The vampire myth really has been killed and thrown down the drain thanks to some shit called Twilight. Boris Karloff and Bram Stoker would be getting their stakes and garlic to head over to the houses of both Stephanie Meyer and the Director of Twilight in anger and outrage if they were still alive today. Finally, we have a film that is modern and portrays vampires the way vampires would be portrayed in today’s society. That fim is known only as Daybreakers.
The film is c entred around a Scientist named Edward Dalton. And no little girls, this guy does not sparkle in sun like that Edward Cullen thing. Edward meets with the board to discuss the problem the town is having with Vampires. The Vampires are farming humans for blood just like toons in WoW farm NPCs for resources and quest items. There are literally millions of them. There are Vampire gangs, Vampire homeless and even Vampire children. They are overrunning the population and the hman race is heading towards extinction. The board talk about how the physical and psychological deformities has caused the change from hman to Vampire. They try to come up with something to stop this serious problem. It seems that it is up to Edward to do that and save te world.
The film really does do justice to the vampire myth. Accurate, even if there is a fair bit of modernism but very very accurate. It shows that Vampies can’t stay out in the sun. If a Vampire is out in the sun then it will die. It will set on fire and burn to ash within seconds. On the other hand, Vampires do not sparkle. I repeat, they do not fucking sparkle. So yeah, this also shows the viscious side of Vampires and that the do not belong in society. Unlike Twilight; which has one of them mixing with a chick from a fucking high school.
The music of this film is very daunting. It adds to the feel and texture of darkness. Aside from a scream, there is no dialogue for the first 5 minutes. This a good way to set things off and remind people that Vampires are scary and should be feared like Zombies. It is also there make the film flow nicely without the dialogue. Without it, the film would be pretty boring. It is also nice to hear classical music unlike that modern day garbage that is thrown into films and needs to be licensed. This film had an original score to it. And that was a nice change.
In terms of video, it very detailed. Blood and fangs are noticeable and the effects help flesh out the plot. The dump of the twon scenery is good and adds that modern trashy lifestyle to it. Alot of people coud relete to that.
Overall, this film really does justice to Vampires, flows well and will keep people interested. Dracula would be very impressed. This makes Twilight look like a dogs vomit.
4 1/2 out of 5 rubber chickens
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I don’t think there’s any way vampires -should- be portrayed. What we think of and you allude to as the traditional vampire is vastly different from original beliefs. Fangs and sunlight are both pretty recent additions.
Sparkling is still dumb.
Vampires can’t cross water. That has always bothered me when it came to how they spread around the world. Karin does a good job about giving some for of explanation to why some myths of vampires exist. I like that they hate garlic because they have strong smelling.