Hi everyone!
I apologize for the late post, yesterday was a very busy day. However, I still made time to watch my daily movie.
Yesterday's movie was Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington. Once again, this was my first time watching this movie, and I am so disappointed that I went this long without seeing it. The perfect way to describe this movie is that it FUCKS.
Wesley Snipes, who plays Blade, is just so damn cool throughout the whole movie. Every time he enters a scene, he poses exactly how a vampire-killing vigilante should pose. While looking like an absolute badass, he is also pretty funny. I found myself laughing at a couple of one-liners throughout the movie.
What also made me love this movie was the way the hand-to-hand combat scenes were choreographed. It's a bit cheesy and dramatized, but the speed and combination of moves are so sick to watch. I wish that modern action movies had better hand-to-hand combat. I feel like every time I see a new action movie, it's 99% guns and 1% face punches. In this movie, it's 50% guns and 50% martial arts. The addition of sword combat makes it even better. What's cooler than two vampires having a sword fight with club music playing in the background?
One small criticism I have is the late-'90s CGI. I understand they had to work with what they had, but it felt like I was watching a cutscene in Doom 64. I loved the idea but didn't like the execution. When Blade kills the vampires, they disintegrate in a way that feels pretty lackluster. I feel like it would look so much better with either practical effects or more updated CGI.
I do have to mention something my boyfriend and I talked about while watching. He said that Blade reminded him of Batman, and I agree. But Blade is so much cooler than Batman. (I really hate Batman. He's so lame.) I love that Blade is fighting for a good cause and actually killing the bad guys instead of just throwing them into a prison they can escape from. I always love an antihero who doesn't have a problem with killing.
Overall, this was probably one of the coolest movies I have ever seen. If you love clubbing, sexy vampires, awesome fight scenes, and an awesome neo-gothic vibe, you will love this movie.
It’s an amazing coincidence that this was also one of my picks to watch during this Halloween month. I LOVE *Blade* it’s a movie from my childhood. And I have to admit, I actually like the cheesy visual effects? I don't know, the acting makes up for it. I always tell my boyfriend, since we watch movies together, that good acting will always make up for terrible visual effects, but great visual effects will never make up for terrible acting. I also miss movies like this, where the goal was simply to entertain the viewer with a fresh kind of story, rather than trying to make everything a massive, high-profile box-office blockbuster, you know?
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