disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2007)

The movie was not bad, but there is nothing to make me say it was cool. I would recommend it to some of my friends, but not any of them that like the classic type of film making. A lot of the story elements were not followed through on. I think the coolest thing was seeing NYC all broken down. Since that is the best thing about the movie then I would not call it a great movie. But it was entertaining. The action was OK and the special effects were not the best. The creature effects were not great. I think Will Smith did a decent job, but for the most part I do not see any range in him as an actor (I have not seen the Hurrican yet to be fair to him). The dog part was touching, but I think that is just because I love dogs so much. The end was pretty stupid and I was like why did it have to end that way. I do not know how the book ended, but I think there could have been a little less Hollywood ending. It seemed like the producers wanted a non-Hollywood ending, but it was still producers asking for a non-holiday ending. The coolest thing that the movie never touches upon is that the vampires get smarter and are learning. I like how they did not actually make them vampires, but just vampire like, but I think that is more of an element from the book. In the end it was pretty unsatisfying. I do not think I would watch it again, unless I have a bunch of friends that insist on it.