30 Days of Night.
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30 Days of Night.
Me like. One of the best big dumb horror films in years. It falls apart if you think about the plot even for a second (aren't the days either side of the "Night" really short up there? Everyone acts as if they're completely safe once the sun comes up but really it would n't be up for long enough to do more than give them a brief resbite), but it makes you jump in all the right places and has a nice line in grusome gore. And it seems to be based on a IDW comic as well which I didn't know.
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Well there are (Well in Sweden I believe which is across the globe from Alaska) that in some places it is night for 30 days and then day for another 30. But either way they know that UV rays are lethal to the vamps so when day comes they either A. have all the vamps killed or B. Get the chance to finally run away. So all and all it isn't that much of a stretch....at least that is my take on it.
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Thought it was fairly decent. Made me jump twice, which is pretty much unheard of.
The showdown at the end looked like a My Chemical Romance video (I do not mean that in a good way), and the film completely fails to make it seem like it happens over 30 days. Putting a title card up saying "Day 18" and having them be exactly where we left them does not a convincing progression of time make.
Points for the ending. And for having Melissa George in it.
Not quite sure how Dalek missed it being based on an IDW series... unless he never visits their site... which is plausible.
It gets 3 shells out of 5. By no means rubbish, but by no means brilliant.
The showdown at the end looked like a My Chemical Romance video (I do not mean that in a good way), and the film completely fails to make it seem like it happens over 30 days. Putting a title card up saying "Day 18" and having them be exactly where we left them does not a convincing progression of time make.
Points for the ending. And for having Melissa George in it.
Not quite sure how Dalek missed it being based on an IDW series... unless he never visits their site... which is plausible.
It gets 3 shells out of 5. By no means rubbish, but by no means brilliant.
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Originally posted by Halfshell
Not quite sure how Dalek missed it being based on an IDW series... unless he never visits their site... which is plausible.
I only look at the Transformers stuff.
Yeah, but the first day would be so short the Vampires would only have to hide for a short time before emerging to kill the remaining humans before any help could arrive.So all and all it isn't that much of a stretch....at least that is my take on it.
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Originally posted by Halfshell
And considering the comic series is still going, I think we can work out if the other vamps survived...
Though according to the SFX review it's not a hugely faithful adaption (for starters the Vampires are wisecracking Americans in it, and the two leads are still together), so anything in the sequels may not apply to the film.
Oh, and how did GuyfromTomorowNeverDies surrvive that big explosion with only minimal burns?
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It's not massively faithful to the source, but the basics are there. Most significantly the ending.Originally posted by inflatable dalek
Though according to the SFX review it's not a hugely faithful adaption (for starters the Vampires are wisecracking Americans in it, and the two leads are still together), so anything in the sequels may not apply to the film.
Oh, and how did GuyfromTomorowNeverDies surrvive that big explosion with only minimal burns?
I have absolutely no idea. He made a massive kaboom right in front of his face. Two minutes later he lands on the other side of the explosion, seemingly completely okay. Had me utterly baffled.
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Originally posted by Halfshell
The showdown at the end looked like a My Chemical Romance video (I do not mean that in a good way), and the film completely fails to make it seem like it happens over 30 days. Putting a title card up saying "Day 18" and having them be exactly where we left them does not a convincing progression of time make.
Pretty much my impression. It had a good cast, but the script just wasn't there. The whole concept seems more like a vignette than a story.
I enjoyed it, but only a little. I could have easily spent my time doing something else and not have missed seeing it. What I am looking forward to, though, is I Am Legend. Best vampire story ever written in my opinion.
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Outrageous!
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He also uses facial hair.
At the same time as squinting? That boy is the new Lee Van Cleef!
Re: Outrageous!
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At the same time as squinting? That boy is the new Lee Van Cleef!
I heard they cast him in the prequel, The Okay, The Not So Bad, and the Moderately Unattractive.
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Here's my review (and sadly one of the last ones I'll ever write for the site, now that it's been sold and the new owners no longer desired my services).
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