It was different- but good

Rating: 8/10 (2 September 2005)

This movie surprised me. I first heard about it through a friend, but I never really went to see it in theaters. I finally saw it in July of 05 with a friend, and it was after I had read the novelization with Greg Cox.(which happens to be way more Goryier and it has way more plot)I thought the plot spanned to more than just Matrix/Romeo & Juliet W/ Vampires & werewolves. It had a bunch of subplots and sometimes they confused me. I thought that the best performances came from Kate Beckinsale as the Warrior Selene, Bill Nighy as the Head Honcho Vampire Viktor, and Michael Sheen as Lucian, the presumed Dead werewolf. Scott Speedman did an alright job as the human Michael, who get's caught up in the mess, but sometimes, he just looked like a wounded puppy. What really annoyed me the most was the way Shane Brolly(Kraven) who kept switching his accent from American to Irish. But other than that, the movie was pretty good. The cinematography was really cool, and the werewolves were pretty good for non CG. I would have liked more back story though, like what happened to Michael's Girlfriend, even though I had already seen it in the book. Oh well. That's what the extended version is for, right?