cool movie

Well I think it's admirable that you're the only person who likes this movie.

Or Gutierrez' work in general, for that matter.

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I will. And I'll probably like it too. Because I like Lucy Liu.


Anyway... No. Video games did not ruin the vampire movie genre. Crappy vampire movies did.


And Lucy, if you're reading this, I like you... a lot.

If you ever find yourself in Amsterdam, find me too.

I'm not quite vintage yet but I do smell funny sometimes...

To me, the film is okay for what it is: A drama with vampire and revenge genre elements. It's not grandiouse like most vampire films are, but there's something about it that make it stand apart than most vampire films (I don't know what that "something" is, but it is there. Plus, the film is produced by Robert Tapert, one of the main people behind "Evil Dead," and I'm sure he knew what that something was when he decided to produce it).

One of the things that is appealing to me about this film, at least from my point of view, is that it sort of has a graphic novel feel to it. It's dark and gritty that harkens mostly to the Film Noir genre. I can't remember who it was that said this, but this film is, as the person said, a "vampire noir" film. This film pretty much is true to that term, because it shows that there's nothing romantic about vampires. It's not campy as most vampire films. It's like the very distant cousin of typical vampire movies in style and feel, being the sister to several non-typical, non-campy vampire movies I've seen (to me, this is just as interesting as "Habit" and "Nadja", two seperate indepedent films that present a different visual to most contemporary vampire films).

Of course, many people have said that the film's premise "rips off" various sources (like "The Crow"), but if there is one thing I know is this: there have been PLENTY of vampire films where characters die and come back. Any rendering of "Dracula" is a good example. But what film, TV show, comic book or piece of lieterature in the post-modern era hasn't? The film's overall story and plot structure is rather simple and enjoyable in my opinion. It may not be action packed as "Underworld". It may not be campy as "Near Dark" or "The Lost Boys". It may not be off-the-wall bizare as "Habit" or "Nadja". But it holds its own for what it is.

Of course, this is just my opinion on it. I won't say this is the "greatest" vampire film of all time (seeing that anyone who knows vampire movies, the greatest will always be "Dracula" with Bela Lagosi), but it's not the worst one I've seen (and I've seen my fair share of them). I'll just say that, in my opinion, it's only an "interestingly good" vampire film.

But this one's eating my popcorn!

Gracias, muchas gracias.