The things I Liked:
Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing
The costumes
Things I didn’t like:
Everything else
I’ll try to keep this review clear of any “I liked the books better”, as I understand it’s a different medium, changes to the source material are bound to happen.
(the one exception being the character assignation of Lucy Westenra. I get that her original depiction as meek and mild mannered is not a nuanced portrayal of women but sliding her to the…
Every joke goes on for a minute to long, we get it you lie to your partner about how big his schlong is, please sit down ma’am this is a Denny’s.
This, honestly, should have been my jam. Period costuming? Romance? Daniel Day-Lewis kissing a woman’s feet by the warmth of a fire? On paper these are all things I am very about.
Unfortunately this movie was not my cup of tea. I am doing a marathon with my brother and mom (A film student and a Day-Lewis fanatic respectively) and, while this movie was also not my brothers favorite, I suspect some of my boredom with the film was due…
I was pleasantly surprised by this film. Going into it I thought I was in for a Braveheart like story with a Dances with Wolves twist, hokey speech included. What I got was a fairly poignant movie about loss and survival.
If you told me Michael Mann took inspiration from N.C Wyeth’s illustrations I would not be surprised. Many shots in this movie and beautifully framed and filmed, a movie that begs to be study by artists. I took a…
