Was VAN HELSING Really That Bad?
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I always loved this movie. Favorite monster is zombie, by the way. Second is werewolf.
The first Dracula is a classic
Vampire, always.
A well-done vampire can be quite menacing, a-la Nosferatu. However nothing gets under my skin quite like aliens. The Fourth Kind, Signs, haha even Mars Attacks! freaks me out
My favorite was always the Creature of the Black Lagoon. I dont know why, I just loved the creature design. I also have to admit that the Van Helsing film is still a big guilty pleasure movie for me because I grew up watching the Universal and Abbot and Costello films. Van Helsing just managed to hit right mix of the two for the pre-teen child I was.
>Best Werewolves
>Great OST
>sexy vampire chicks
Yes, I like it
Commander Shepard only soulless critic chucks can NOT like it
My man.
Never thought I'd see the legendary Commander Shepard here.
@@who7th I am a man of culture, I enjoy many things
@@Overlord99762 Hell yeah, you are! lol
people considered this a bad movie? its one of the few movies i watch at least once a year
Yea its pretty dull
@@Anthonycheesman33 I don't know why you thought your opinion would steer the course of a ship so righted in its path that it watches the movie once a year, but I admire your dedication to simplicity and your good-natured idealization.
I love this movie too. It is very entertaining
@@Anthonycheesman33 You liked your own comment.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 you need to get laid lol
Honestly the Dracula they had was pretty perfect as an antagonist. He's by far the most memorable part of the movie, and every time he chews the scenery you have a good time.
oh Gabriel...oh Gabriel...Oh Gabriel...welcome to my summer palace
dracula doesn't chew the scenery. he DEVOURS it whole and takes the most grandiose shit in the crapper ever! and i love it!
Played by Moulin Rouge’s Richard Roxburgh, a gloriously over the top actor!
He's by far the best part of the movie.
@@jonathancampbell7798 "NO. I have no heart. I feel no love, no fear, no joy, no SORROW. I am.....hollow. And I will live.....forever."
Van Helsing wasn't made to win any Oscars it was made so you could switch your brain off for a bit and be entertained for a couple of hours. Mission accomplished.
midnightmosesuk ur was made it be fun to watch. And it goddamn succeeded
Can you explain to me the part in the movie when he was going to explain gabes past? How is Dracula part of his past?? I got confused there
Jess Coffee van Helsing murdered Dracula when he made the pact with the devil, that’s how the two came to meet. That is he just big brain idk
Jim Setinbocci ahhhh ok makes sense thank you!
@@1212coffee np
Honestly, I'd take Van Helsing and The Mummy as part of the Dark Universe more than the Tom Cruise horror cosplay known as the new Mummy. The main reason is because both are really fun romps with interesting, iconic monsters - like they know they aren't winning any serious awards but damn it, they're gonna give us a fun ride anyway.
reeseslightning11 Hugh Jackman van Helsing would kick Tom Cruises ass up and down the garden path
fully agree, they had the opportunity to make to make an extended universe the like of marvel already back then and they missed it out.
can you imagine young Brendan Fraser and Hugh Jackman kicking monster's ass and cracking jokes together ?? that would have been AWESOME.
@@slckb0y65 This definitely should have happened.
I am a huge fan of gothic novels but this movie is such a guilty pleasure of mine
Andrea May I think the only reason I haven't watched it more as a kid was just because I hated how it ended with him killing the woman he loves because he couldn't control the wolf side. Ugh it made me mad 😡
wooord! as a kid i watched the shit out of this movie, I'd say it was my favourite movie as kid along with League of exraordinary gentlemen.
@@vixiestarfire And that's why this movie is actually better than people give it credit for, they built the characters and gave them a story that would make us care about them, then they had the balls to finish them. That's something few cheap movies like this manage to do.
Same. It's just delightfully cheesy and the performances are *so* hammed up (looking at you, Richard Roxburgh).
Same here ,it's underrated.
Hugh Jackman as a werewolf is the best looking werewolf design ever!
He is Wolverine after all.
I agree 100%
Still maintain this movie has the best looking werewolves out of any movie.
Better than..... the dark times... you know what I’m talking about
So true.😁
Some movies dont have to be cinematic masterpieces in the vein of Citizen Kane or The Green Mile, some movies are just fun. This was a movie that was just for fun.
Yeah this story isnt Inception or anything but the action and monster designs are great
Fun as hell
I love it. Stupid, ridiculously fun, consistent gothic atmosphere, Hugh Jackman is very charismatic as usual, Dracula is chewing every scene in a cartoonish manner. I miss these simple fun movies. This one and The 90's Mummy should be canon dark universe, not the... eh... whatever that Tom Cruise/Russel Crow abomination was.
100%
The only good thing about the Mummy remake was that Russel crowe didn't sing in it!
like i've already said in a previous comment. ideal dark universe is the house of Frankenstein, jaws, the shape of water, sleepy hollow, and the mummy. there would also be a van helsing film directed by sam raimi and a hard hitting drama about a scientist who finds the brain of the original Frankenstein monster.
Yep super true
Yeah im not too fussed about films leading me to some profound epiphany were im jerking off in front of a candle or anything sometimes I just want to Shock horror enjoy it.
*I love this film.* It's not perfect, but it's a fun, pulpy romp through Transylvanian nightmare country. Thanks for talking about it.
Is there anyone else who feels this film is *an unofficial Castlevania movie?* Like, the plot operates like a video game story to begin with, so it kind of makes sense.
*EDIT:* Wow. Did not expect this many likes. Thank you all. 😄
I remember loving this film as a child, just because of how campy and wonderful everything is, plus I was a hella big Frankenstein fan so that helped me love this film more.
@@acewhite279 As much as prefer the classic flesh and blood Creature, the meat and metal monstrosity has a nice clunky feeling.
My opinion exactly
Indeed I Feel it had a Big Castlevania Vibe with a Crossover with Classic Universal Monster Lore and Bram Stoker's Dracula! I liked it for that and allot of the Epic Style Gothic and Otherworldly Epic Vibes it gave to its World, Characters and Style!
Indeed I enjoyed this Movie allot when I saw it in theaters and still Love it to this Day! =)
I have always called Van Helsing "Castlevania: The Movie" and thought it was the best Castlevania adaptation we'd see (til the Netflix show anyway).
When I first saw this movie ,I loved it immediately ,Van Helsing despite it's flaws is a good underrated movie, its a shame that it never got a sequel to explore the monster world more.
Mark Molino saaaame
Question: Was “Van Helsing” really that bad?
Answer: ..No
Curtis Brown I agree
@Arthur Morgan Sorry, but no it wasn't, it was really goddamn cool. I had a lot of fun with it, and it looks like so did most of the other people here. So whether or not the physics are realistic, it's still a damn good time, which is what a movie should be.
@Arthur Morgan Well, it's nice to see you're at least the reasonable sort. You have a good day too.
If you accept that it has no story to speak of and revel in B-Movie action, sure it was fine. But it wasn't a story or character driven cinema experience. And it took itself too seriously to be considered a self-aware comedy. EDIT: I really liked it when I was a kid. But I see the immense flaws it has. It's a great laugh for a B-Movie night, tho.
@Arthur Morgan Vampires live forever so the personalities would be over the top. I think his Dracula is amazing. But each their own
Either way, it has really cool looking werewolves and a kickass theme song.
Oh yeah, the soundtrack is AWESOME. I bought the CD.
THIS. To this day, I still compare any werewolf in games or movies to Van Helsing's take on them, even if the CGI wasn't optimal. Also the music is A+.
Alan Silvestri, who also composed the Avengers' theme. A goddamn genius.
I heard it won a Saturn for the music
I sort of unironically love this film. It's as Anime as it gets when Hollywood doesn't try to adapt an Anime into live action. If you've ever watched Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust you'd know what I'm talking about.
i know what youre talking about
Amen lol.
@@LorienzoDeGarcia Oh it would've been so good if it became a series. My guess is that it would enter in conflict with Hugh Jackman's schedule in X-Men movies, but it would definitely leave a mark like the Mummy movies, maybe even Pirates of the Caribbean considering it shares a few of the same crew I believe.
All I remember from Vampire Hunter D was a hand with a mouth on it that ate dirt to heal.
So he's a nearly immortal tormented amnesiac who does battle as a wolf-like berserker and kills his one true love. Guess they figured that that was Hugh Jackman's "thing".
Exactly between this movie and the X-Men movies hugh Jackman is great at playing handsome sad man characters
I thought “wow, I must be the only one that liked this movie” then I read the comments, I love you guys.
I've always been a little perplexed at the negative feeling for this film. Would I prefer a true gothic horror adaptation of these characters? Absolutely. Was that in any way the intention of this film? No.
People seem to forget that one of the reasons these particular monsters have proven to be so durably iconic, is how well they have been able to adapt to the ever changing tides of the pop culture. There may very well be hundreds of different interpretations of these characters, some good, some bad, but it has allowed them to stay fresh in the public consciousness while others have been forgotten.
I view Van Helsing as the closest we shall ever see to an adaptation of the "Comic Book" interpretation of the monsters. Both Marvel & DC have their own versions of the monsters filling a respective place in their universes & other comic companies (and cartoon series) have used the monsters repeatedly over the decades.
While the casting of Hugh Jackman makes it somewhat obvious, even without him, the character here is clearly designed more as a superhero than the traditional stalker of the supernatural.
The werewolves look like they are straight off the pages of a comic book or out of an animated series (like Batman TAS) and show a sense of power & frenzy other films are rarely able to.
While Mr. Hollinger makes an excellent point that having Van Helsing defeat Dracula in a more "angelic" fashion would make more sense, that would not exactly *fit* the world of the Universal Monsters, a world that is always about confronting the darkness of ones own nature. It is consistent that in order to defeat Dracula, a being wholly consumed by his monstrous nature, that Van Helsing has to tap into his own inner monster & release it in order to defeat him.
While the dichotomy of Good & Evil has always existed in the world of the Universal Monsters, being a horror universe wear tragedy looms over everything, it has always been... lopsided.
Anyway, I still Love this movie, Thank You for Reading.
gojira387 Wish I could upvote this a million times
@@LynetteTheMadScientist Thank You. I appreciate that.
This comment is just freakin' precious. It needs more likes!!!
You definitely deserve a BIG *HANDCLAP!*
Yep
I have an unhealthy love for that scene where Hyde eats the cigar, no idea why but I could watch it over and over for eternity
Bet you wont, though
RIP Notre Dame...
Do lets
Hyde: So. You're the great Van Helsing.
Helsing: And you're a deranged psychopath.
Hyde eats the cigar and blows the smoke in Van Helsing's face.
Hyde: We all have our little problems.
Congratulations. You have just chosen your own hell.
One of the best parts is when Anna shuts down Aleera's villain monologue by staking her and saying "I think if you're going to kill someone kill them. Don't stand there talking about it."
I liked van hellsing- till this day the way the werewolves transformed n lookedn might be my fav werewolves so far. N the music was dope as well
I always liked the crossbow from this movie, I still remember the nerf knockoff version I had as a kid.
Look up JoergSprave's machine crossbow prototype and daydream about cramming it into the van helsing crossbow design
That crossbow was badass.
This crossbow and John Constantine's Holy Shotgun are two of my favorite movie weapons.
Van Helsing and the The League of Extraordinary Gentleman will forever be my guilty pleasures
The League of Extraordinary Gentleman 👌 I totally agree
I would say there's nothing guilty about the league of extraordinary gentlemen. It's just a pleasure.
Same
You should read the comic for loeg
I will say this completely unironically... I'd much rather watch League of Extraordinary Gentlemen than read one of the comic books. Yeah, I said it.
"I'm just a friar. I can curse all I want... Damn it!"
My favorite quote!
A chance for Faramir captain of Gondor... to show his quality.
Van Helsing is literally my favorite Hugh Jackman movie. I had a PSP Disc for it and I watched it so much that the disc wore out.
A PSP disc? No waaaay. That's a true fan
No. It *WAS* incredibly generic and a bit eye-rolling at times, but it was also pretty good-looking and gave me a helluva good time. It will forever be a guilty pleasure.
@@NicoEm Amen to that
Lol. Guilty pleasure implies guilt. I am certain that you, just like me, have no guilt whatsoever popping some corn, grabbing a soda or 5 and spending a couple hours watching this movie.
Agreed 😊
Exactly how I enjoy the movie too! (And I kinda like the aesthetics of this version of Dracula too. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓)
Some movies are just daft and made to be enjoyed for the silly fun that they are 😁
wait, people thought this movie was bad???I thought it was universally loved. I think its probably got some of the most true to heart monsters whilst also exaggertaed. Dracula and the vampires to me and..well most goths I know tbh, love the dramatics of the vampires in this movie etc.
I guess its just loved by goths mostly then
pretty much
I have never met someone that disliked this movie in my life
Ive never heard anyone call this movie bad untill ryan
@@Mailark interesting. i have never met someone that like this movie
Only critics do. And we all know that critics have no souls
I really did not think it was bad, I have mostly good memories of it.
I'd also be interested in a sequel.
I didn't know general consensus was that it was bad... I loved it every time I watched it
Yup. And I'm gonna watch it again now!
No.
At its time, it was a terrific homage to films of its ilk. Very tongue in cheek and the werewolves, at least when I was younger, were terrifying.
it wasnt really, i was young when i watched it and it was great, but looking back and understanding the actual like, basis, its not a great homage
Yep
This movie is such a guilty pleasure for me, that I named my character Van Hellsing in Bloodborne lol
Same. Van Hellsing is one of the best guilty pleasures of the 2000s IMO.
It also has a PS2 video game tie-in that is WAY better than it has any right to be because the developers had the good sense to just make a competent Devil May Cry rip-off with tons of personality. I honestly think the game is better than the movie in just about every way. It's even genuinely scary sometimes!
This movie is the epitome of a double wide surprise
@@QuintessentialWalrus yes the PS2 game was an extremely good movie partner game. I'd put it up there with the matrix game of that era.
I'm so glad someone else played and remembered it. I rented mine from blockbuster. Nostalgia packed memory.
It never even occurred to me that van helsing could be a bloodborne prequel
Van Helsing and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen need to have a crossover lol.
Maybe throw in Solomon Kane too 🤑
I loved van helsing idk why it was disliked
I really didn't like it but I can't remember why now ... I think I just found the story too ridiculous to enjoy.
GuruJ yeah I can see how that bothered some people. That’s kinda why I loved it though. It was so ridiculous that it was fun to watch.
I personally love it and, as a big fan of the Universal Movie Monsters, it's actually a movie that is almost exactly how like how I would have made a film that ties most of the Universal monsters together in one universe. I would have only changed a few things, primarily that I think it was a bad idea to kill the love interest at the end of the movie. Why leave the audience with a negative emotion when the rest of the movie was campy and fun?
Most of the comments and reviews I see of this movie are pretty positive. And personally, it's probably one of my favourite movies. It has, in my opinion, one of the best aesthetics of any low budget film, it has an amzing soundtrack, some pretty good shots from a cinematic standpoint, and the creature design (especially the werewolf) is just great. I had no idea people considered it a bad movie until I saw videos like this popping up.
Only critics dislike it. And we all know that critics have no souls
I literally love this movie I don't even care
I will never, ever understand why people in the West consider it a bad film. It is very well-loved here in Eastern Europe; probably because we don't have such reverence for old Universal/Hammer films (having barely seen any of them), and enjoy the film for what it is - a stunningly gorgeous and fun gothic action film. Homage-schmomage, Universal-Schmuniversal... It's basically live-action Castlevania, that's what it is.
Van Helsing is actually one of my favorite movies of all time I love monster mash up movie and it's had the best look werewolves. Suck it twilight. 😂
Our favourite. I still got that DVD.
Just a fun popcorn movie like his other film Deep Rising. By the way, has anyone seen The Poughkeepsie Tapes? Its like imagine Billy from Black Christmas going up to 11....fucking hell.
This was one of my favorite movies when I was like ten, it still might be one of my favs lmao
the title of this video actually perplexed me, as in my mind Van Helsing had always been an excellent movie, and most people I've talked to seem to share that view.
I adore this movie, especially Kate’s death scene. The howl of the werewolf transitioning to the heartbreaking wail always gives me goosebumps
Before the actual Castlevania series, this is as close as we got from having Castlevania made into a feature film, even if the resulting film ended up as a CGI mess, at least it was somewhat fun and etertaining in it's own dumb way. Speaking of failed shared universes, how about Dracula Untold for a future video?
I know Van Helsing isn’t top tier when it comes to story development and it does feel overstuffed with action sometimes, but I didn’t hesitate to watch it when it turned up on Netflix 😂
It's on peacock currently
I never knew the movie was billed as this epic crossing of IPs. Feels like Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster and the likes have coexisted for so long that it’s more weird to not see them together
The director should've done a mummy sequel where they had to go after Dracula and meet Van Heilsing, then made a Van Heilsing and Wolfman spin off
This film is crazy. But I sort love the madness. I'd pay to watch Roxburgh eat scenery any day.
Jesus Christ, Ryan, you are absolutely smashing it.
Gabriel's entire destiny is to be left with blood on his hands when the slain monsters return to the men they once were. They didn't try to hide it in the slightest.
The man is cursed to a bloody, miserable existence where death will find him long after he wishes for it.
okay I love this movie SO MUCH and have since I was probably too young to be watching it
Emma Groves same, i watched this movie at a young age and loved it ever since.
I loved Van Helsing.. besides the 3 vampire girls accents
Yes - and all the hot girls in this film are all killed off by then end :)
Say what you want about Van Helsing and Underworld, but I love the Werewolf designs in both of those films
I liked the first 3 movies but something was always missing, maybe it's the name of the movies and yet there are only 2 supernatural creatures.
Yeah I always feel that no werewolf has ever matched van hellsing desing
@@proxy90909 Have you seen Love, Death & Robots on Netflix? It's an anthology and episode 10 has the Van Helsing werewolves in Afghanistan. Pretty good.
TheTamponOfDeath loved the werewolves in van helsing more then underworld, the ladder looked like a person in a big rubber wolf suit. Loved the underworld trilogy nonetheless tho.
@@lonewolf2156 They WERE people in rubber wolf suits. That's why they're so awful. Van Helsing's are CGI.
This movie is CRIMINALLY under-rated.
1. Casting is PERFECT - Jackman, Beckinsale, Roxburgh, Wenham, and Hensley are ALL phenomenal in their roles
2. The score is SUPERB - A true gem by Alan Silvestri (Who delivered the iconic themes for Avengers, Predator, and Forrest Gump, Back to the Future and many more)
3. The pacing and action are EXCELLENT - This thing MOVES, never bores, always entertains. Not an ounce of fat on this movie. The pace is fast, the editing is tight, and the action is thrilling
The behind the scenes documentary made me appreciate this movie much more. You hit the nail on the head: the spectacle is the heart and soul of the film. And goddamn, that's some fantastic spectacle.
i find this movie fun and i still listen to the soundtrack while doing work
Van Helsing is a wonderful early 2000's dress up goth party
He doesn't kill everything, he regrets Jekyll/Hyde's death and spares Frankenstein's Monster!
"Actually, I'm just a friar. I can curse as much as I want...Damnit!"
My mom used to force us to watch this over and over again. She did the same thing with Finding Nemo.
That's very weird
"Has Hugh Jackman ripped his shirt off? Then no, you can't have dinner yet. And no skipping the parts where the priest cusses!"
First of all for some reason finding a youtuber on the comment section is something you never expect like finding a teacher on the groceries I mean its only natural they dont live all their lives at school, just you watch videos like anyone else... its just odd... awesome vids by the way, but on the topic of van hellsing I have the dvd fo it and watched so much as a kid I learnt most of the lines and could say them by memory with my bro, I should watch it
Same...
Did she ever say why?
Could you do a video on Constantine (comics preferably but the movie's cool too)
Aye drink to that mate
My edgy heart loved the visuals of this movie.
NBC/Universal had plans for a spin-off TV series called Transylvania and was leaving the outdoor sets standing for a tie-in theme park.
My only problem with this movie was that twist near end, and not enough of Mr. Hyde. Other than that this movie will forever be my guilty pleasure.
The opening Mr Hyde fight was amazing! Robbie Coltrane knocked it out of the park with that character as did Richard Roxborough. What a shame the main characters didn't have such memorable personalities. Still a really fun film though.
Mr. Hyde appeared in an animated prequel.
i honestly think this movie is underrated XD
I am just now finding out some people consider this a bad movie. It's one of the most entertaining movies I've ever watched. I watch it every chance I get.Also, Kate Beckinsale, Hugh Jackman and honestly the entire cast are so believable, nit to mention the environment.
I like Van Helsing it's a goofy movie that perfect for a Halloween movie especially if your not a big fan of scary slasher films. Also Dracula owns this movie being this goofy sounding villain but can be a serious threat
New video hype!
The transformation scenes in this are amazing
I love the fact the werewolves rip off their human skin as they transform into the werewolf & vice versa when they transform back into a human.
I somehow only ever get notifications for these videos when I'm in bed with a cup of tea looking for something cozy to watch, and it's so, so perfect.
I couldn’t help but want this Dracula in a One Tree Hill type show, where he talks about girls while walking on the ceiling, knowing full well that he should be doing his damn math homework.
We actually watched this in my English class one day. It was the day before Summer vacation and the English teacher was basically already checked out.
So 10/10 for getting out of actually doing school work that day.
Girlllllll i love that movie
Yes. Yes it was. But I enjoy it.
Something can be objectively bad, but still be subjectively enjoyed.
Just as something can be regarded as good and you might not appreciate it on a personal level.
@Hitsuran but we need a certain medium to tell the quality of something, and I'd say objectively and unironically... this is not a bad movie. It's not good, but it doesn't try to be an actual good movie, they took stuff like some decent production crew and tried to make it as marketable as possible, and that ended up turning it into a much more silly movie. But it still can be enjoyed as both a real movie and a parody movie, much like a comic book movie.
Something can be objectively *something that is lower in quality according to your subjective personal standard.
That is not subjective. Something cannot be subjectively good or bad, that is simply false - there are infinite angles from which you can look, at anything, to view it however you like. The terms 'good' and 'bad' in this context are opinions, and not inherent fact.
In contrast to the preachy, bad written crap they try to sell us as movies these days, Van Helsing is a masterpiece.
I fucking LOVED Dracula in this movie - the way he chewed the scenery made it for me
“Husband, have you no heart?” “NO!”
Yeah but how about that sonic trailer am I right
Is it a gangster movie?
Jw Nj oh one would call it a paradise for gangsters
well, the sonic trailer captures the essence of eldritch nighmares better than van helsing did.
Mackie Messer I really wouldn’t call werewolves and vampires “eldritch nightmares” in the lovecraftian sense
No
Anna's death still gets me ...
😂❤
Personally, I really like this movie. Tons of monster action, a glorious aesthetic that it goes all in on, and a story that both manages to bring the classic monsters together in a believable way, make them all feel unique, and never have too many scenes that feel arbitrary or pointless. It's not the best movie around, by a long shot, but it knows what it is and revels in being that.
It's one of the best Monster movie, name any other that's so interesting
I always liked the art style of the movie, but the CGI kinda took me out of the experience.
A bit strange for you to say seeing as the CGI and special effects are by far the strongest aspect of this movie, right ahead of set design.
Van Helsing is iconic, idc
This movie has my favorite kind of aesthetic, early 2000's bloomy edginess.
Good things that came out of this film:
The monster designs.
Elena Anaya as a psycho bitch.
David Wenham.
Hugh Jackman growing out his hair that year.
Greg Cannom's special makeup effects.
Richard Roxburgh and Silvia Colocca meeting and thus getting married.
The film looks amazing. Was there some kind of update to the effects for a BluRay or something?
I'd definitely be down for a Hollinger breakdown of the Underworld franchise, since you mentioned it. :D
How dare you call this a bad movie, this movie was amazing, insane CGI for its time, phenomenal Werewolf designs, great antagonist and great action 😊
i watched this movie when i was super young and pretty much fell in love with it. i would watch it so much that if i were to watch it now, i’d be able to recite practically every line.
For me, Dracula was my favorite part of this film. Just loved how dramatic he was.
Kate Beckinsale will always be gorgeous and I loved the idea of her and van hellsing... Until she died.
I think that the reason the movie isn't more well regarded is because Ana died at the end. No one wants to watch a whole movie only for the love interest to die at the end in, and with the hero being the one who accidentally causes it. It's why I think the Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn't leave people satisfied. No movie goer wants to end a movie with that kind of emotion.
@@Nightman221k funny thing is; I'm actually OK with it. Yeah, I'm sad she died and it was way out of left field that it was hellsing that killed her on accident. But it's a unique way to end a film. Any film or show really. I am a romantic so the two ending up together in the end is a good idea, but if they don't - I'm not gonna light the torches and join the riot lol.
Perfect example: the whole story for devilman crybaby. The ending is realistic for me and I respect it for being that different.
@@sarahn.h355 I feel similar. Even though it wasn't the way I'd have personally ended the movie; I still love the movie. I didn't think the ending being tragic ruined any of the earlier parts that worked. But, I do think a significant amount of people probably weren't happy by the ending and as a reaction to that being where the movie ended, the critics gave rated it bad. I feel like a lot of the elements in Van Helsing were done as good or at times even better than the Mummy (VH had very exciting world-building and monster scenes); and to me the thing that stands out as being a factor in why the films are looked at differently is that people were happier at the end of the Mummy because it ended with a happy ending rather than going the more somber route.
@@Nightman221k I agree completely. :)
This was one of my favorste movies when I was a kid. I even loved the video game of it as well.
The crazy spinning saw blades the cross bow it just felt like a villain of the week but with a whole month squeeze in together
Frankly, Stephen Sommers's catalog really is NOT that bad.
The Mummy movies and Van Helsing easily stand out as good movies.
Deep Rising, on the other hand, is cult classic territory.
Never heard anyone complain about this movie before. Never will again.
I actually like this movie, there is just so much wasted potential...also ripping of Helsing's design from Vampire Hunter D was a bad idea.
van Helsing was never bad
Some movies are Masterpieces: Shawshank, God Father, Forest Gump etc...
Some movies are Great Fun/Great movies: American Pie, Dumb & Dumber, Inglorious Bastards etc...
Van Helsing is one of those movies, it isn't complicated. It's grab ya popcorn/hit the couch & enjoy!
There's a entire generation that think TWILIGHT is amazing! & every wolf & vampire in that series would be killed by everyone in Van Helsing.
Plot submission:
Why couldn't the Valarias family have been secretly guarding the Frankenstein monster for generations?
Dracula never knew the monster was still alive, Anna takes Van Helsing down there to meet the monster without knowing a vampire had been listening at a window as she told him the story and the location they were going to and Dracula and his remaining brides are already taking the monster when Anna and Van Helsing show up.
Cue racing back upstairs and as Anna stands by the portal, Van Helsing completes it and BOOM! They go to the ice castle where the battle ensues.
Van Helsing and Dracula face off, Dracula uses super speed to snatch back his ring and then the full moon comes out and wouldn't you know it? Van Helsing is actually a werewolf!
Dracula's ring was modified by Carl years ago to prevent Van Helsings transformation and now Van Helsing has the power to kill Dracula.
Van Helsing kills Dracula, Carl throws out something "techno" to knock Van Helsing out for a moment and following Carl's instruction Anna grabs a piece of rope, threads the ring through it and drapes it over Van Helsings neck like a necklace - reverting him to human form.
Happy ending.
I'm writing this at 2am so forgive any grammar issues and goodnight all👍
I love this movie. Hate underworld.
I always felt like the name Gabriel was some sort of an homage to Castlevania series, particularly to Gabriel Belmont
Why not review Solomon Kane next time?
Solomon Kane would be a nice review after reviewing this since I heard someone once say Van Helsing was basically Solomon Kane.
But Gabriel Belmont came about after this movie was released. His first appearance is in Lords of Shadow, released in 2010.
"VAN HELSING.... YOU MURDERER!!" this line is burned into my brain. I watched Van Helsing COUNTLESS times with my brothers and my cousin. It has a special place in my heart.
It is so weird that here in New Zealand everyone I have ever talked to loves this movie and thinks It is really good and when I was a Kid everyone in New Zealand thought this movie was great yet when I went online Americans and lots of movie reviews and rotten tomatoes talk about how this movie is bad and is not considered a good movie and I tell People in New Zealand that and they are really surprised and sometimes don't believe Me and they all thought the movie was really good and have never meet anyone who didn't like it I told One Person about how one person online thought Van Helsing was a boring Character and he said anyone who thinks that is a idiot and that Van Helsing was a Awesome Character
Van Helsing is the best modern film of all time. The absolute Citizen Kane of the 2000s
Always confuse this movie for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I like the point you made about how Helsing says he wants to leave behind his violent past, but his actions say otherwise. In fact, in the opening scene, when he's talking to Mr. Hyde he actually says, "I'd rather just kill you and get it over with." Then he gets sad when he sees Dr. Jekyll's face just before he dies and gets mad at the Catholic Church for making him kill. I was left thinking, "Really, dude? Can you truly say you tried your hardest to solve this without violence? I think not."