Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:36 pm
This fucker has been getting hyped to hell. Roommate bought it, watched it last night.
For what could have descended into "Dawson's Creek" w\ vampires, it maintained respectability. That being said, it's a disappointing sort of respectability when you sit back & think about the various cool shyte that could've been done, but wasn't.
Anyhow, some high school chick falls for a dude who happens to be a vampire. His "dad" also happens to be the local doctor. As you can imagine, bad shit occurs when other vampires show up & start fucking w\ other people in the town.
This isn't straight up vampire lore. For starters, you'll note that sunlight doesn't affect these folk. Garlic, wooden stakes, holy water, fuck all that. Death apparently comes only from dismemberment & incineration. Secondly, this isn't a vampire flick, it's a chick flick (at best a date flick) dressed up w\ vampires. While there are some ass-whoopin' scenes of vampires flying thru the air like miniature airplanes, slamming into concrete walls & such, it's mostly a slow, slow, slow build to a rather boring conclusion. The part that's not boring is the aforementioned airplane-concrete wall shit.
If anyone wants to know what I mean by "disappointing sort of respectability," fire up a spoiler thread.
For what could have descended into "Dawson's Creek" w\ vampires, it maintained respectability. That being said, it's a disappointing sort of respectability when you sit back & think about the various cool shyte that could've been done, but wasn't.
Anyhow, some high school chick falls for a dude who happens to be a vampire. His "dad" also happens to be the local doctor. As you can imagine, bad shit occurs when other vampires show up & start fucking w\ other people in the town.
This isn't straight up vampire lore. For starters, you'll note that sunlight doesn't affect these folk. Garlic, wooden stakes, holy water, fuck all that. Death apparently comes only from dismemberment & incineration. Secondly, this isn't a vampire flick, it's a chick flick (at best a date flick) dressed up w\ vampires. While there are some ass-whoopin' scenes of vampires flying thru the air like miniature airplanes, slamming into concrete walls & such, it's mostly a slow, slow, slow build to a rather boring conclusion. The part that's not boring is the aforementioned airplane-concrete wall shit.
If anyone wants to know what I mean by "disappointing sort of respectability," fire up a spoiler thread.
