WOO HOO!
Just back from the flick itself.
If you didn’t like Blade II, then go see a chick flick. Otherwise, grab a beer (I had 2-20oz Amber Bocks at 9% ACV each at Hopps) and sit back and enjoy a really killer thriller. No curve balls, no deep thought, just lots of vampire gore and Gladiator action. My GOD, cool movie (am I over doing it?).
Helps if you have some Blade indoctrination, but not necessary if you’re an astute movie watcher. Leaves PLENTY of room for BLADE IV.
GREAT time.
I personally was torn over one very, very important question.
Who was hotter? Jessica Biel or Ryan Reynolds?
My buddy went to the bathroom during the movie and completely missed the Jessica Biel naked in the shower scene. He was so mad when he got back and I told him all about it. 
My opinion:
Fight scenes and cinematography in general: Good, but not as good as Blade I.
Plot, acting and characters: Bad, but not as bad as Blade II.
Overall, reasonably good eye candy, and the rest didn’t make me want to claw my eyes out.
And it did get points for taking the “I am a badass because I walk in slow motion” concept to its logical extreme.
Best line in the movie- “You made a vampire pomeranian?!?”
You know, normally, I loves me some Parker Posey. Damn, she was was annoying in this flick- I just wanted her to die in every scene.
Ryan Reynolds made this movie.
I vote for (b). That guy bugs the hell out of me normally, and his character was annoying as hell and not all that funny IMO, but… damn. Y’all got the Jessica Biel in the shower scene; I got the guy bearded and shirtless chained up on the floor. Plus the guy kept on lowering his pants to show off his vampire tattoo. I kept thinking, “Wait a second – I thought this was a 100% hetero guy action movie, and all of a sudden I’m being targeted? Make up your mind, Hollywood!”
Anyway, the movie was surprisingly entertaining. Not good, by any stretch. But who was it in there who “got” it? I mean, there was a surprising number of actors in it with indie cred. Parker Posey (who just rocked), John Michael Higgins, Natasha Lyonne, Patton Oswalt (!) – how did all that happen?
My vote for favorite line: “Would all of you stop saying ‘dick’? You’re provoking my envy!” Is there anything Parker Posey can’t do? She looked like she was just having a ton of fun with that movie.
Anne Rice might be a pretentious bitch, but she made ambiguously oriented vampires fashionable. So you can blame her.
<-- loved the first 2 movies and most vampire/super hero movies in general
I thought Parker Posey was AWFUL in this movie (and I normally love her). She was just chewing up the scenery with her big old fangs. Ryan Reynolds was amazing, I’d go back to see Hannibal King - The Movie (I much prefer wise cracking heroes to the brooding, laconic type).
Jessica’s Biel’s character (who looked incredible) annoyed the heck out of me.
She’s supposed to be some kind of bad ass figher who purposely blasts loud music during fights? Just how did she hear guys sneaking up behind her? And what magical ability kept those ear buds in her ears?
Apple product placement - overly obnoxious (ipods and computers)
I thought it was a big, dumb, over the top, horrible violent, action movie with a few good one liners.
Which is to say I thought it was a damn fine movie .
Wesley Snipes was kickass as usual, and I agree, Ryan Renolds rocked. He even stole a few scenes from Blade. I was expecting to hate his guts. Jessica Beil on the other hand, should be never allowed on the set of an action movie ever again under strict threat of execution…well…unless the action movie calls for a shower scene with a hot chick. But still, I couldn’t take her seriously at all, and at times she was downright annoying.
The beggining cracked me up. Just when I thought that Blades and Whistlers “plan” (a little elaborate dontchuthink?) was the most gloriously ridiculous thing I’ve seen all month, after the killing is all over, one of the marked humans says “You’ve been set up!” :rolleyes: . Just how would you go about planning something like that?
It had some weak moments. The main villain didn’t have any killer scenes or lines, and the climax with blade and the Big Bad Vampire was lame. It looked like every word fight between two people with superpowers I’ve ever seen. It could have used some of the over the top baddass action the beggining dished out. And the rave/trance music got on my nerves at times.
But other than that, thoroughly enjoyable. Funny, action packed, and silly. And Wesley Snipes is Blade. Couldn’t ask for a better popcorn munching movie. I may even see it again…or The Incredibles for a third time.
I can’t believe I forgot about that! That was priceless. You’re going off to fight the King of All Vampires and avenge the deaths of the people you love. This is it. The battle that will determine the future of humanity. So what do you do? Fire up iTunes and make the perfect playlist for vampire huntin’, then download it to your iPod!
Brilliant.
I liked the first one. The 2nd one, I wanted to like, and I didn’t. I tried and I couldn’t get into it like the first.
Aw! What about: Mother Fucker? I like that! I’ve never seen Jessica Beil before (I don’t get out much), But I totally fell in love when she was kicking ass at the train station.
And THAT , my friends, is why we must ALWAYS preview. :smack:
MOD!!
I found this movie to be wretchedly bad. I can understand why some people liked it (it’s not, after all, Battlefield Earth bad), but I didn’t like it. At all.
Bad acting. Bad plot. Bad fights even.
It’s a two-hour long iPod commercial with bad dialogue.
I enjoyed it quite a bit.
“Well, this is awkward. pause Anybody got a cellphone?”
There has been some scuttlebutt of going forward with Nightstalkers sequels to the franchise… that’d be nice.
Count me in as loving it. Ryan Reynolds made the movie far better than Blade 2. And I like what they did with the Nighthawks. 
This is pretty much my opinion as well. The dialogue just fell out of the actors’ mouths and sat on the ground like turds.
Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey were the only watchable ones, and only because it seemed like they were the only ones having fun. Snipes phoned it in.