Opinion: 'Daybreakers' fails to break out as unique vampire story
TJ TianQi Jin
Issue date: 1/28/10 Section: Viewpoints
Ever since the preview was released, I have been eager to watch this movie. Vampire stuff is definitely "in" this season. However, they say the more you expect, the more you are disappointed, and unfortunately, that applies to this movie.
The end of the world comes in this movie. Vampires have replaced human beings. They rule the world. The coffee shops are now blood shops. (They still drink coffee, but the main ingredient is human blood.) At least the vampires aren't hunting any more.
Ethan Hawk, the main character of the movie, is the head of a lab that is using modern technology to find a replacement for human blood, as the amount of it left in the world decreases every day. Finally, he discovers the cure. The cure is rather bizarre. I expected something really abnormal or something that surprises you. Nope. It did not happen like that.
The story is really abrupt and not very well-written. Plus, all the excitement that typically comes with vampire stories, such as blood, violent actions and sexual appeal, is not present in this movie. There's no major love-hate-love-death story line between major characters. If they are trying to be creative and make something new out of it, it was not successful at all.
This movie definitely should be picked up off the shelf at the Movie Gallery, because it's not quite worth 10 bucks of cinema experience. Plus, it would be a good time between friends to watch this movie at home and laugh all about it. That is definitely something you cannot get from watching it in the cinema.
The end of the world comes in this movie. Vampires have replaced human beings. They rule the world. The coffee shops are now blood shops. (They still drink coffee, but the main ingredient is human blood.) At least the vampires aren't hunting any more.
Ethan Hawk, the main character of the movie, is the head of a lab that is using modern technology to find a replacement for human blood, as the amount of it left in the world decreases every day. Finally, he discovers the cure. The cure is rather bizarre. I expected something really abnormal or something that surprises you. Nope. It did not happen like that.
The story is really abrupt and not very well-written. Plus, all the excitement that typically comes with vampire stories, such as blood, violent actions and sexual appeal, is not present in this movie. There's no major love-hate-love-death story line between major characters. If they are trying to be creative and make something new out of it, it was not successful at all.
This movie definitely should be picked up off the shelf at the Movie Gallery, because it's not quite worth 10 bucks of cinema experience. Plus, it would be a good time between friends to watch this movie at home and laugh all about it. That is definitely something you cannot get from watching it in the cinema.
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