"Now what's wrong with a man wantin' a little fresh meat?"
As the Lost Girl, I obviously love vampire movies (along with fellow moviewebber friend, Vamp). So I thought I better get some reviews up for my favorite vampire flicks.
The movie starts right up, meaning it does not have an opening scene, followed by opening credits. It just gets right into the story, which I like, and keeps me interested from the get go. We see a "Stranger", played by Ben Foster (The Punisher) looking out toward the ocean, where there is a huge ship lurking. Although we can tell this is computer generated, the visual effect is still striking. You can almost feel the cold.
Josh Hartnett (Lucky Number Slevin) plays Sheriff Eben Oleson, in a small Alaskan town called Barrow. The town itself, population 563, is getting ready to bunker down and prepare for the annual 30 days of no sun. Out of 563 residents, only 152 opt to stay. The rest leave for the month. One of the remaining is Stella, a Fire Inspector (Melissa George; Turistas). She and Eben (Hartnett) play an estranged married couple. She gets in a minor car accident on the way to the airport and ends up stranded, much to her dismay.
Eben (Hartnett) finds things going amiss during the last hour of sun. He first finds a burning pile of cell phones, and later gets a call regarding injured huskys. He begins to worry. Little does he know that the town is about to be turned upside down by, guess what, vampires!
The way the writer set this story up separates it from other vampire movies. It's a perfect recipe for mayhem. We have 30 days of no sun and the vampires can roam free 24/7. Communication has been cut off, including computers and electricity, making it virtually impossible for the remaining residents to get help. Add to that white snow, red blood - lots of it, and violence.
This is not your traditional vampire movie, as in Interview with the Vampire or Queen of the Damned. The vampires have their own language, they look almost deformed with their eyes set far apart, and not only do they have fangs, but all their teeth are razor sharp. Still, it works.
Also included in the movie we get to follow the relationship between Eben and Stella, who of course, realize during the chaos that they truly love each other. Whether or not either of them make it out alive, well, you have to watch the movie and see!
The director, David Slade, I am not familiar with, but he did a fantastic job. The visuals were amazing. We believe the actors are outside. We believe they are cold, and their breath looks real, not digitally added in. Some of the aerial shots are breathtaking, and the camera angles during the fight scenes were quick and gritty, but not so much that you cannot tell what's going on. A perfect mix to make a nearly perfect film.
If you have yet to see this, I highly recommend that you give it a try. It is definitely worth a watch.
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and V2k I remeber a ceertian list that had that on it, not that it matters, at least you finally saw it
Oh, and they've got a TV show based from the Movie. I don't know when they're going to air it, or what channel it'll be on. But I know that they're making it if that helps. lolz.
Great review again, Lost Girl, and sorry this took so long!!!!!
I concur with good review, and I'm not sure but I think there speaking some form of Latveian, Romainian, or Latin, but I could be wrong, I really liked this adaptation of vampires, their less alluring and more beast like, plus it looks like a moving comic book, an excellent movie, can't wait for part two,
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"The Mist" is a great example. Though it was gutsy for the director to end that movie like that, the audience left the theater with "That sucked" in their mind. Shocking, but disappointing. Then they go and tell everyone that the film sucked. Same with this one.
I enjoyed the movie, but the ending was a killer for me. How would I have ended it? Well, if i type it on this comment, it'll spoil the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it.
Great review Lost Girl.
good review.