Saturday 16 July 2005
Van Helsing (2004)
I saw this movie at the cinema when it was first released and thought it was crap. To be more charitable on this second viewing I shall say it was a load of hokum (thank you, Michael). The trouble is that it is so dependent on computer generated images that character and story are lost in the process. I have nothing against CGI as such -- I can remember how impressed I was when I first saw "Jurassic Park" but the visual overload here is such that one feels trapped in a computer game. The movie begins with a pastiche tribute to the Universal films of the 30's which only serves as a reminder of how effective those early horror films were in comparison.
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Think I agree with you there. It's a kind of seen it cos it was talked about but put on the bottom shelf afterwards. I liked parts but I was geared up for fantastic.....and it fell short of that. xxRache
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