Too many effects lessen the experience

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2004)

Bad stuff
1) Nobody seems to get hurt when thrown into walls, dropped from height or smacked around. 2) Why does everyone suddenly have to start swinging on ropes in the end of the movie? 3) Why does the use of a machine gun by Van Helsing have to be disguised as a repeating crossbow? Why make a crossbow when you can propel the projectiles with the force that is used to cock the bow? I don't get it. 4) Why does Mr. Hyde (and all others for that matter, besides Frankensteins monster) move so extremely fast with no regards to inertia?! When everybody seems to blur around the screen, the combats becomes trivial really fast.
Good stuff
1) Lots of pretty women. 2) Vampires, Frankenstein and werewolves
The "bigger, faster, more" trend of Hollywood is giving me the creeps!
/Peter