[MOVIE] Van Helsing

I'm violating Apple trade secrets but ... yes, but only using Mac OS 9.1 on a Wall Street G3 PowerBook... with exactly 256 MB of RAM.

 

exactly what I was thinkin'

a sexy leather wearing Kate = must watch film

 

I watched Independence Day earlier this week looking to examine every one of the flaws that are always brought up, and I came away liking it even more than when I first saw it as a naive thirteen year old. Go figure.

To be fair, they had been studying the aliens' technology at Area 51 for half a century. It's not that big of a leap, ceratainly no bigger than other ones which are readily accepted (the gigantic, near moon-sized mothership has no impact on the Earth's tides, the city destroyers are all defeated the same way (there's no excuse for that. Time constraints aside, they should have had some put up more of a fight, or even win. I don't buy that someone would have gone kamikaze on all fifty of them worldwide.).

I readily admit that the compute virus idea was hokey, but hey, it was a Hollywood update of The War of the Worlds, they could've done much, much worse. Perhaps keeping the aliens' weakness biological would have been better, like unleashing polio or some other conquered virus on them.

 

Again you mock us...

do you not think there will be repercussions?

 

Abu Dhabi. That wouldn't be where Garfield always tries to ship Nermal, is it?

That's actually the biggest reason I always hated Independence Day ever since I first saw it in the theater. It was a complete rip-off of War of the Worlds which is one of my favorite 50's sci-fi flicks. The alien ships arrive on Earth. They begin destroying major cities with their laser weapons. We try to shoot them down, but their shields are too strong. We even drop a nuke, and that doesn't make a dent. When all hope seems lost, a virus suddenly kills the aliens.

Which movie did I just describe? War of the Worlds or Independence Day? I rest my case.

 

We have a winner! ...And don't forget about poor Odie.

 

All movies suck these days. I go about once every two years. I'm a Star Wars geek so I had to see those (even though they pretty much suck too) and I like the Harry Potter movies but I could care less about everything else.

 

But War of The Worlds didn't have purty special effects. That was the whole reason for the update.

 

Actually for its time, War of the Worlds had some outstanding visual effects. And to this day, I still think they look cool. Then again, I prefer the original, unaltered Star Wars Trilogy to the CGI-infested bastardization known as the Special Editions, so what do I know?

 

Just don't discuss Christianity with her. Oh that is "KateBeckinsale7". Never mind...

 

Well, actually, remember at the end they tried to shoot a missle in there, but everybody had run out. Bill Pullman: "Doesn't anybody have any missles?"

Randy Quaid's missle malfunctioned, so the only choice he had was to fly in there himself.

 

Actually the Hollywood update is coming in 2006 directed by S.S. and starring Tom Cruise.

War of the Worlds

 

Good point, but I thought what made the ship fall was Quaid "clogging the gun" with his plane so to speak and making it backfire. Wouldn't a missile have just disabled the main weapon unless they timed it perfectly?

 

I am probably going to go see it today. My future l...err roomates want me to go watch it with them.

 

i just watched it at a theater nearby. it's pretty good. the things that critics have pointed out are definitely all there... and yeah they are bothersome, but in my mind the movie redeems itself. maybe i'll write more about it later.

 

i just want to know what it stands for.

i don't really mean narcissitic... but what else starts with N? the intransigent i do mean though... Nomar is pretty stubborn with his views and will defend them fiercely. i do kind of miss him though... at least he was a sox fan.

 

The I stands for In.

 

Well, I guess your theaters are cleaner than the ones I frequent.

 

I saw the movie tonight. The entertainment value of the movie was good. It got cheasey at parts, and I eventually got sick of the comedy satire from the friar. He reminded me of Jar Jar Binks (from Episode I). Funny at first....and then annoying.

The special effects were good, and there were some fantastic scenes.

 

I saw this movie last night with my wife. I want my $8.50 back.

I'm not above big cheesy action packed movies, but this was just ridiculous. Sure the special effects were cool in some parts, but nothing really mind blowing. I just thought it kept dragging and dragging on. Some people did seem to like it though, because people started clapping after one scene in particular....or maybe they were just clapping because they knew it would be over soon. I think this movie is more geared for teenage guys. I should have listened to my wife and gone to see Mean Girls instead.