A - kind of fun - mediocre (spoiler)

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2009)

This is not a movie for all the Kusturitsa and Antonioni fans out there. This is a movie made from a series of books written for girls up to 16 yrs old. And I emphasize the word "girls". The mentality of the male heroes have nothing to do with the way a male thinks but everything to do with the way a female would like them to think. Heroes, protectors, strong/silent types, ready to sacrifice themselves for the heroine and so on (what happens when in real life a girl finds a guy like this is another story but the word "looser" is involved). It's a typical romance with a twist of vampire to sell it easier to your average dreamer. I mean, we have a 109 yr old guy (vamp or not not important) who falls for a 17 yr old girl and he's not a ... teen lover. Just seriously in love, probably cause they have a lot in common and tons of subjects to discuss in the forever they want to live together. And not after her body either! I guess the script you can make from a story like this goes so far. And to follow pace with it, the director didn't dare to add depth to any of the characters, in case he ruined the recipe. A very well thought idea! Good, bad and the rest of them kind of thing.
Said the above, the movie was a mediocre as an action flick and also mediocre in the special effects department. I won't write about acting cause there isn't any. Still, it gives you 2 hours of watching the wolf boy taking his clothes off (man semi-naked: major good thing, plain wolf: bad computer graphics) and the vampire boy not been able to breath from the heavy make-up (lipstick rather too red for my taste, face too pasty - the rest of his siblings had it a lot better). Have to admit that my age been around 35, I laughed a lot, especially at the last scene. Thankfully it wasn't only me but the whole theater, so no guilt over that.
Now, about the girl of the movie. Well, she's 17 and she acts her age (give or take 2 yrs). Honestly, I didn't know that when you're 17, traveling to another country is so easy when you're an American. You just say to your father "be back in a day or two, don't have to know where I'm going, see you" and all is OK. Unfortunately, here in Europe, parents demand to know a little bit more about small things like that. Culture, culture ...
Bottom line: If you're up to (stretch) 20 yrs old girl, go and see it. It's rather fun and not badly paced. If you are older watch a re-run of True Blood. More twists in each episode that in the whole movie. And the vamps are much much better looking with less make-up and faces that don't look like they've been hit by a shovel face on. Even, I dare say with confidence, better actors.