oldmanster wrote:
If you feel that strongly about The Mummy, I caution you against viewing Van Helsing.

... Reed

Yup. Which is why I have no intention of seeing Van Helsing. Having seen and abhorred THE MUMMY so much (and I also saw the first Mummy sequel, don't ask me why or how ... didn't like it), I've seen clips of VH which look worse, and even some fans who enjoyed THE MUMMY (like Taraco and Skelton) have said they felt VH went too far. I have a friend of similar feelings toward new CGI cartoon films as myself, who saw VH for free and told me all about it and that he hated every frame of it; he described Mr. Hyde as The Tazmanian Devil!  So while I feel one must actually see a film to judge, I think my pre-determined feelings  are going to be pretty spot-on for that one.