If you've ever met me, or read almost any of my blogs, you will know that I'm a HUGE movie buff. If you didn't know that, I just told you. Anyway, I watch a lot of movies, probably way to many of them, and I spend far too much time reading about them and their actors and directors on Internet Movie Database.
I went to see Daybreakers (2009) on January 8th (which is actually in 2010, I am aware of this, but the movie was completely done in 2009, so...yeah), the day it came out in theatres. Without giving too much away, the whole idea of the movie is that about 95% of the human race has been transformed into vampires by the year 2019, and at this time, there are literally military positions for vampires that are human hunters, so that the humans may be taken to various establishments in different countries to be farmed for their blood. However, blood supply is running low, and doctors are striving to find a blood substitute, but failing horribly. Let's just say that the tests they run with the earlier stages of the blood substitute quite literally blow up in their faces.
The main doctor on this team searching for the blood substitute is Ethan Hawke's character, Edward Dalton. Whether or not the name Edward is a horribly hilarious coincidence or not, the theatre started laughing when they learned that the main character was such. Dalton is very much opposed to the idea of drinking human blood and probably wants a solution to the blood deprivation problem more than anyone. Or rather, a cure, perhaps. Whichever, it needs to be done fast, because those vampires that are being starved of blood transform into what are called "subsiders", some sort of creature that looses all forms of logic and knowledge of anything around them. In fact, the best way I can think of how to describe them is a vampire...zombie. With wings and claws and the ability to walk on ceilings. But I digress.
After hiding a group of humans to help them escape from police, Dalton earns some of their trust, and they are willing to collaborate with him in ways so that what he desires may become true: there could in fact be a way to stop vampires from becoming subsiders, or stop vampires from being vampires all together.
But despite a solution, will the entire world want to stop?
As for the acting, it was good enough for me. Willem Dafoe was my personal favorite. He was definitely the comedic relief in the film.
Keep in mind, this movie is not for the weak stomached. There is a lot of blood and it looks pretty darn real most of the time. These folks knew how to make a vampire movie.
Also, it is rated R, and for good reasons: there is a good amount of language, intense action and violent fighting, and some very adult humor, so don't take grandma and the kids for a night on the town to see this.
Overall it was filled with blood, vampires, killing, loving, dying, heartache, and betrayal. So, naturally, it was pretty darn good.
On a completely different note, I put up a new and improved song on the Foundation of Fair Fortune MySpace (link over on the right).
I've already mentioned enough about music and films, so I think you can go without a song or film of the day.
Later days.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment