pleasantly surprised

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2005)

I was pleasantly surprised with this film as I am not a great fan of the first two Blade films nor am I particularly enthralled with stories about vampires or werewolves.
There have been a lot of comments made on the subplots, production style, characters, weapons, action scenes, new mythology created for werewolves and vampires, and of course how good Selene looks in a skintight costume, so I won't add to them. It's all very well covered.
I do, however, have a plot question. Why does Craven (too descriptive a name?) make a deal with Lucian (turns out to be a romantic and idealistic werewolf) even if he becomes the all- powerful leader of the vampires when Lucian will be creating a hybrid werewolf/vampire creature (Michael Corwin) that will be more powerful than the vampires? And because vampires will try to kill him on sight, Michael Corwin will have to destroy them all?
In the real world, Craven might have been better off killing Lucien when he was supposed to, assassinating the council (ok, he did do that) and then instead of awakening Viktor and Marcus with blood, maybe pouring milk (or whatever else they have an allergic reaction to) down their tubes. Voila, all hail Craven, king of the vampires! Maybe that would be too easy.
That being said, I still enjoyed this movie a lot and would actively seek out the sequel. Judging from the volume of comments, I think it will do very well.