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Initial Thought: I had planned to see this a few years back because it looked quite interesting. I just never really had the time to go and watch it. Recently my parents had watched and loved it. They told me to watch it that night, but I still didn't. Now I am finally going to go ahead and quit procrastinating. Let's get the show on the road.
Characters/Acting: This has a pretty excellent cast of which I only initially remember Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston from the trailer. There is also some other quite recognizable names/faces like Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska, and John Hurt. Tilda Swinton is a strange cookie. There are times when she is very odd looking and other times when she is oddly attractive. This is one of those times where she is oddly attractive. I actually really enjoy everyone here and think the acting is just superb. They feel like a normal dysfunctional family that just so happen to be vampires. They are also you could say addicts in their own ways.
Story: It starts off interesting enough. We get the feel that this is definitely an artsy kind of film since our first shot is a rotating camera that gets closer to our two main characters in different homes. Not much is shown of these two characters other than Adam is very passionate about music it seems. We have so many vampire movies just like we do zombies yet someone always finds a way to make our next experience different from the last. I have to say there were things I hadn't seen before that were actually kind of interesting. There is stuff here that reminded me of Queen of the Damned with the fact that Adam is part of the music industry. Also I felt like the idea of peaceful vampires from Twilight or Little Vampires was looked at before making this as well. It's interesting that they put in a historical figure here that there is speculation about. I didn't know about it initially until I looked it up and found it out. I thought the ending was unique and really well done.
Directing: I haven't seen much of Jim Jarmusch's stuff except Ghost Dog which was just an okay film. He actually wrote this as well. It's a pretty interesting idea. It's hard to come up with new things in the vampire genre, but he succeeded. The vibe that this gives off is a very arthouse character driven vampire movie.
Final Thoughts: If you are looking for blood and chaos this isn't going to be the movie for you. This isn't what you would expect from a vampire film. It sort of treats the vampires like everyday people that just happen to need blood for survival and sustenance. This seemed like it could be in the realm of Anne Rice. Honestly though it didn't really grab my attention like I would have hoped. It's a decent drama and watchable, but I was hoping it would be more gripping. I say give it a try you may find yourself enjoying it or it may not be what you are looking for either.
