Movie Review: Fright Night
Aug. 21st, 2011 12:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caitri*hops on couch* I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do, I really really do. I love Anton Yelchin and I REALLY love David Tennant and I love how Colin Farrel was sexy and squicky and terrifying by turns.
One of my many favorite things about this film, though, was how aptly it addresses the issue that always seems to come up when you watch horror films. "Y'know, if they had any sense they would...." ALL of the (main) characters are smart and do logical things throughout. In particular, the endgame is just so brilliant.
With a screenplay by Marty Noxon, the female characters were largely well done, but there were still some gender issues. Not once but twice does the murderous vampire get a pass from onlookers because "it looks like lady is havin' a good time." That said, I did have a bit of a problem with the mom and girlfriend falling into the "we'll do what he says" mindset pretty quickly.
Mostly, I kept thinking of how awesome this would be if Anton was Chekov and Amy was Sulu and Peter Vincent was Kirk, because I am a huge, huge, obsessed dork that way. So.
Anyhow. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! (And yes, there are multiple Twilight jokes and they are all funny.)
I do, I really really do. I love Anton Yelchin and I REALLY love David Tennant and I love how Colin Farrel was sexy and squicky and terrifying by turns.
One of my many favorite things about this film, though, was how aptly it addresses the issue that always seems to come up when you watch horror films. "Y'know, if they had any sense they would...." ALL of the (main) characters are smart and do logical things throughout. In particular, the endgame is just so brilliant.
With a screenplay by Marty Noxon, the female characters were largely well done, but there were still some gender issues. Not once but twice does the murderous vampire get a pass from onlookers because "it looks like lady is havin' a good time." That said, I did have a bit of a problem with the mom and girlfriend falling into the "we'll do what he says" mindset pretty quickly.
Mostly, I kept thinking of how awesome this would be if Anton was Chekov and Amy was Sulu and Peter Vincent was Kirk, because I am a huge, huge, obsessed dork that way. So.
Anyhow. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! (And yes, there are multiple Twilight jokes and they are all funny.)
