Comments on: 30 Days Of Night http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/01/30-days-of-night/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rag http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/01/30-days-of-night/#comment-659 Rag Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:18:39 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=956#comment-659 Yup. It's John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars with wooly jumpers. Ok, it's higher budget, better(ish) scripted and has less aged cinematography. But nowhere near as enjoyable. Hell, it didn't have any flying (and unerringly accurate) circular saw blades. Ok, my view may be slightly biased by my love of reasonably low budget, slightly tacky films with scores played on an aged casio synth. In other words, anything by John Carpenter (how can you not love Prince of Darkness, even if it's just for Alice Cooper stabbing a guy with a bike). But even so... A for effort, D- for attainment. Yup. It’s John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars with wooly jumpers. Ok, it’s higher budget, better(ish) scripted and has less aged cinematography. But nowhere near as enjoyable. Hell, it didn’t have any flying (and unerringly accurate) circular saw blades.

Ok, my view may be slightly biased by my love of reasonably low budget, slightly tacky films with scores played on an aged casio synth. In other words, anything by John Carpenter (how can you not love Prince of Darkness, even if it’s just for Alice Cooper stabbing a guy with a bike). But even so… A for effort, D- for attainment.

]]> By: The Scullion http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/01/30-days-of-night/#comment-213 The Scullion Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:53:20 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=956#comment-213 This film had ONE good tracking shot, that panned over the village as the manic and completely insane vampires dragged people from their homes and ate them, blood spraying from their bodies onto the snow outside. It was stunning and horrific all in one. The rest of the film was utterly shit. I totally agree with your review. The vampires made no sense, their actions completely idiotic, and the Humans were utterly dull. Pointless waste of a decent idea. Case closed. This film had ONE good tracking shot, that panned over the village as the manic and completely insane vampires dragged people from their homes and ate them, blood spraying from their bodies onto the snow outside. It was stunning and horrific all in one.

The rest of the film was utterly shit.

I totally agree with your review. The vampires made no sense, their actions completely idiotic, and the Humans were utterly dull.

Pointless waste of a decent idea. Case closed.

]]> By: Aaron Gillott http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/01/30-days-of-night/#comment-212 Aaron Gillott Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:07:24 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=956#comment-212 I forgot to say that the film also follows that bloody irritating trend of thinking "shakycam + quick cuts + cranked-up music = SCARY!" By Beelzebub's balls, will someone *please* tell the current crop of genre filmmakers that it doesn't work and is distracting as hell, it's getting on my nerves whenever I see it churned out. I forgot to say that the film also follows that bloody irritating trend of thinking “shakycam + quick cuts + cranked-up music = SCARY!” By Beelzebub’s balls, will someone *please* tell the current crop of genre filmmakers that it doesn’t work and is distracting as hell, it’s getting on my nerves whenever I see it churned out.

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