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30 Days Of Night (2007)
Topic Started: Nov 20 2014, 09:36 AM (708 Views)
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After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
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Rewatched this yesterday and I'd forgotten just how damn GOOD this is! Of course, I haven't read the graphic novels yet so I don't really have much to compare it to but for a vampire themed movie released in the 'Twilight era' (EWW) it was pretty bloody and action packed. I really liked some of the characters (pothead grandma, older woman that didn't have much to do, main couple, adorable little brother, 'Hagrid-esque' dude, and hootchie girl with two guys playing rock-paper-scissors over who gets to fuck her ftw!!). What sucks is that after a pretty insane first act, it slows down. Bigtime. For like 30 minutes. Hardly any bloodshed or action in that time. Sure, it gave us more time with some of these people (but we...still didn't find out ANYTHING about two of the female characters who were likeable but ultimately pointless which made it even more frustrating when
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). Oh well, small complaint. The third act was also great, even if one of the fights almost fell into the territory of 'total cheese.'
It was really well shot too; some scenes were downright GORGEOUS and really felt pretty cold. (shock) The vampires themselves were also pretty frightening with one of the more jolting ones being the little girl. IM DONE PLAYING WITH THIS ONE!

6.5/10 quality. 7-7.5/10 entertainment.
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I've been wanting to rewatch this for a while. I remember very little since the first time I watched this. And your review makes me want to watch this even more.
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You should give it another watch <3. Some people over rate it bigtime (sorry but it is not the most terrifying vampire film ever made) but for the most part I see it as underrated. Like I said though, I haven't read the novels yet so for all I know that hate could be warranted but on its own, it is good.
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Yeah I need to rewatch it too. I don't think I've seen it since it was first released. I did like it a lot though.
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I just wish they'd killed off a certain pair of characters instead of letting them survive randomly. That was the equivalent of letting
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survive Dawn Of The Dead (2004). It doesn't make sense. :P
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I need to rewatch it as well, but I think it was one of the better vampire movies.
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I really love the design of the vampires. The whole movie looks really amazing. The entire atmosphere is perfect.
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Agreed<3. There were some shots where the vampires looked genuinely disturbing. :x
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One of the best vampire movies in my opinion


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Read the comic, loved the movie.

Recently re-watched it and sadly, found it a little slow.

Still like it though.
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I'd love to read the comic someday.


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This is one of favourite ,not big fan of Vampires movies

But this the best one
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Nov 20 2014, 09:41 AM
What sucks is that after a pretty insane first act, it slows down. Bigtime. For like 30 minutes. Hardly any bloodshed or action in that time. Sure, it gave us more time with some of these people (but we...still didn't find out ANYTHING about two of the female characters who were likeable but ultimately pointless which made it even more frustrating when
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). Oh well, small complaint. The third act was also great, even if one of the fights almost fell into the territory of 'total cheese.'
Just rewatched this, and I agree with you about the second act. The issue IMO is that they went too fast early on, especially by having the big rampage occur at the end of the first act. By the 40-minute mark, the vampires have already taken over the town, so what follows for almost an hour is mostly the main characters sitting around doing very little, interspersed by only a few more memorable scenes. Agreed about the character development, too; save for the Olesons and Billy, most of the characters were very thinly-written.

That said, this is still a really good movie, and your overall rating is pretty much the same as mine. The first thirty minutes or so were nearly perfect, the ending was really fun, the whole cast was solid (especially Danny Huston as the head vampire; damn was he freaky), the visual design was outstanding, and it wasn't shy about the blood and gore. It was very much a "style over substance" movie, but given the strength of the style here, that was enough to put it over for me.

My full review is here.
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There's a movie tie in novel and I'm really tempted to buy it, lol.
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A novelization of a film adaptation of a graphic novel.

Vampireception.
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This one was quite an enjoyable and fun vampire effort.

Among the better qualities here is the long build-up to the vampires arriving, which is nicely handled through a slew of chilling scenes. The first attacks on the dog kennel and the houses on the outskirts of town, complete with the couple who are dragged under the houses, as well as worker attacks and the eerie howling in the distance are shoehorned nicely around the action of how they're slowly being overtaken all manage to come together in a setting up a fine based for the bigger, better action scenes here.

The best of these is the spectacular assault on the town where they relentlessly overwhelm the townspeople jumping around, ripping up bodies and generally destroying the town rather fun, which is made all the more fun by the overhead viewpoint showing the streets and snowbanks littered with blood and feeding on the bodies around here.

There's also quite a few other attacks in here, from a thrilling encounter on the streets where they overrun a car, the attacks of the station and all the fun of the later half which features the ambush in the general store, the encounter in the house and another big escape attempt through the streets using a giant machine-tractor tearing through their ranks in breaking up the bodies that makes for a great time here.

As well, the finale here makes for some really enjoyable times with the final battling in the building, the big rescue attempt to get the friends' free and then the over-the-top final battle amid the burning town with some nice visual action, a brutal brawl and a fine finale which makes for a great finish on a high note. Along with the film's gore and impressive overall look for the vampires, these manage to hold this one up compared to the few minor flaws here.

The biggest issue here is the film's inability to get the characters on the same page here in regards to what they're facing which leads them through a long stretch of time being defensive when it easily could've been going on the offensive to ward them off. The inability to grasp this concept makes for a lot of their actions suspect in terms of keeping their chances of staying alive down. Finally, the vampires themselves aren't all that scary. These here are the film's flaws.
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It's a good movie.
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