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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on May 06, 2004, 04:47:49 pm

Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Sandwich on May 06, 2004, 04:47:49 pm: First of all: Muhahahahah! I just saw it in theaters. Poor North America has to wait another day. :p

Secondly (and this IS a spoiler for some):

Spoiler:
It's a parody! Along the same lines as The 5th Element, The Mummy movies, etc. The theater was laughing much of the time.

I had no conceptions or expectations before watching it, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Rictor on May 06, 2004, 05:56:27 pm: How on earth does Israel get the movie before the States?

and regarding the spoiler:

I wouldn't say any of those other movies are parodies. Sure, the 5th Element is kind of light-hearted, but I think the Mummy was just a very terrible movie, which the director made without a hint of irony. Like Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Resident Evil or Bad Boys 2 (though the first one was OK). From the trailer, Van Helsing looks really, really bad, in a Leaugue of Extrordinairy Gentlemen sort of way, though I guess you would know better than me, having seen the film.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Setekh on May 06, 2004, 07:52:58 pm: This is one of the few movies I've wanted to see for the last few months. Glad to hear you liked it Sandwich, that means I can expect to enjoy it a lot too. ;)
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Windrunner on May 07, 2004, 03:24:46 am: i am gonna see this movie, and i recommend that you guys also se Troy
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: an0n on May 07, 2004, 03:37:19 am: Rictor, I should track you down and *****slap you for disrespecting The Mummy.

*might postpone his reading of the other two Halo books and read Van Helsing instead*
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Post by: Windrunner on May 07, 2004, 03:44:20 am: Rictor i should lash you with my whip for dissing the Bad Boys 2, Mummy and all other films in your spoiler. They are all good movies.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: an0n on May 07, 2004, 03:48:04 am: "FINISH HIM![/i]"
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Gloriano on May 07, 2004, 03:48:06 am: Van helsing is good movie I did see it in monday

and I'am going see Troy too
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: kode on May 07, 2004, 05:07:09 am: isn't the mummy and that more of tributes than parodies? and the 5th element is good either way. I see it as a sci-fi flick, nothing less, nothing more. only with really good screenplay

gonna see van hellsing when/if I feel like it. probably will wait until dvd release and rent it or soemthnig though.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Stunaep on May 07, 2004, 07:59:31 am: Did I just hear someone call a *Michael Bay* film a good movie? Sure, I mean it´s passable as 2-hour-killer, but a good movie???
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Stealth on May 07, 2004, 10:43:27 pm: Van Helsing sucked. it was a ripoff. special effects were amazing, but like most of sommers films, it was based more on special effects than storyline
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Sandwich on May 08, 2004, 05:38:16 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stealth
Van Helsing sucked. it was a ripoff. special effects were amazing, but like most of sommers films, it was based more on special effects than storyline

That's exactly what I thought the first time I saw...
Spoiler:
...The 5th Element. Then someone brought to my attention that it was a spoof, and I realized the genius of the film. VH isn't quite up to The 5th Element's levels, but it follows the same tracks.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: SadisticSid on May 09, 2004, 06:29:26 am: Went to see it at the cinema yesterday; I have a feeling if you set yourself up to believe it's going to be crap then it'll turn out to be, fortunately I had no preconceptions other than 'it has to be better than that LXG pile of poop'. Funnily enough there was also a 5 year old watching it in the row in front. ^_^
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Stealth on May 09, 2004, 10:28:34 am: true. but Van Helsing was supposed to be taken a lot more seriously than the 5th element i think :p

I mean the special effects were amazing, but as far as story goes? :blah: meh.
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Stunaep on May 09, 2004, 10:30:20 am: I just saw that.

I´ve got agree with stealth. Except on one point. The special FX sucked monkey balls. I mean, mr. Hyde was bloody awful. And so was the werewolf
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Stealth on May 09, 2004, 02:55:08 pm: well at first the werewolves did suck, but near the end they showed a few close-ups of the faces of the werewolf, and i thought the detail was pretty good there, it looked pretty realistic ;)

But i know what you mean, at other parts some of it just looked cheesy
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: übermetroid on May 09, 2004, 11:50:06 pm: um.. Im alittle slow. Will someone explain what the 5th element was a parady of?
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: Bobboau on May 10, 2004, 12:04:13 am: sci-fi in general
Title: Van Helsing (Spoilers Hidden)
Post by: übermetroid on May 10, 2004, 12:20:17 am: Hum... I am going to have to rewatch it again then to see what everyone is talking about.