The important part is to know what you like. I never got around to Van Helsing, just didn't look up my alley. Did go to see Land of the Dead though, that was a mission having never seen a Romero zombie flick in a theater before, so I don't really have any room to claim other people like stupid movies.
I've never been into zombie flicks (I have seen the original NotLD, though). There have been only a few movies that I have absolutely, utterly despised (COOL WORLD being one--spent the rest of my night apologizing to my date for that one).