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A spy thinks 30 DAYS OF NIGHT is 30 days of torture...

First by listen2cky	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:39:00 PM
finally
Say it aint so... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:40:21 PM
had a bad feeling about this one.
If it was called '300 Days of Night'... by Pennsy	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:42:20 PM
The lead character could say "THIS...IS...BAR-ROW!"
I had a feeling about this... by NoPIX	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:44:45 PM
All I could think about after reading the premise, and of course the title, was being trapped in a cold, dark, isolated town for 30 fucking days. I thought it sounded epic, and yet, slowly realized no studio would like that because they just want it to keep on rolling as fast is it can. It's a shame if this is indeed the film's detriment.
shitty comic, shitty movie! by ironic_name	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:49:01 PM

What movie did this guy see??? by Kasch	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:49:01 PM
Is this guy French? I've never disagreed with a review so much in my life. Every point he makes against it worked brilliantly in the film. The structure and tension were all done masterfully. "Cheap" sets? CGI snow? WTF? Even the shutter speed was far less subdued than in Hard Candy. The fact that the survivors never stood a chance was what MADE the vampires scary... They couldn't be fought off or reasoned with. It's the perfect "you're fucked" scenario. So far its the only good movie Raimi has ever produced...and I'd say its better than the graphic novel (which I adore).
also saw it... by triumverate	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:49:54 PM
skip it, it blows.
oh dear... by dalbatron	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:50:16 PM
3'0 days of night' seems to have turned into '100 minutes of shite' oops
ash's bad hand? by ironic_name	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:58:56 PM

Damn... by KillDozer	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:02:31 PM
I was looking forward to this one. Maybe I'll just stay home and watch The Thing again.
The comic suffered a lot of these problems by Jack Burton	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:12:01 PM
The passage of time is kind of irrelevant in the book too. The vamps are pretty much just there to go nuts for 30 days, there wasn't much ulterior motive beyond that. Basically the story was a violent and artistically striking update of the 80's Twilight Zone story about a town in Alaska that is overtaken by vampires during their winter. I don't remember what the episode was called, if anyone else does please let me know. I remember liking it quite a bit. But I thought this looked like a faithful adaptation of the comic, hopefully it is more intense than the reviewer said.
Not American? I bet if this were made by Alan Moore... by Mike_D	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:12:32 PM
he would have LOVED it.
killdozer? by ironic_name	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:22:54 PM
as in stuart immonen? cool!
Jack Burton by DKT	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:23:22 PM
100% agree with you. The comic had a cool look to it and a great set-up, but as a story it seemed kind of shallow and the climax felt pretty forced.
Damn by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:23:56 PM
Sounds like my expectations were a little too high for this one. I'm still hoping for the best, but a lot of what I wanted out of this film is not there, according to this review.
So it's by papabendi	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:52:42 PM
'Thirty Days of Shite'. You can quote me on the poster.
:( by T 1000 xp professional	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:25:35 PM
Damnit I want a good vampire movie...NOWW!!! i was really waiting for this one...i still have hope...he probably had a bad translator
(28 Out of) 30 Days of Hide and Seek by CloudCleaver	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:25:52 PM
So the vamps can't find the sheriff and company for "most of the time"? That's not quite the story I was expecting to see. Kind of anti-climactic. (Yeah, I haven't read the graphic novel.)
am I the only person that saw the twilight zone by van_line	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:14:31 PM
remake from the late 80s, one of the stories was about vampires in I think a russian town and the reason they lived their is because of no sunlight. i have never understood why noone has ever commented about the similarities in the 2 stories.
Van Line by Fartgod The IRSTard	Oct 4th, 2007 12:14:03 AM
because it is not a Twilight Zone, bozo. The story is ripped off massively from a Tales from the Crypt. Jesus what a fuckstick.
the comic was mediocre by Max Meanie	Oct 4th, 2007 12:36:39 AM
Did anybody actually read the comic? There's nothing "groundbreaking" about it. It looks like a rehash of a lot of '80's horror books with Sienkiewicz-type art and sub-par writing. It's an interesting premise but it's not executed very well. And the ending is a fan-boy's wet dream. =SPOILER= We're expected to believe that the hero can become a vampire & take everyone out when it's established earlier in the story that the older you are the more powerful a vampire you are. It's poor writing. No interest in seeing this film at all unless it improves upon the comic. And from the early review it sounds like it doesn't.
Sam Raimi had a hand in this by GenreBoy	Oct 4th, 2007 01:26:13 AM
.....But did the Vampires Dance?
doesn't the comic story line... by jub3i	Oct 4th, 2007 01:39:03 AM
take some weird fucking turns like taking a vampire into space?
i meant the sequels to the comic by jub3i	Oct 4th, 2007 01:39:57 AM
i've read some synopses.
What's up w/Josh Hartnet's always pained look? by Poloboy	Oct 4th, 2007 01:46:51 AM
This frickin' actor is a piece of shit! Yea, he was okay in Halloween H20, and maybe even Hollywood Homicide opposite Harrison Ford, but most of the time he just has no emotion on his face and just squints. He mumbles and always acts lackadaisical. He looks like he is constipated and trying to shit his pants. How the fuck does this dude get role after role after role? He better enjoy the ride because we will soon be seeing him on some shitty CW sitcom that will be cancelled after 6 airings.
It looked like shit from the beginning by Andy Warhol Jr	Oct 4th, 2007 01:51:34 AM
I have no idea why could anyone think it might be good.
Kasch by Andy Warhol Jr	Oct 4th, 2007 01:58:58 AM
FUCK YOU PLANT! P.S. Everything that Raimi touches becomes shit. And this, my friends, is Newton's fourth law.
Warhol by Kasch	Oct 4th, 2007 02:44:08 AM
Suck my taint, you cliched talkbacker douche. I remember I got called a plant when I praised 300 a year ago. It's funny to see people overreacting to this one review with mindless crap like "I knew it was shite" without even taking into the fact that Niles loved the film and David Slade has proven himself a great director. I'd love to hear Moriarity weigh in on this since he was at the same screening I was.
Good premise, but trailer looks lousy by The_Fredo	Oct 4th, 2007 03:13:41 AM
So this is no surprise. I'll wait for "The Mist" instead.
Harsh! by Heleno	Oct 4th, 2007 03:33:12 AM
It's got a few problems with the passage of time issue, yes, but it looks fantastic and the vampires are proper scary.
Mild Mannered Reporter here again... by SoupSpitter	Oct 4th, 2007 03:39:30 AM
Wow, I thought I'd get slaughtered for my thoughts on this one. Remember, this is just MY opinion - there was at least one guy at the screening who loved the movie. And since no one else answers the poor guy who keeps asking - you are referring to the excellent Twilight Zone episode "Red Snow" with George Dzundza. It's not set in Alaska, but in Siberia (from what I remember). As an aside: remember how cold "The Thing" FELT? The ice in Russel's beard, the semi-darkness? "30 days of night" just can't seem to get that right. And since someone brought up the ending - it comes pretty much out of left field, feels forced, and overly melodramatic. It also fails to answer numerous questions. Over and out.
It looks just as "studio bound" as the crappy trailer? by Nice Marmot	Oct 4th, 2007 07:13:18 AM
Shocking.
Raimi has 1 good movie by jivatmax	Oct 4th, 2007 08:02:36 AM
Evil Dead.
Raimi's trademark by cowboyone	Oct 4th, 2007 08:06:12 AM
Dumb "slap your forehead in disbelief" scenes. Spiderman 3, the Musical.
And it's "axe" not "ax" by cowboyone	Oct 4th, 2007 08:07:03 AM
Turn on spell check for chrissakes.
fu@# u by ryan74	Oct 4th, 2007 08:07:28 AM
The movie is awesome! don't trust him!
Meh, Mr Pendulum. Meh. by Just another useless chump with a microphone	Oct 4th, 2007 08:39:26 AM
The trailer looked kinda cool, so I bought the comic a while back. I was thoroughly unimpressed. Great idea and concept, generally horrible artwork (the vamps were kind of cool, but the rest was awful), lackluster story, and it felt like Ben Templesmith had no idea how to end it so he just pulled something out of his ass. I've read a number of Templesmith works now, and only one did anything for me. 30DON and Fell were both utter shite, but Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse was a work of sheer genius (the writing was...the art was still crap). As far as the movie goes...I'll see it. It looks mildly interesting, maybe a fun way to kill two hours. My girlfriend is really excited about it, and is borrowing the comic from me this week. Hell, it can't be worse than Resident Evil: Extinction (since when can you kill zombies by slitting their throat?)....
Comic sucked - why should the movie be any different? by Mosquito March	Oct 4th, 2007 09:31:47 AM
After all, we are talking about Steve Niles and his special brand of shit-hackery.
So now its Sam Raimi's turn to get by skimn	Oct 4th, 2007 12:21:02 PM
shit on? The guy gives us Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead's 1 and 2, Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spiderman's 1 and 2 (who could've done a better job bringing those stories to screen?). Sure, Ghost House has produced some stink...Boogeyman? Grudge 2? ...and so has Dark Castle, but just the same, lay off Raimi.
Is English really your second language? by GrandMuffTarkin	Oct 4th, 2007 04:25:12 PM
Or were you just saying that so that you didn't get ripped on any grammar mistakes? Because, quite frankly, your English is fine.
Raimi has 1 good movie by barnaby jones	Oct 4th, 2007 06:14:37 PM
A Simple Plan.
Niles is a Hack by DannyOcean01	Oct 7th, 2007 09:56:57 AM
So why are we surprised if the film is bad. The real draw of the original source was Templesmith's fucked up art. Niles sold the pitch, not the actual finished work and if it wasn't for the art he'd have been in the shit as everything the reviewer states is true of the book. It's a shallow, big concept piece of fluff, and the fact they've whored the franchise over and over and over and over and over shows how little it all means.
Bruce Campbell/Mike Richardson interview by TheMostHorrible	Oct 24th, 2007 01:42:26 PM
This Saturday 10/27 at 7 pm pacific, a great interview with Bruce Campbell and Mike Richardson of Dark Horse comics airs on the radio variety show Live Wire, on Oregon Public Broadcasting. If you're local you know where to find it, but the rest of you can listen online at: http://tinyurl.com/ynwbmg (I feel like a tool using tiny url when the real address is www.opb.org much tinier than the tiny, but it seems like the thing to do.) Anyways, there's a link to listen live and it's totally worth a listen. Bruce and Mike talk a lot about "My Name is Bruce", Sam Raimi as an abusive stick wielding director, 30 Days of Night, Hellboy and more. Bruce even steps into some sketch comedy with Faces for Radio Theater and goes OFF on people who like to call him Ash. The musical guest is the band Loch Lomond.

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