TerryL

I really hope that the production crew fired the boom operator for raiding Buttermaker's beer box. Nearly every scene has the boom mike visible in it and one scene even had part of the other equipment (camera lens/shadow box) visible for the entire scene. And if it's not bad enough to see the black mike hanging overhead like the sword of Damocles, they dropped the mike with the sheepskin on it into one scene, reminding me of someone holding Albert Einstein by his ankles over the scene. One close up scene of one of the kids had the mike just inches from his head...I would have been nervous, myself. And in reference to the filthy mouths of the kids (and realizing that not everyone has my sense of values) I personally think the parents of these little sailors should have been punished for child abuse, as well as the crew who made them talk that way. And someone please--get a sheep-shearer in here for Tanner's 'hair'...that was the worst wig I've EVER seen on a human.

Steve Martin acting like a slang-slinging homie? Yep....so what's the prob? Isn't any more offensive than millions of young white people using the same slang every day they live and breath. I thought this movie worked because it USED the stereotypes to prove that there IS no true stereotype. People act and react to their environment and to changes IN that environment. Although I agree with the previous poster regarding NO second in this series, it's not because it's such a poor film, it's because the story is best laid down at this point. All is well in the lives of the characters. This is just a fun little flick that should be taken at face value and not held up for great scrutiny. Not all films have hidden and deep meanings. Even Freud said sometimes a cigar is simply a cigar. Watch the movie, enjoy it, laugh at the silliness. Then go out and rent something deep...like what--Eight Mile? Please, a very LARGE break here....

Haven't you wannabe critics ever heard of suspension of disbelief? This is a movie, not real life. I've got the vague idea that this should have been a comic book, rather than a movie. As a movie, it's not bad...just cartoonish. Nothing wrong with that... . I would like to have had a better explanation about Van Helsing's past (and since when is Van Helsing Gabriel? It's always and forever been Abraham, and he's always been a doctor.) I got the feeling that someone had played the video game Gabriel Knight and liked the name. There was lots of humour in this movie and it really made it lots better than it would have had it all been played straight. A friend complained that Kate Beckinsdale's character was parading around in suede thigh high boots with knock-me-down heels. Well shoot....look at the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen....sort of a Doc Savage feel about it....mixing 1800's, 1900's and the future.... It's just a movie...enjoy it. And if you don't, get up and ask for your money back.