Divisions and Precisions

Advice...

...for those planning to see Van Helsing:

Turn off your brain before entering the theatre. It's simple, and will likely ensure that you actually enjoy the good parts instead of giggling at the rest. It worked for me, at least. I turned off my brain, gave my hormones free rein (I'm considering making it a life goal to have Will Kemp's babies--no really), and sat back. And I had fun, even when it got bad--which it did, but fortunately it was bad on a level and in ways I find immensely enjoyable.

There were good aspects, though, not the least of which is David Wenham as the movie's answer to Q. Hard to believe that this is the same guy who made me weep copiously during Return of the King, cause he's a comic genius. I don't know if it was intentional, but his performance seemed inspired directly by Danny Kaye. He sounds like him, he moves like him--he even dresses as a jester at some point! The only thing he doesn't do is sing.

I'm resisting the urge to delve too deeply into the movie from a feminist perspective, partly because, as much as I'd like to take a closer look at how all of the women are portrayed (only superficially powerful), I have a strong feeling that too much thought would ruin the movie for me, and that would be sad, because I had a lot of fun.

I'm hoping Troy proves to be about on the same level, if not better.