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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>The Mighty Monkey of Mim</b> <br /><small>Member # 646</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2004,4,7,14,19,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 07, 2004</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:19 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Saw this with some friends at midnight last night. I was expecting it to take itself more seriously, but once I realized this was not the intention, I found it to be quite a fun romp as Universal's homage to its classic horror flicks. Thrills, chills, comedy and parody...and Kate Beckinsale in enticing (if a bit less than utilitarian) vampire/werewolf-hunting gear. Rahwr!!<br /><br />My compliments to Richard Roxburgh...he had no less than THREE ravenously beautiful women swooning around him through pretty much the entire film, and STILL managed to make Dracula come off as a flaming homosexual! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> (Don't get me wrong here, I enjoyed his hamming it up in the tradition of early screen villains, it's just that I kept half expecting him to burst into song: <i>"I am too sexy for my cape, too sexyyyyyy..."</i>) <br /><br />As I said, it's full of nods to Universal's original groundbreaking genre films, the opening in particular. Quite "kewl." I liked the fact that they tried to make up for the way they historically portrayed Frankenstein's "monster" as a dumb brute and returned to his articulate roots in Mary Shelley's original novel.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Kevin J. O'Connor plays pretty much his EXACT SAME ROLE from <i>The Mummy</i>, with some addtional Igor makeup. But it's not like he was a major character, so...<br /><br />I liked this film's Mr. Hyde better than that of <i>The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</i>. A little more in keeping with Robert Louis Stevenson's description of him. But I suppose it depends on whether you want to associate him with <i>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</i> or <i>The Murders In The Rue Morgue</i>. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> <br /><br />Van Helsing as the Left Hand of God, eh? Intriguing. I thought Jackman did all right in the role, adjusted for more of an action-hero type persona, I also noticed that he looks quite a bit like Peter Cushing. (Cushing played Dr. Van Helsing in a number of Hammer films in the 60s.) BTW, I thought the character's first name was supposed to be Abraham? Or was that never specified in the novel and merely an invention of <i>Bram Stoker's Dracula</i>?<br /><br />So, yeah. Perhaps not as good as <i>Hellboy</i>, and not a serious film by any stretch, but quite fun and entertaining. I'd see it again.<br /><br />-<b>MMoM</b> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br /><b>P.S.</b><br />Be sure to watch for Stephen Sommers' message at the end: "Special thanks to the Catholic Church and all the Gremlins and Oompa-Loompas for their cooperation in the making of this film..."<br /><br />...just kidding. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /><br /> <br /> <small>[ May 07, 2004, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: The Mighty Monkey of Mim ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Bond, James Bond</b> <br /><small>Member # 1127</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2004,4,8,3,23,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 08, 2004</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:23 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Abraham was Dr. Van Helsings name in the novel.<br /><br />Abraham is also "Bram" Stoker's real name as well as his fathers name. Bram is a shortened nickname for Abraham. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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