some people who like this movie now liked it when it came out too
not everyone updates their opinions everyday, some of us actually make our own
Bad by 2004 standards, but the 2017 Mummy made us appreciate it simply for trying.
I coomed to the maxim magazine of the vampire ladies
if we also stop pretending it was a good movie and realize it was a completely average 5/10 movie
i always liked this movie, how can anyone hate it? it's just a fun movie
It's a popcorn flick, and a damn good one at that.
I know they'd frick it up nowadays but a TV show about david wehnem's character and the other interfaith Q department people having mini adventures and researching supernatural stuff to come up with weapons for the church would be kino
I would enjoy it. Plus it opens up to all kinds of supernatural stuff around the world in different countries to explore but I just don't trust any modern writers these days anymore. Said.
>WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALLAH IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
Such a small line, but a line still makes me laugh till this day.
This and Hansel & Gretel are the very definition of FUN.
Loved it from the first time i saw it, it has everything an edgy 12 year old boy wants, sexy vampires, prime beckinsale, over the top action sequences and beefy werewolves. My taste has always been refined.
Some things are better left forgotten. Not this movie however, kino of the highest order
>can we now stop pretending that this was a bad movie
the ps2 game was good, the second half of that movie sucked balls though and not in a good way
> He enjoys the mouth feel of a man's ballsack in his mouth.
There have been multiple threads for years now and Cinemaphile has always come to the same conclusion. It's underrated.
it was dogshit. kate beckinsale has a better movie in this genre, the underworld franchise. this film was something I thought was cool when I was in the fourth grade, now only overweight, stuck in adolescence redditors think this is anything noteworthy, it's schlock of the highest order
The last good action movie.
Hugh Jackman hasn't been in a good movie
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prisoners? prestige? his overall filmography is pretty weak thoughbeit that's true
It has all the ingredients to be good, but just isn't.
I dunno if it's the pacing or editing, but it's just kinda exhausting
so it doesn't even have fun action? i need a fun action film of similar tone/flavour please anons