BY MIKEY MIGO
I know this movie is from 2003, but I've never seen it. Correction: I have seen the first twenty minutes of it and couldn't bear to continue on with it. Years pass. I ignore the sequels and despite being a huge fan of vampire movies I had no desire to see ANY of it. All because of that first twenty minutes on that one specific day. I was again faced with watching this movie and finally gave in. I figured maybe I was tired, in a bad mood, or maybe the first twenty or so minutes just sorta suck. Well it turned out the first twenty minutes of the movie still in fact sucked, but I didn't let it suck the life out of me. I kept watching and it turned out to be a pretty enjoyable movie. For me Michael Sheen and Shane Brolly stole the show. Their evil, but with reason, characters were interesting and not as stereotypical as I was expecting at all. Beckinsale was impressive in her role. I always thought of her as too "proper" to have really any personality. I was very wrong. What won me over was Bill Nighy rocking the hell out of his role as one of the three elders. Seriously, if you've never given this movie a chance you should. It's like if they took the heart out of "Interview with a Vampire" and replaced it with the "cyber-goth" heart of "The Matrix". I love both of those movies so don't take that as an insult. It's the "The Matrix" in blue instead of green. It's "Interview with a Vampire" without the deeply rooted drama beneath the surface. I wouldn't put this on the same level as those, but I'm a lot more open to the sequels now. It's better than "Blade" story wise, but the action is a little too close to the Matrix style to call it "unique". I give the movie a solid B.
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