Post by static anonymity on Oct 30, 2005 17:57:11 GMT
Nightw*tch
Watched it with Phil, and it was so funny us both cringing and jumping and turning our heads away at the same points. (He's not a fan of horror at all, but chose this, thinking it wouldn't be too bad... erm...) I should point out there are a fair few stabby moments, which I think I faired quite well through, being one of those people who cannot even sit through a whole episode of Casualty without getting squeamish.
It's basically a battle between the forces of Dark (ie vampires) and Light, who had reached a truce centuries ago, and thus they're now policing eachother to ensure that both sides follow the rules of the truce. Cue lots of setting up in order to catch eachother out on both parts, then. This is also one film that doesn't have an immediately guessable ending. In fact, I think it's a rather good twist, despite the fact that the audience could see fragments of it being set up throughout the film, it's only once it's spelt out to you that it all fully clicks into place.
I did get a bit confused, but that was probably mostly because I kept nodding off to sleep (was v tired) and Phil had to keep poking me awake. This meant that, as it was a Russian film with English subtitles, if I was nodding off I couldn't even try to concentrate on what I was hearing as it was all in Russian, which I don't speak. The subtitles weren't an issue, though, and certainly didn't distract me from the film, so don't let that put you off going to see it.
It is a rather good film, and reminded me of Underworld (the good parts of it) and The Matrix, for some reason. The part near the beginning where the boy is lured by the vampires into an old building, and the Good Guy (can't rememebr his name) has to save him by locating the vampires by reflection (as they'd gone into a state called The Gloom) particularly stays with me.
Seriously, though, rather fab piece of cinema, there, and quashes the idea that the yanks are the only ones able to put together a class film, with dark, tense and thrilling elements to it.
Watched it with Phil, and it was so funny us both cringing and jumping and turning our heads away at the same points. (He's not a fan of horror at all, but chose this, thinking it wouldn't be too bad... erm...) I should point out there are a fair few stabby moments, which I think I faired quite well through, being one of those people who cannot even sit through a whole episode of Casualty without getting squeamish.
It's basically a battle between the forces of Dark (ie vampires) and Light, who had reached a truce centuries ago, and thus they're now policing eachother to ensure that both sides follow the rules of the truce. Cue lots of setting up in order to catch eachother out on both parts, then. This is also one film that doesn't have an immediately guessable ending. In fact, I think it's a rather good twist, despite the fact that the audience could see fragments of it being set up throughout the film, it's only once it's spelt out to you that it all fully clicks into place.
I did get a bit confused, but that was probably mostly because I kept nodding off to sleep (was v tired) and Phil had to keep poking me awake. This meant that, as it was a Russian film with English subtitles, if I was nodding off I couldn't even try to concentrate on what I was hearing as it was all in Russian, which I don't speak. The subtitles weren't an issue, though, and certainly didn't distract me from the film, so don't let that put you off going to see it.
It is a rather good film, and reminded me of Underworld (the good parts of it) and The Matrix, for some reason. The part near the beginning where the boy is lured by the vampires into an old building, and the Good Guy (can't rememebr his name) has to save him by locating the vampires by reflection (as they'd gone into a state called The Gloom) particularly stays with me.
Seriously, though, rather fab piece of cinema, there, and quashes the idea that the yanks are the only ones able to put together a class film, with dark, tense and thrilling elements to it.
