A movie...get it?

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2004)

Haven't you wannabe critics ever heard of suspension of disbelief? This is a movie, not real life. I've got the vague idea that this should have been a comic book, rather than a movie. As a movie, it's not bad...just cartoonish. Nothing wrong with that... . I would like to have had a better explanation about Van Helsing's past (and since when is Van Helsing Gabriel? It's always and forever been Abraham, and he's always been a doctor.) I got the feeling that someone had played the video game Gabriel Knight and liked the name. There was lots of humour in this movie and it really made it lots better than it would have had it all been played straight. A friend complained that Kate Beckinsdale's character was parading around in suede thigh high boots with knock-me-down heels. Well shoot....look at the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen....sort of a Doc Savage feel about it....mixing 1800's, 1900's and the future.... It's just a movie...enjoy it. And if you don't, get up and ask for your money back.