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Van Helsing (2004)
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""Van Helsing" is a retelling of the famed vampire hunter of the Bram Stoker novel "Dracula". However, it is more an action-adventure than a horror movie. Hugh Jackman plays the title character, who works for the Catholic church in this story, and is very impressive in the role. In fact, the entire cast is impressive -- some more than others however. Kate Beckinsale does another impressive performance which stands out in the movie, and is a great confidant to Jackman's "Van Helsing." Other actors do a very good performance of their roles, however they are not well defined -- a weakness of this movie. One strong point in this film is the CGI. If you know what to look for, you will be able to pick up what is computer-generated and what isn't. The CGI aids in the scenery, which probably worked better on the movie screen than it did on cable television. Two points that weaken this movie is the pacing of some sceenes, and character development. Many of the sceenes lag and lag, which slow ... "
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"Van Helsing may be a low budget movie, but it's entertaining. And just watching Hugh Jackman turn into a warewolf is just as sexy as the wolverine. "
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"Should special effects only be used to service a film’s story, or is it perfectly fine for movies to feature extraneous spectacle? That’s a debate that comes up often among cineastes, but ultimately there’s room for both functions. Sometimes, in cases like Jurassic Park and The Matrix, both categories of effects may even faultlessly coexist in the same film. Yet there is one kind of effects employment that’s intolerable to all film-loving parties: the gratuitous exploitation for the sole purpose of brazen gimmickry. It’s this kind of effects work that goes beyond spectacle. It’s not so much a show as a show off. For one example of this cinematic sin check out Karina’s review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in which she references a scene featuring an inessential and irrelevant rocket launch in the background of an otherwise intimate moment between "
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"The problem most people seem to have with this movie is a failure to realize that it's a comedy. If you go into it expecting an action or horror flick, you're bound to be disappointed. If, however, you're willing to take the obviously comedic scenes as they were intended, you'll love it. The movie is fast-paced, has plenty of action and special effects, and has enough tongue-in-cheek humor to keep you grinning the whole way through. "
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Van Helsing - Young Adam
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"By Tricia Olszewski Despite what Anne Rice may want you to believe, vampires can’t always be sexy. Century after century of artful seduction, sensuous neck-biting, and well-endowed young cohabitants is bound to get old. So it’s only natural that, at a certain age, even the vampiest of vamps turns his thoughts to more meaningful pursuits. Please. Who wants to see a forever-young bloodluster fretting like a middle-aged suburbanite? In Van Helsing, Hugh Jackman’s star turn as Bram Stoker’s monster hunter, the world of immortals is reduced to the stuff of a WebMD message board. The movie’s Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), for instance, is vexed less by Van Helsing’s lame attempts to crucifix him into submission than by a more clinical problem: fertility. Yes, the dark lord is having trouble making babies, and he’s after the life force of Frankenstein’s monster—or something—to prevent his current batch of spawn from ending up s ... "
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