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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: 30 Days of Night |
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This is one movie I'm really looking forward to seeing this year. It's coming this fall and probably very close to Halloween and that should be a very appropriate release date. That's the time for horror movies and this movie should count as hard horror.
The movie I am talking about is the film adaptation of the very popular and critically-acclaimed horror graphic novel from writer Steve Niles. 30 Days of Night is straight-out horror featuring vampires the way they should be. They're not stylized vamps of Underworld or the angst-ridden, lace and velvet wearing androgynous undead made popular by Anne Rice. Steve Niles' vampires are monsters to their core while hiding behind the punk-gothic facade. These are the ultimate outsiders.
The plot of the story is pretty simple. Up near the Arctic Circle, the town of Barrow, Alaska experiences an event where the Earth's rotation causes for a month-long night to descend on the town. For the town's inhabitants it's a yearly routine, but this year a group has decided that 30 days of pitch-black night means a chance to feed their appetites on a town full of people who have forgotten the old stories and tales of things which go bump in the night.
the director chosen by Sam Raimi is a new and upcoming director who directed a movie last year I consider one of the ten best. David Slade's work on the thriller Hard Candy was excellent and his indie cred and style should lend for some tense sequences in 30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night teaser from IGN
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Ok, this movie just went up on my must-see Halloween season movie list. They really got the look of the comic book down from the skewed look of the vampires down to the down and dirty violence from the book. They look to have expanded on certain parts of the graphic novel but I don't mind it much. The exclusive scene really brings home one of the more disturbing scenes in the movie.
This one is both a red band extended trailer and a red band exclusive scene.
30 Days of Night red band extended trailer and exclusive scene _________________
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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I saw this trailer while going to see I Know Who Killed Me (It was a horrible movie, unfortunately). Though this movie looks pretty interesting, I'll probably see it when it comes out. _________________ Inspired by everything |
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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At first i was "eh" about the trailer, but the scene with the little girl was cool. Although I hate how every scary little kid says "Wanna play?" No, I don't, stop being so stereotypically 7. I loved when she attacked, and they jsu like..picked her up and owned her. _________________
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Another Vampire movie......at least this one looks interesting! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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This movie and the graphic novel it's adapted from is one reason why I would never live in Alaska or anywhere near the North Pole. Any night that lasts 30 days or more is not going to be a fun place to live in. _________________
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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my old roommate had the dead space arc so i had skimmed through those in between sandman issues. i'm excited for this movie, and it'll be awesome based entirely on the fact that josh hartnett is in it. _________________
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:49 am Post subject: |
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Well, just a couple more days and the movie comes out. Of all the horror movies coming out this year this one (with the exception of Romero's latest in Diary of the Dead) is one I'm really looking forward to. I still haven't seen if the multiplex near my house will have a midnight showing, but if it does then I shall watch this movie in the proper way and that's at midnight. I haven't decided whether I should walk to and from the theater (20 minute walk from my house) for that midnight showing. _________________
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:05 am Post subject: |
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I can't wait to see Josh Hartnett! |
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Go on Tull! Walk it, the exercise will do you good....plus maybe you can brush up on your survival skill along the way! :P |
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Well, running into something spooky would be the last thing I'd be worried about. Now getting jacked up and shot. Now that's something that could easily happen. Vampires over thugs? I'd take the vampires. _________________
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: |
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I'm also looking forward to seeing this movie. If I'm lucky, I will be able to convince some friends to go watch it with me when it comes out. I think the promise of ultra-violence should be enough to engage their interest. Sadly, I haven't seen most of the trailer and I only know broad aspects of the plot. Still, it looks original enough for a vampire movie to arouse my interest. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: |
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I've read the graphic novels so this is a new take on the vampire story. Not really much of a spoiler to give away since its the basic premise of the story and movie being pushed by the media ads and commercials. The plot pretty much has a group of vampires deciding what better place to hunt humans for food than a place where night time lasts 30 days or so due to it's geographical location being near the Arctic Circle. The story and movie is of the horror-siege variety. People inside and monsters outside trying to get them except this time around there's no place to hide from the monsters. _________________
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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I'll have to wait for the DVD as I can guarentee that our technically-two cinemas (three whole screens in total) won't be showing anything that is likely to cause nightmares. _________________
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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I saw the movie last night and I think it was exactly what I expected. A very entertaining vampire film. I like how they spin the usual vampire story with the Alaskan setting. I can imagine it being scary enough having 30 straight days of night, and throwing in vampires into the mix just made a perfect(if not, at least a very good and effective one) combination of setting and theme.
Just today I read about how there's other books for the 30 Days of Night franchise. I wonder if they'll bother with translating any of those to film if this one proves successful enough.
My only qualm with the movie is the lack of information on the Vampires, but I suppose that helped keep them being very evil and mysterious to the spectator. |
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