FilmGuy127 Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 Ok, first off... im really sorry to any of you who have seen this movie... you know what im talking about. secondly... this is kinda in response to a hellboy thread i saw... for anybody who has seen this movie or not... the main char. (hugh Jackman) is like a 15th century catholic james bond... complete with the Q branch located deep under the vatican... his job... protect the church and people everywhere from nasty demons... i won't get into the "merits" of this film... but i think anybody will agree that van helsing could easly beat hell boy in a fight... come on. on a side note... sadly it seems that they are already in preproduction for a sequil... poor hugh.
spathariossa Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 [quote name='FilmGuy127' date='Jan 11 2005, 12:11 AM'] Ok, first off... im really sorry to any of you who have seen this movie... you know what im talking about. secondly... this is kinda in response to a hellboy thread i saw... for anybody who has seen this movie or not... the main char. (hugh Jackman) is like a 15th century catholic james bond... complete with the Q branch located deep under the vatican... his job... protect the church and people everywhere from nasty demons... i won't get into the "merits" of this film... but i think anybody will agree that van helsing could easly beat hell boy in a fight... come on. on a side note... sadly it seems that they are already in preproduction for a sequil... poor hugh. [/quote] Oh come on! It isn't the worst way to spend a couple of hours. Besides, if the media isn't mocking Catholics or talking about pedophile priests in a movie it's pretty good.
FilmGuy127 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Posted January 11, 2005 ok... but if your gonna watch a movie... there are certainly better choices.
toledo_jesus Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 this movie was terrible. it was just awful.
MilesChristi Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 I remember seeing this movie with my friends last May. As one guy said, "That was sensory assault!" By the way, Van Helsing's sidekick was a friar who ended up bedding a woman before the end of the film. It was very loud, repetitive, and not scary. The only redeeming value was the first 10-15 minutes, done nicely in black and white with style. It all went rapidly downhill from there.
FilmGuy127 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Posted January 11, 2005 [quote]It all went rapidly downhill from there.[/quote] it didnt go down hill, it fell off the cliff.
FilmGuy127 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Posted January 11, 2005 how is this movie anti catholic? ill give you that its not a true representation of anything catholic at all... though it might be cool if there were a neat Q lab under the vatican... but how is the movie anti catholic?
Brother Adam Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 [quote name='FilmGuy127' date='Jan 11 2005, 02:00 AM'] it didnt go down hill, it fell off the cliff. [/quote] Amen bro. Preach it.
Luthien Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 (edited) It makes the Church look like a bunch of insensitive jerks. The cardinal is using Van Helsing to fight evil, by not telling him of his past, making him look like a prime spokesperson for the false philosophy, "The ends justify the means" The Vatican insensitively orders the death of Frankensteins personable, kindhearted monster. This makes the Church look like a bunch of tyrants who dont love others despite imperfections. Then theres the friar sleeping with the woman he saves. There is anti-Catholic rhetoric in the film, which further makes the material typical of a bad movie. "a sensory assault" in more ways than one Edited January 12, 2005 by Luthien
FilmGuy127 Posted January 13, 2005 Author Posted January 13, 2005 ... i dont think this movie is even worth trying to read that much into it....
AndytheConqueror Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 It might have been better if the whole movie was just CGI.
AndytheConqueror Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 [quote]It shows a friar commiting adultery. [/quote] Yeah, what was that about?
DemonSlayer Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 It was just disrespectful and misinterprets religious.
delta557 Posted January 14, 2005 Posted January 14, 2005 Ok, as far as Vampire killing goes, it rules. Blade? Totally the most awesome dude out there. But Van Helsing? All he did was get thrown around (literally) by a bunch of people, and then he would happen to do something good. AND WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TEACH HIM HOW TO LEAD???? [i]I[/i] could have done better with that crossbow than he could. And Faramir (Van Helsings sidekick, I forget the characters name, though the actor is Faramir), he was pretty cool. But in the end, Blade totally rules as champ of vampire killing. And all Blade did was meditate!
curtins Posted January 15, 2005 Posted January 15, 2005 I liked van helsing- now you guys say its anti catholic but i thought it was pretty cool how they made van helsing a catholic and made him fighting evil- and it was action packed and his sidekick lady was quite good looking. yeah obviously the preist gettin it on with the lady was a no no- but other wise it was really quite good- i dont get why they made the preist having sex rather than van helsing and the lady. I mean im not advocating sex in movies- but if they MUST put it dont put the preist having it- put van helsing but better yet- put no body but dude ur right blade is sooo rockin the anti vampirism
Luthien Posted January 15, 2005 Posted January 15, 2005 [quote name='delta557' date='Jan 13 2005, 11:36 PM'] And Faramir (Van Helsings sidekick, I forget the characters name, though the actor is Faramir), he was pretty cool. [/quote] His name is David Wenham, not Faramir. He played Faramir in the Lord of the Rings.
DemonSlayer Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 He also in Molokai: The Story of Fr. Damien, now he actually played a Catholic there (Fr. Damien). The anti-Catholicism in Van Helsing is inexcusable.
cathqat Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 [quote name='toledo_jesus' date='Jan 11 2005, 12:29 AM'] this movie was terrible. it was just awful. [/quote] On top of being badly written, there were too many visual references to other movies the actors had been in, like X-Men. Ugh.
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