Thursday, February 14, 2008
30 Days of Night (2007)
The Good:
I liked the secondary characters a great deal, they seemed to give the town life.
I enjoyed the "The Stranger" character a lot, sort of a combination between Renfield and Festus from Gunsmoke.
Certain aspects of the vampires were cool (their speed, their language, pack cohesion).
Cool concept, but that is more a commentary on the graphic novel than the film I think.
The Bad:
I disliked most of the main characters, they seemed to be bland and flat.
I would have liked for it to be a little more subtle... at least for a little longer than it was.
Wouldn't a week or more of constant even light snowfall cover up a bloody spot in the snow on the ground?
It wasn't really all that exciting or scary.
I prefer a more limited consistent POV than this film provided (it is not necessary in all films, but the continuity of his movie wasn't engaging enough to inconsistently jump around from person to person - even though it only did so seldomly).
Overall: The vampires themselves were the most interesting part of the film. Other than that, I prefer Lost Boys, or Near Dark, or Fright Night, or maybe even Blade.
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First off - This Graphic Novel was easily one of my favorite things to arise out of the past 10 years. I loved the concept (though I couldn't figure out how someone hadn't thought of it before - seemed almost too perfect) the art and the pacing of the writing was fantastic. The original novel, as well as the follow up and side series (Dark Days and Criminal Macabre) were all perfectly done.
That said - I was hesitant when I saw that they were making a movie from it. It made me breathe a bit easier when I saw that they had involved both Niles (author) and Templesmith (artist) in the project - but I'm still going into this with baited breath and hoping it won't destroy things for me too terribly much. I'll let you know after I see it.
Oh and Pope - I'm posting some reviews of my own. Check them out. I'm interested to see your opinion! :)
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