Fantastic - Nothing but Fantastic!!!

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2013)

As I have mentioned, this movie is nothing but FANTASTIC... I have read both Mary Shelly's Frankestien and Bram Stoker's Dracula but this is beyond both. In the true sense of Novels, I have loved it. It sums up the futuristic and medieval novels to an extent that it becomes a story of its own.
Whilst, I would not want any human being on this earth to miss this movie still for the sake of it, I will write a review. It contains and mixes Sci-fi, spiritual and gorish elements that make it ordinary but still it draws inspiration from all of these.
The story is simple, Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) has to stop Dracula and he does not know how. He gets a warrant from Rome and executes it with the help of his companion Carl(David Wenham). Stephen Sommers is a director of too much grit in movie making. He has chosen to give Mummy's incredible power and believes that just like God evil has its own will to move forward. This movie does the same. Challenge the Almighty and fail. The ultimate fight of Good vs Evil. Where good wins because the will and not the weakness of the evil. A fight to death that makes Dracula believe that he has finally found his match. The portrayals of the character of Dracula, Van Helsing(different first name) has been epic. The visuals according to me whether CGI or just plain movie making have been good. Maybe due to my Indian heritage I felt the movie was less time consuming still I feel it was perfect. While Kate Beckinsale, Josie Maran and the other two ladies make the men go mad Hugh and Richard Roxburgh make the women crazy with their intelligent & beautiful acting. It is a perfect movie to be seen during a holiday. Alan Silvestri makes it good with the background score and the people acting in it bring it to life. A story weaved with logic, reason and fantasy.
A perfect blockbuster with good cast and music. Watch it for a good re- imagination of the books that this movie relates to. 8 stars of 10. Would love another Van Helsing movie with a bit more.
A late review but fans' of Dracula, Frankestien and Hugh would love it. Still wonder why Hugh chooses movies that makes sure that the woman his character loves won't be with him . May be he loves his wife too much.
Watch it as a couple of classic stories with a modern twist.