Better than the rest.

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2014)

I was doubting if I should name the title of this summary 'better than the rest'. Mostly because I have read lots of reviews about this movie and most of them say that Awakening is the worst of them all. And second, because those reviews mostly say that it doesn't feel like an Underworld movie, so I think that those people are more of a die-hard fan than I am. Don't get me wrong, I loved the previous Underworld movies. But I always thought that they lacked characters and emotions. I thought the movies were kinda black and white. So before everyone sends me death messages and hatred, please read my opinion and respect it.
The first movie was nice, but bald. You don't really get to know the protagonist, Selene. You only know she has a troubled past with parent issues and that's what made her a boring, monotone killing machine. This had been-there-done-that all over it, they could have done so much more. That she develops a romantic relationship with somebody she only spoke two words with is still a mystery to me. They could have build up the romance, or let something cool happen but no, just BAM! Here, let's do it and kiss and now we are lovers for life. Throughout all the movies I think it lacks character development. Not that there are a lot of characters, since all the characters Selene meets only have 5 minutes screen time or just stand in the background. Or they instantly disappear or die. In the third movie I see that this changes a little. There are more characters that actually have some depth and you, as a watcher, feel for them and really get sucked in the movie. In the first two I couldn't relate with anything and no, that's not because they are a different species and vampires and I don't understand them.
In this last movie you see a big difference: there are more people! People with feelings and stories and dreams and actually speak and interact! The first 20 minutes reminded me a bit of Daybreakers, just briefly, and I love that movie so it brought me right in the zone. It's a shame that so many people think the storyline is dull. I think it was a cool concept and they did enough with it to make it interesting. Selene actually says some emotional things that make you feel for her, something I didn't do in the past. I love how they show you things from the previous movies. I agree with people who say it's short. It has an open ending and I thought there was more but suddenly the credits came and I thought: "Oh." But it did make me wonder how it would go on and I do want to see the next movie. It still has the dark lycan VS vampire vibe, it still has bad-ass action and it still has enjoyable plot twists. And it has more characters (sorry, I really love more than one person in a movie) that you actually get to know.