One of the best films i've seen in a long time!

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2007)

I read many reviews and several articles in horror magazines about this movie to know that it was probably gonna be good.The trailer looked intriguing and it was a very anticipated movie.For the 1st time in a really long time here is a movie that I have not heard a lot of negative thing about until I read the idiotic comments on here.Some of them were "I was amused by it", "vampires are supposed to be seductive",or "30 days of nothing"! Oh my God what is wrong with you haters? Who ever said vampires had to be seductive? I mean this isn't Dracula so stop comparing him with this completely different story.Whoever thought nothing happened in those 30 days obviously watched the wrong film because a lot happened ,and I did not find anything amusing about it. Surprisingly the majority of people who hated this film seem to be people from the UK. My advice to people that have not seen it is go see it for yourself and do not believe the horrible comments and insults.I think people just complain to complain.I found it very enjoyable and always appreciate a good horror film when I see one.I always go to a movie with an open mind and without expectations.But with this movie I expected a lot because of all the attention it got and the fact that for it's 1st(maybe 2nd) week here it was the number 1 movie at the box office. What I can say is that it exceeded my expectations and it was a good experience.I left the theater feeling very satisfied and thinking it was one of the best i've seen in years.It achieved everything they set out to do with it.It did manage to make vampires serious and scary again.This was a top notch horror with a very dark score and feel to it.It was realistic due to superb acting by the whole cast.Some of the actors I was seeing for the 1st time and hopefully not the last.Josh Hartnett did a brilliant job.There is not a dull moment in this movie and I enjoyed it from start to finish.It is the kind of movie where you can relate to the characters especially if you have ever lived in a smaller town or in a tight knit community.You actually cared about these characters and what happens to them because of how well they are portrayed.It had a very dark chilling atmosphere and a great location in New Zealand,and had awesome special effects,makeup and stunt work.This is hopefully how horror in the future will be more like although this will be hard to top. I have not heard of the comics or graphic novel's before seeing this movie but have found myself a fan of them now and want to purchase each of them.There is a lot more good stuff I could say about this movie but it sounds like by reading a lot of these comments they have already been said.This movie should be seen on the big screen for the ultimate experience.I give this movie a 10 out of 10.