eh....

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2006)

I know that it was supposed to not be serious, to be just a fun kind of movie... but I still couldn't help but not like it, for the main reason that my knowledge of the creatures in said movie ruined it for me.... main things that made it decent:
1. Kate Beckinsale.
2. it was a decent premise, just poorly executed.
3. the ones with talent did what they could to keep it alive
4. Kate Beckinsale.
The reasons that it was ruined for me:
1. In the beginning, Van Helsing fights Mr. Hyde.... then he goes on to fight lycans (or werewolves for those who don't watch underworld, or care about history), and Dracula... each one of these things were at least a century apart from each other.
2. Lycans out at day.... *Shakes head*
3. VAMPIRES out at day... it doesn't matter if it is supposed to be cloudy at the time, they are still out at day.
4. the horrible effects, especially when the brides were flying around the town... during the DAY.
5. a lycan was stooped on a night of a full moon. someone then said, and I quote: "The next full moon is in three days." ....... It is possible for a full moon to happen twice in one month, but it takes roughly a month (About 28 days) for the moon to make a full rotation like that, so it would be impossible for two full moons to happen in three days,
6. Kate Beckinsale, no matter how much she brought to the role, can't use a Romanian accent to save her life.
7. the movie had no substance.
overall, if I hadn't known so much about them, it would have been livable, maybe even enjoyable...