Starring: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Mark Waters
Anyone that knows me, knows how much I love to read and the type of books I love to read as well. Since I was about 12, I have been fascinated by the mythos of the vampire and devoured every book and movie I could get my hands on and continue to do so now.
However, gone are the days of the classic Christopher Lee style Dracula, replaced by sulky teenage vampires who act like spoilt brats and seem to be able to hide among us mere mortals with ease. Oh how I miss Christopher Lee! To say that the cinema popularity of the vampire has exploded is probably an understatement. It has exploded, and then been devoured and vomited back up again.......graphic description I know, but that's how I feel about it.
I read the Twilight books before the movie came out and I did enjoy them and while I did like the movie, it wasn't amazing. I have also read a little series called Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and thoroughly enjoyed them as well and was very excited to hear that it would be turned into a movie. That was until I saw the casting and began to see the posters. This was marketed terribly and the main character is the worst piece of miscasting since Kevin Costner was cast as Robin Hood.
Rose and Lissa are best friends, but more than that, they are linked through a special bond, formed when Lissa used her powers to save Roses life after a car accident. On the run from their school for a year, the girls are found and dragged back to continue their lives at St Vladimirs, also known as Vampire Academy. Lissa is a Moroi, royal blooded vampires who often wield the power of Fire, Air or Water. Rose is a Dhampir, a blend of human and Moroi who are not vampires but are raised to be the guardians of the Moroi and Dimitri is a Dhampir who trains young guardians to protect Moroi from the Strigoi. What are Strigoi you may ask? Well Strigoi are the bad vampires who kill to eat and have no feelings or cares. With me so far? Ok, so Lissa ends up falling for a Moroi whose parents became Strigoi and were killed, but weird stuff starts to happen to Lissa leaving Rose and their friend Natalie trying to get to the bottom of it all. That's the basic premise of the first book.
After the shocking trailers for this, I was really skeptical about seeing it and skipped seeing it at the movies all together. This could have been a good movie if it weren't for the B-grade acting and the John Hughes wannabe feel to it. I did like the guy they cast as Dimitri so is meant to be tall, handsome, Russian and totally hot, but Rose they just didn't get right for me. She is way too petite in this movie and I always pictured her as a Lara Croft type character who could totally kick your arse with one look.
The locations were pretty good and while they have hinted at a second movie, I'm not sure it will get financial backing after being a massive flop at the box office.
So after all that, what would I rate it? Probably a 5 out of 10. It was better than I had expected, but by no means was it good, it was mediocre and severely lacking in a lot of areas. Give this one a miss entirely and maybe read the books instead.
However, gone are the days of the classic Christopher Lee style Dracula, replaced by sulky teenage vampires who act like spoilt brats and seem to be able to hide among us mere mortals with ease. Oh how I miss Christopher Lee! To say that the cinema popularity of the vampire has exploded is probably an understatement. It has exploded, and then been devoured and vomited back up again.......graphic description I know, but that's how I feel about it.
I read the Twilight books before the movie came out and I did enjoy them and while I did like the movie, it wasn't amazing. I have also read a little series called Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and thoroughly enjoyed them as well and was very excited to hear that it would be turned into a movie. That was until I saw the casting and began to see the posters. This was marketed terribly and the main character is the worst piece of miscasting since Kevin Costner was cast as Robin Hood.
Rose and Lissa are best friends, but more than that, they are linked through a special bond, formed when Lissa used her powers to save Roses life after a car accident. On the run from their school for a year, the girls are found and dragged back to continue their lives at St Vladimirs, also known as Vampire Academy. Lissa is a Moroi, royal blooded vampires who often wield the power of Fire, Air or Water. Rose is a Dhampir, a blend of human and Moroi who are not vampires but are raised to be the guardians of the Moroi and Dimitri is a Dhampir who trains young guardians to protect Moroi from the Strigoi. What are Strigoi you may ask? Well Strigoi are the bad vampires who kill to eat and have no feelings or cares. With me so far? Ok, so Lissa ends up falling for a Moroi whose parents became Strigoi and were killed, but weird stuff starts to happen to Lissa leaving Rose and their friend Natalie trying to get to the bottom of it all. That's the basic premise of the first book.
After the shocking trailers for this, I was really skeptical about seeing it and skipped seeing it at the movies all together. This could have been a good movie if it weren't for the B-grade acting and the John Hughes wannabe feel to it. I did like the guy they cast as Dimitri so is meant to be tall, handsome, Russian and totally hot, but Rose they just didn't get right for me. She is way too petite in this movie and I always pictured her as a Lara Croft type character who could totally kick your arse with one look.
The locations were pretty good and while they have hinted at a second movie, I'm not sure it will get financial backing after being a massive flop at the box office.
So after all that, what would I rate it? Probably a 5 out of 10. It was better than I had expected, but by no means was it good, it was mediocre and severely lacking in a lot of areas. Give this one a miss entirely and maybe read the books instead.
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Ok am off to read the book now x
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