Straight through ridiculous into sublime (VERY mild spoilers).

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2004)

I apologize to all of you who didn't get the joke. Particularly to those of you who were sitting near me in the theater while I was cackling maniacally.
Even the people who liked this movie don't seem to have been mentioning what I considered its biggest feature: it's a massive parody. Apparently they overdid it so far that most of the audience couldn't see it.
Imagine, if you will, the scriptwriter. He's been given the right to put in *anything* from Universal history that he wants. So he makes a movie about Dracula AND Frankenstein AND the Wolf-man. Then, to make sure people will get the joke, he puts in baby pods like Alien and lights them up like the Matrix. Then, to make *really* sure people will get the joke, he makes the lead Wolverine with Batman's toys, and gives everyone multiple opportunities to swing from ropes of exactly the right length at exactly the right time.
We go to the movies to see things that can't happen, but we'd like it if they could. Fantasy movies often stumble when they try to do one of the Great Plots, but they're ashamed to go all the way because it "won't be realistic." Come on. It's Dracula. None of this is realistic. Revel in the cheesiest plot of all time! I'll be in the fifth row. Come cackle with me.