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Date: 2004-05-09 03:41:15

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Don't talk nonsense.  Van Helsing was just a popcorn flik you were expcting a whodunnit prehaps a period drama? Its like watching the Mummy and saying thats not what the 1920's were all about!
Come on it was a 12A thus it was aimed at that kind of age range in terms of story acting etc it was just about the action which I thought was pretty good if somewhat cliched
Actually I thought the numerous cliches ("It lives it lives") took it past chessy into the area of tribute a bit like kill bill (yes I do think kill bill was a lot better).
As for characterisation well fair enough Van Helsing himself seemed pretty eratic (I'm sure his accent kept changing) but the other characters didn't seem to bad.  Also the ending, I don't mean the dodgy faces In the sky which was quite poor but the random deaths of characters was a change from the old happy ending routine.
Like most films you just have to know what your watching before you spend your money i.e genre, certificate and actors Van Helsing was as I expected it.
Now Hell Boy, Hell Boy was the biggest pile of Wank I have ever seen.  The film changed from atmospheric occult film (thats cool) to action (thats cool though a bit odd to change the pace of the film) with a bit of romance in the middle that made little sense not to mention the random sub plots which were in fact complete bull shit (I have a terminal illness but don't worry that won't kill me or Rasputins love intrest who actually did nothing in the film except hit things with hammers.  Not to mention the way that any non essential FBI agent was clearly doomed from the start.
I could go on all day why Hell Boy was bull shit compared to Van Helsing but anyway.