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15 years ago
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To be honest I've lost a lot of interest in vampires ever since the Twilight saga started becoming so goddamn popular. I like my vampires to, you know, kill things and sleep in coffins during the day, not emo-trip about some human girl and sparkle.
So anyway Kody and I were at our friends Kevin and Stacy's house yesterday and we started watching this vampire movie, Daybreakers. I knew it wasn't going to be like Twilight but to be honest I didn't have high expectations for it. I thought it was just going to be another pumped out vampire movie and even though I was expecting death/gore I wasn't that excited about it as vampires have been burnt out for me (no pun intended), thanks to Twilight. But let me tell you--this movie was PLEASANTLY refreshing/surprising.
The premise of the film is that vampires have taken over the world and humans are nearly extinct. The ones that remain are being harvested for their blood and obviously the supply is fleeting. The vampires who are not rich enough to afford buying blood start to get desperate and begin feeding off of themselves or other vampires, which poisons them and turns them into mindless demon-like creatures.
The main character is looking for a replacement for human blood as he is sympathetic to humans. His research is failing and as he is not drinking human blood he is becoming afflicted with the symptoms the other blood-deprived vampires are exhibiting. (Which begins with pointed elf-like ears.)
As he's driving home one night he runs into a small band of humans who are running from the police. He helps them by hiding them in his car until the police pass. As the humans are in his car, a woman looks over his things and figures out who he is and what he does.
So they randomly pop into his home one night and ask them for his help and he agrees.
He ends up meeting this one guy who used to be vampire but is now human. I won't give away how he became mortal again but the movie really picks up from there--everything after that point is non-stop action and there are lots of plot twists and surprises.
I'm no good at explaining movie plots but I don't think that the reviews given to this movie were fair. People obviously don't know quality when they see it. It's an excellent movie and I would even dare to say that it's now replaced my long time favorite of Interview with the Vampire as my favorite vampire movie. And here's a plus: it's not Twilight.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYiMygqlfo
In unrelated news, I have today off unexpectedly. :/ I really needed the money too...
So anyway Kody and I were at our friends Kevin and Stacy's house yesterday and we started watching this vampire movie, Daybreakers. I knew it wasn't going to be like Twilight but to be honest I didn't have high expectations for it. I thought it was just going to be another pumped out vampire movie and even though I was expecting death/gore I wasn't that excited about it as vampires have been burnt out for me (no pun intended), thanks to Twilight. But let me tell you--this movie was PLEASANTLY refreshing/surprising.
The premise of the film is that vampires have taken over the world and humans are nearly extinct. The ones that remain are being harvested for their blood and obviously the supply is fleeting. The vampires who are not rich enough to afford buying blood start to get desperate and begin feeding off of themselves or other vampires, which poisons them and turns them into mindless demon-like creatures.
The main character is looking for a replacement for human blood as he is sympathetic to humans. His research is failing and as he is not drinking human blood he is becoming afflicted with the symptoms the other blood-deprived vampires are exhibiting. (Which begins with pointed elf-like ears.)
As he's driving home one night he runs into a small band of humans who are running from the police. He helps them by hiding them in his car until the police pass. As the humans are in his car, a woman looks over his things and figures out who he is and what he does.
So they randomly pop into his home one night and ask them for his help and he agrees.
He ends up meeting this one guy who used to be vampire but is now human. I won't give away how he became mortal again but the movie really picks up from there--everything after that point is non-stop action and there are lots of plot twists and surprises.
I'm no good at explaining movie plots but I don't think that the reviews given to this movie were fair. People obviously don't know quality when they see it. It's an excellent movie and I would even dare to say that it's now replaced my long time favorite of Interview with the Vampire as my favorite vampire movie. And here's a plus: it's not Twilight.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYiMygqlfo
In unrelated news, I have today off unexpectedly. :/ I really needed the money too...
Though it does a bit remind me of i am legend in how it sounds. fyi...i love will smiths movies >>
I think I Am Legend is an excellent movie though. The book is also good, but vastly different from the film (for starters, the vamps are actually vamp-like, not zombie-like).
Also, I don't think I could read any of the Twilight books even if I halfway wanted to.