Needs help

Rating: 3/10 (2 June 2005)

This movie really isn't all that great. If I could sum everything in the movie into one word, it would probably be horrendous. There were many problems I found, such as the animations, the plot, and the things with the monsters. Let me start by talking about the plot. This movie is far too easy to follow, as in, you can tell what is going to happen. It is not a movie that draws you in and keeps you interested, as I was wanting to stop watching after the first few minutes. I can not believe that people have claimed this to have wonderful action. There was not much thrilling action in it, and if there was, it was with animated characters, so the action lost most of its intensity. Also there is the problem of the animations. It is far too easy to tell that they are animated. When you animate something into a movie, aren't you supposed to make it look like it's real? These animations gave themselves away completely, compelling me to laugh when they were talking to the actors. It made me feel as though I was watching a children's cartoon. The biggest problem I had with the movie, however, was the monsters. The so-called "vampires" seem to follow every folk lore about vampires that exists (such as stake through the heart will kill them, they have no reflection in mirrors, etc.), yet they can still go out in the sunlight? Yes, most of their time is spent in the dark, but I don't understand why they can attack in the middle of the day. Finally, Van Helsing is rescued from becoming a werewolf by Anna, but yet, while she is giving him the antidote, he kills her. So, in the end, he ends up with nothing. Mainly all that occurs is Van Helsing going off to look for and kill Dracula (who really wasn't ever a vampire... another problem I had) and his "children" or all of the monsters that he has created. This movie is a fun, action packed adventure, where you can see animated creatures, go off to fight childhood monsters, such as Dracula and Frankenstein, and in the end, have nothing because the girl that you have (sort of) fallen in love with, dies.