How could you screw up what was laid out for you?

Rating: 1/10 (11 November 2007)

30 Day's of Night sucked on so many levels, it's not even funny. Don't get me wrong, I loved the comics, but this movie was vile. Not in the good way either...
The story was horrid. Even though the man behind the comics, Steve Niles, wrote the screenplay it couldn't have been farther from the original story line. There must have been two scenes, TWO SCENES, that were the same between the comics and movies. Why? The comics were practically story boards to what should have been done! And the comics were good, that's why they sold well. They shouldn't have strayed so far from the source material...
The so called "Special Effects" were bad. Really, Really, Really, bad. The CGI was so painfully obvious that it hurt. 30 Day's of Night is like watching a hyper-violent "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". One scene in particular sticks out. Eben and his ex-girlfriend (Who should be his wife if it followed the f#%king comics!) are driving in their car, when a "Vampire" hops on the roof. The Animators were so lazy, that they didn't even give the vampire a face. It was just a shadow on their car. I've seen better animations in Pokemon.
The acting, I didn't really have much hope for this seeing as Josh Harnett was cast in the lead. But, I will say he did a pretty good job as Eben. However, everybody else was vile. Nobody showed any emotion in their voice, none. It was like the Director hired his closest friends to do the job.
Skip this movie at all costs. Maybe it's just because of my high expectations, but this movie ranks along with Uwe Boll's House of the Dead as one of the worst movies ever made. If you really, really, really, really, like vampires you might like it. Anyone else though, avoid like the plague.