It's alright.

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2014)

I just saw this movie for the second time. I watched this when I was 13 but I couldn't remember a lot of it. That already says a lot. I enjoy it because I love vampire/werewolf themed movies, but I have to say that it didn't trigger that much. At the end of the movie I am thinking: Okay, this was nice. But not: Oh my God, this is so good I want more and I want to buy the DVD and stuff. I think the reason why it doesn't do that much to me is that I love different characters, I love personalities and I love to get stuck in the movie. Through this whole movie you don't get to know any character that well, except for Lucian who is, because he is the only one that shows some characteristics, my favorite character. Selene is a dull, non-smiling, grumpy girl and she falls in love with this lycan-vamp hybrid guy. I don't even know why, because the only time they spent together is running away from things and being suspicious of each other. There are about 5 characters that you get to know a little, the rest are just background people that only sit around or get killed. They could have done so much more with this!
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it enough to watch the other 3 parts, but I seriously hope that there are more characters with actual emotions and stories and personalities so I can get carried away with this movie. I watched this while checking Facebook every ten minutes and when I am really into a movie the rest of the world doesn't exists for me. I love the gloomy atmosphere and I love that it is a two-sided story: the enemy can be both vampire or lycan, so you get to pick which clan you love better. I like the action in it, but at the end of the movie I think it takes a little too long and I was really itching to stand up the last ten minutes.
So: it's nice to watch every now and then but I don't think that it's a master piece.