30 Days Of Night (2007)

 30 days of night
30 days of night

good movie

bad ending

could have been better May 14, 2008

 Good example of a vampire movie done WRONG!
What can I say this movie just plain Sucked!(no pun intended) I mean me and my girlfriend were both looking forward to seeing this garbage and were both upset that we missed it in theaters! And now that we've both had the great misfortune of seeing it I've got to say "What the f*** were they thinking! It wasn't bad enough that the vampires first start off by killing all the huskies(which being an animal lover was just too upsetting)to say nothing of the fact that I just don't have any clue why the vampires did that in the first place! But well you've heard of movies that are too predictable well not this one and let me tell you why because rather than take some time to actually build up some semblance of suspense so that you can both think about what might happen and be frightened by the vampires lurking in the dark what they did instead was just simply rush the vampires untimely and tactless attacks! The script dull the characters were dull and other than Josh Hartnett I have no clue who the h*** the rest of the actors are! I hate Josh Hartnett and only like his movie Wicker Park! His crying was fake and corny and let's face it with those stupid looking weepy eyes of his Josh always looks like he's crying! The acting was 3rd rate! And come on vampires that not only can be killed by bullets but murder pepole more than suck their blood is just too insulting and MYOPIC to a purist like me! And finally that ending with Josh Harnett's love interest kissing him one minute and then as the sun comes up coaxing his ashy head was corny/laughable creepy and just plain disturbing!(also it just looked like a rip off of the ending to Blade II) All in all this movie is not just an assault on horror movie fans but vampire movie fans as well! Avoid it like the plague it is at all costs! May 13, 2008

 Not to bad
I thought this movie was pretty good. Granted, there were a few things that just didn't make much sense to me and other areas seemed flawed. But, when I went to see this at the theater I was expecting blood, I was expecting action and I was expecting something totally different to your old fashion vampire movies. And it definitely delivered on that. If you are looking for something to watch while you curl up with your woman on a couch late at night and have her hiding her face in your arm while you are admiring the cool action and death scenes then check this out. May 9, 2008

 Creepy, Frightening, and Scary - Grade A Vampire Flick
I never heard of "30 Days of Night" until the movie was released. The concept of a remote Alaskan town under siege by vampires during the time when the sun doesn't show for 30 days struck me as fresh and interesting. The movie did not disappoint. Adding to the brilliance of the concept is that the vampires are portrayed as being anything but romantic creatures who woo their victims into submission. Romance, and religion, have been removed from the vampire equation, which adds to the appeal of the film's story. The vampires are coldly intelligent predators, whose idea of foreplay is to take someone's throat out. Danny Huston's portrayal of the leader of the vampire pack is amazing, proving you don't need pounds of prosthetics and hours of CG to provide a fright. Mr. Huston, and his scary band of vampires, deserve top billing.

Barrow, the hapless town targeted by the vampires, is cut off from the rest of world due to the weather, and the sabotage of the vampires' advance scout. Town residents are taken out in scenes of all out carnage. A memorable sequence is a continuous overhead shot that moves through one of the town's streets, showing the vampires dragging people from their homes, and the folks of Barrow trying to fight off the vampires. The scene slams home how the vampires use surprise to subdue and slaughter the town folks, dropping the already low human population of Barrow (the majority of the town's residents regularly leave the town during the month of darkness, unable to cope with not having any sunlight for so long) down to a few survivors trying to hide. After the initial blood bath, the movie moves into the suspense factor, as the remaining humans try to avoid the vampires until the sun rises again, and the vampires use their wiles to hunt down the remaining humans. Very scary. Take the movie's R rating seriously.

There are some holes in the plot - the biggest being the ending. I kept questioning what, exactly, the vampires were eating, as they left prodigious quantities of their victim's blood lying around, as well as their victims headless corpses. Still, I had such a good time viewing this movie, that I could suspend my questions and enjoy the movie. I am not usually a fan of horror films, but I am a fan of this horror film. May 9, 2008

 the most vampiric movie ever
I say that because their is no romance like anne rice or like other vampire movies trying to pass off being human. these do none of the above. May 5, 2008

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