I haaaaaaaaaaaate the end of that movie. I hate all the endings of it. I hate the stupid howl, I hate the transformation back to a human and despite the fact that I understand the homage of having him, you know, almost fucking poor dead Kate, I find it *offensive*. And then the actual ending with the unbelieveably corny stupid lame dumb-ass faces in the sky, *agh*. Agh agh AGH. Such an incredibly, incredibly bad movie. And it could have been so *fun*.
I kind of suspect that the original script out there was not as bad as the end mess that hit the theatres. That happens a lot. The Catwoman film--which was also painfully bad--was rewritten about eight times, several of which were during filming. So what happens is there are a handful of moments in the movie where you can see what must have been elements of the original plot, and actually, it doesn't look *bad*. Certainly not in comparison to the train wreck that made it to the theatres. I think Van Helsing's got some of that too.
I just took a good look at your icon--is that from X-Men 3? I watched that yesterday. Not as big of a mess, but lacking, imho. Although I will say that watching Sir Ian McKellan running around in that Magneto costume is kinda special.
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Date: 2009-01-25 11:13 am (UTC)I kind of suspect that the original script out there was not as bad as the end mess that hit the theatres. That happens a lot. The Catwoman film--which was also painfully bad--was rewritten about eight times, several of which were during filming. So what happens is there are a handful of moments in the movie where you can see what must have been elements of the original plot, and actually, it doesn't look *bad*. Certainly not in comparison to the train wreck that made it to the theatres. I think Van Helsing's got some of that too.
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Date: 2009-01-25 01:13 pm (UTC)*g,d,r*
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