As much as I like Harrison Ford (and I do, I really do-lol), the gem in this movie (aside from the director;D) is Clancy Brown as The Preacher. He's a wonderful actor anyway, but he gives this part real weight and personality.
WHAT HAPPENED TO VAMPIRES?
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As much as I like Harrison Ford (and I do, I really do-lol), the gem in this movie (aside from the director;D) is Clancy Brown as The Preacher. He's a wonderful actor anyway, but he gives this part real weight and personality.
I'm not sure what happened to the Vampires, but some of the wannabes have been spotted hiding out in @Out of Order's Dickies for Hickies thread.....
I had skipped over it also, caught it on Cinemax or some cable channel, can't remember exactly which one. It was definitely decent. Let me know what you thought after you watch it.
It wasn't so much the sight of this kid floating, it was the sound of his nails scraping at the window that raised my hackles!!Oh that horrifying imageThis gave me nightmares when I was a kid.
"Rich Blokes Smoke Dokes."...okey-doke....
AGREED, though I'd PREFER to rent a ROLLER!
I've grown tired of vampires and walking deads. Walking Dead is a very popular show and filmed here in my home-town but I don't care for it, I've grown board with vamps and walking deads. They have been done to death. I want new monsters.
Just go to your local highschool, there's plenty there just waiting to snap.....
True . . .that's anywhere. Here's the thing . . .I love staying at home. It's my queendom.
Ayuh! Mine, too! I am Queen Of My Domain!
My favourite vampire was Christopher Lee in the old Hammer films. Sexy, but scary as hell at the same time.
Did you see Frank Langella's turn as Dracula- from back in the '80's? He was pretty darn sexy!
I agree with you that vampires are not the same now. And I agree that these are not real vampires, they are not scary any more... Personally, I like Twilight. Please, don't throw stones in me, okay? But I always say that Twilight is not about vampires, it's about love and for those people who want to believe that anything, even such a fairy-tale, can happen to an ordinary girl. Alright, I'm not talking Twilight here... I agree that before vampires were scary, I really like 'Salem's Lot (oh my, I was scared to death while reading it at the night time), I was scared when I listened to the audiobook Dracula... That is what vampires should be, that's right. By the way, I've heard that this year there will be a new movie about vampires, they predict it will make people forget about the Twilight Saga... Somehow, I guess vampires won't be scary there, either. I forgot the name of the movie...
There will also be another movie about vampires - Only Lovers Left Alive. I am really looking forward to it. I guess it must show us some real modern vampires. We'll see...
There will also be another movie about vampires - Only Lovers Left Alive. I am really looking forward to it. I guess it must show us some real modern vampires. We'll see...
I still like vampires, but the walking dead have never appealed to me. Just never. Fast, slow, smart, stupid. It didn't matter. I have seen a couple movies that were decent, and I read a book of zombie short stories that was really quite good. Every author had a different take on them. But overall, I avoid them because they bore me.
...I liked it as well...didn't go into it with high expectations, and therefor enjoyed two hours of campy escapism...I liked the way Favreau used classic Western tropes to carry a silly story. If you watch, most of the shots could have come from a John Ford western (aside from the lens flares--what the heck is it with those lately? They're annoying as hell). Classic characters (The Mysterious Gunslinger, The Preacher, The Hard ass Landowner, The Kid, The GreenHorn), classic set (the uber wide street was a sly nod to Sergio Leone's quirky towns in the Eastwood films). We have the Indian tropes (medicine man, tales around a fire, etc), too... but then he throws in this absurd twist with the aliens. It was clever to have the people react little differently to an alien invasion than classic westerns would to the Apaches raiding. Example: spaceships tear up the town, people are yanked right off the street and into the sky, and do the people collapse, fearful of the wrath of God, or Satan, or whoever? Are they fearful? Do they even really question what they saw? HECK NO! Ford empties his six shooter at them, then declares that they're gonna get their people back!
Westerns were a big part of my life, growing up, and this movie captured all the beauty of them, while tweaking the absurditites of the genre.
And I really, really liked giggling at the way Craig sat a horse
Sorry for the long answer OoO--I think this is a WAY misunderstood movie
As soon as the vampires and the walking dead declare war on one another, MY TIME WILL COME I TELL YOU!!!! DEATH TO ALL ZOMBIES!....wait a minute...technically vampires are walking dead also....grumble grumble...damn semantics, friggin walking dead vampires....better just kill all zombies AND vampires to play it safe....but I'm saving that douchie vampire with the sparkly hair for last, oh yes, he will garner special attention....
That's the one GNT. I liked the movie quite a bit, very dark, couldn't help thinking of Roland's blue eyes when looking at the main character, he has a 1000 yard stare to go along with the eyes. Good flick.