Thanks for the extra input. I don't think I'll ever be able to convince myself to watch "Troy" on its own terms, but the breakdown of your reaction to it does make sense.
I was perhaps a bit touchy about "Van Helsing" because I want to like it, and I realised as I was posting my comment that reading it in the context of your "Troy" review, and other people's positive "Van Helsing" reviews, wasn't really fair. I'll have to come back to this after I've seen it.
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Date: 2004-05-18 10:54 pm (UTC)I was perhaps a bit touchy about "Van Helsing" because I want to like it, and I realised as I was posting my comment that reading it in the context of your "Troy" review, and other people's positive "Van Helsing" reviews, wasn't really fair. I'll have to come back to this after I've seen it.