Great entertainment and comic acting/writing.

Rating: Null/10 (22 August 2009)

The first time we see Kate Beckinsale in this film, the camera is on her fanny as she's turning. That illustrates the tone for this film, I'd guess.
This is a fun movie, mostly because of the fantastic castings of Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham, but the whole thing is shot with humor.
My favorite exchange in this film is between Van Helsing and Dracula near the end:
Drac: You are too late, my friend. My children live.
VH: Then the only way to kill them is to kill you.
Drac: Correct.
H. Jackman laughs and I wonder if he was laughing at Roxburgh's Thomas Lennon/Marty Feldman-ish delivery of "correct". Roxburgh switches from evil to humor with abandon and he may be the best part of the film.
"Van Helsing" is beautifully shot, sexy, funny, has great effects and it does give a nice nod to the James Bond/"Q" relationship.
I'd heard bad things about this film but always wanted to see it; now I wish I'd seen it sooner.