Ack, what was I thinking? Actually, I didn't expect anything. Actually, I wasn't really thinking when I drove to the movie theater to watch this movie because I was really thinking about watching Kill Bill Vol. 2. But somehow I ended up in theater 9 with Van Helsing. So, OK, I thought mindless action movie involving vampires and warewolves - where have I heard of this before? I won't be critical, I'll try to sit back and not think about it too much. Let's see if I can just go for a ride without noticing which route I'm taking.
Ugh. First off, we were sitting too close to the damn screen, so I couldn't really get the big picture. Then, the opening sequence and score couldn't help but make me think, hmmm, this looks like it's going to be a bad one, but let it ride.
By the time the camera focused on the uncountable number of Absinthe bottles scattered about the windmill where Frankenstein's monster runs, then panned back to the angry mob carrying flaming torches, it was all over for me. This took about 5 minutes or less. We all know what happens next, and if you can't guess, then go, I say go watch this movie! My office mate of course had to ask "why are there so many alcohol bottles laying around?". Ugh. You can guess who suggested this movie over Kill Bill Vol. 2.
If you're determined to watch this movie, please look out for one of the scenes near the end, where warewolf hovers over dead maiden, then picks her up in his arms and howwwwwwls/rooooaaarrs in anger/sadness. Oh, it's pricelsss - worth the ticket price for the good belly laugh I got out of it. Oh, the composition, oh, the framing, oh, the horror of this movie! One thing good - Kate Beckinsale looks great as a Transylvannian gypsy type chick, but make it go away please.
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