Not great. Just decent.

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2007)

A lot of people have been saying that this is, by far, the best vampire movie of the year. To some extent, that is true. Vampire movies have been rather few for the past couple of years so I do think that for the genre, this movie is a success.
First of all, let me just say that Vampires don't scare me. I find them more cool and amazing than scary. That being said, I was kind of happy that the vampires portrayed in this movie did not change my perception of them as being cool and amazing creatures (Well, it was altered a little but not too much). There were a lot of spectacular scenes that are worth remembering. But of course, with spectacular scenes comes a handful of annoying and unnecessary scenes as well.
Get this: why is it that whenever I watch a survival horror/thriller film, there's always this character that acts so stupid? I mean, when a group of people are put into a similar situation, would they really act that way? I do understand that that character was necessary so that the director could thrust in a good kill scene but heck! It's just annoying.
Several things I didn't like about the movie were the ending, the final scenes (what the main character did was like "WHAT THE HECK!?"), the way the vampires communicated (cool for some but gibberish for me) and the realism of the characters' conditions (when the movie says "Day 17", the characters don't seem to look like they've been on that hiding place for 17 days. You get what I mean?). And, oh yeah, the constant camera close-ups on Josh Hartnett's face (It's like they're trying to make him the next Brad Pitt-esquire superstar).
Anyway, these are but minor issues that can be easily disregarded. It's a horror/thriller/action flick. Better yet, it's a survival flick. So just enjoy. Be scared. Bring your friends, family and sweethearts. Disturbing scenes were obviously removed for the Cinema (Note to self: buy DVD). However, some scenes might still be really disturbing for some people. All in all, a very decent vampire movie. Not really the best of all time but still arguably the best of the year.