Or... How to make a movie out of others!

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2004)

OH MY GOD!
This has to be one of the worst movies I've seen over the last couple of years... And believe me: I watch almost everything. I was really excited when I saw the previews, but I think, that the picture itself couldn't actually live up to the promises the preview made.
The good points of the movie: Nice Art-Direction, good SFX, but that's about it. I feel so sorry for Hugh Jackman, because I consider him a great actor. Now for the bad ones:
And now... For all the stuff, they took out of other movies (in no particular order; including the obvious ones like Dracula & Frankenstein):
1.) Childrens Cocoons... "Alien" 2.) Van Helsings Weapons (Lightbomb, Handshredders)... "Blade" 3.) Frankensteins Coat & Dressing... "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" 4.) The Laboratory, where Van gets his weapons & Carl... "James Bond" (& "Q") 5.) Draculas Handymen... "Star Wars" (Jawas) 6.) The Fancy Dress Ball, including the dance in front of the mirror... "Roman Polanski's Fearless Vampire Killers" 7.) The ritual burning of dead Anna, including her appearing in the heavens above... "Conan The Barbarian" 8.) Mr. Hyde... looked absolutely like the one from "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" 9.) The Mirror-Door to "Dracula's Castle"... Reminded a bit of "Stargate", but was rather like "John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness" 10.) and so on...
Plus: The dialogues were lame, the direction of actors in parts very awkward & Van Helsing's Hat looked so gay! ;-) Oh yeah... And what was that "Dancing Dracula" scene about? I can't help it... this movie just sucked. A shame considering the nice idea. Also, the story really left some questions open, like: what actually WAS the relationship between Gabriel & Dracula? Is Van Helsing Arcangel Gabriel? All left up to your imagination...
I was very disappointed, so use my experience and save you money for a burger or something. I put this movie up for hottest contender of the raspberry of the year! Who's with me?
Greets, Al.