Van Helsing- How bad will it suck?

[stray]

Dog Soldiers?

I can't even say that I hate it...I've tried to watch it a couple of times, but always ended up turning it off. Definitely not what I'm looking for. I want a Werewolf flick in the classic sense (i.e. Jekyl/Hyde). Not Predator with cockney accents. I don't care so much about seeing blood and guts as I do watching a guy psychologically deteriorate.

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Also, I'd just like to add: I've got a thing for "lonely guy" stories (Taxi Driver, Monte Christo, Mad Max, Last Tango in Paris, almost any given spaghetti Western or Samurai tale.....and the like). Loneliness is the main reason why I watch classic monster movies too. When it's changed to "survival", "gore", or "horror" (or whatever) I feel little reason to watch. Just my opinion though...

[Ironwood]

I can see where you're coming from, but I LOVED Dog Soldiers.

Just one of those things.

"There is no Spoons."

[Bunk]

Dog Soldiers?

I can't even say that I hate it...I've tried to watch it a couple of times, but always ended up turning it off. Definitely not what I'm looking for. I want a Werewolf flick in the classic sense (i.e. Jekyl/Hyde). Not Predator with cockney accents. I don't care so much about seeing blood and guts as I do watching a guy psychologically deteriorate.

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Give a try to the Ginger Snaps trilogy if you are feeling adventurous. Certainly not classic werewolf fare, but deffinately not Dog Soldiers either (which I also loved).

[HaemishM]

Brotherhood of the Wolf. Bonus points go to Monica Bellucci's breasts in that one.

Also, Underworld was a bag of demonic leper nuts. My friend at work told me it was great, and I almost cried with how stupid it was. Cool premise, interesting gadgets, shitty acting, shitty writing.

[Hanzii]

I'm sure a good werewolf movie would entail werewolves throwing cows.

[Llava]

I just knew a ton of people who said they loved it (Underworld) and they'd look at me in disbelief for saying it was awful.  I don't know, maybe it's the water out here.  I felt it could've been FAR worse, but it was pretty mediocre and, yes, a waste of time to watch.

But you wanna see really awful, go watch Wes Craven's "Cursed".  Now THERE'S an awful werewolf flick.  Dear god.

[Furiously]

Emmy Rossum was cute.  That's the best thing I can say for this movie.  That and it was terrific fun to make fun of while watching. My favorite moment would be yelling "SAURUMON!" when the flock of birds flew overhead.  Thoughout the entire movie I couldn't shake the feeling that the movie could have been a lot better if at some time a horde of CGI orcs came rampaging through the city killing all in their path.  Then tanks.  Tanks v. orcs: that would have saved the movie.

Sing my angel of music!!! Sing for me!!

Check Rossum out in Phantom of the Opera. The first 10 minutes are worth it alone - even without her. The theatre transformation scene has to be the coolest use of of CGI I have ever seen. Plus - Emmy can sing - maybe not lipsink so well - but she can sing.

[AOFanboi]

I just knew a ton of people who said they loved it (Underworld) and they'd look at me in disbelief for saying it was awful.

They wouldn't happen to be dedicated players of the White Wolf PnP RPGs that Underworld borrows most of its stuff from?

[Llava]

I just knew a ton of people who said they loved it (Underworld) and they'd look at me in disbelief for saying it was awful.

They wouldn't happen to be dedicated players of the White Wolf PnP RPGs that Underworld borrows most of its stuff from?

Nope.  I'm the only one, of the people with whom I spoke, who actually knew anything about the World of Darkness.  That turned me off further from the film, that they ripped it off without giving credit.

Now give me a Vampire: The Masquerade or Werewolf: The Apocalypse movie and I'm fucking there.  Even though it'll almost certainly suck.

[MrHat]

Firefly kicks ass.