Author: broderic

Daybreakers is the dark side to vampirism. If all you Twilighter, fan girls only knew how painful being a vampire is, you’d not want to snuggle up to the next cutest one you saw.

Daybreakers imagines the world over come by vampires. They have become the human race, and what is left of the human race run from them in fear of becoming food. It is that food that has become scarce for the vampires. The world’s human population has dwindled and the blood supply nearly non-existent. The vampires try rationing; the only get 20% real human blood. They look for a substitute. If they don’t find it, they revert to Nosferatu. There may be a cure. Look to the sun, not for the shiny skin, but for the burn that may bring the undead back to life.

Ethan Hawke is the vampire scientist looking for the blood substitute. He harbors feelings for humans wishing that he wasn’t a vampire. Willem Defoe is a vampire who may hold the cure. Yet, the last days of vampires approaches fast and they may not be able to save vampires or humans.

With the world run by vampires, you would think that humans would like the day and fear the night. Nope. They do all their covert work under cover of the dark, because it’s harder to see them that way.

The ending will remind you of 28 Days Later.

Vampires are stupid. Yeah, but once your undead, you will wear snazzy clothing. And a fedora.

I really wish there were werewolves.

2 of 5 stars.

I've seen most of writer-director Nancy Myer's oevre including her holiday smash, It's Complicated http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230414/. Most of the time it was against my will as she, along with Nora Ephron, makes movies that are in no way to my taste. Yet, I enjoy watching them immensely. I love the remake to The Parent Trap. I laughed throughout Something's Gotta Give. I enjoyed my time in the theatre watching It's Complicated.The premise of It's Complicated is that Meryl Streep's character has an affair with her ex who is married to a young woman. She is also courted by her architect. Hijinks ensue.The first impression I had was this movie has those roles that are well written for women. Streep's character is well rounded. She's not the screachy ex-wife, but has enough contempt towards her ex even though they fall back into bed. She's not a caricature. Her motivations are many: vengence, remind her she's sexy, nostalgia. She's got it all and Streep plays the character with conviction expressing each motive in subtle ways.The only fault of the movie is that it plays the "will they or won't they" theme between the ex-es. Will they renew their relationship as husband and wife? It wasn't hard to tell where that plot thread was going so that Alec Baldwin's plea at the end seemed hollow and forced — like Myers couldn't write for a man. Always move forward never backward and spinning, spinning towards the future.The dude from the Office was a distraction as they should've used someone less famous. I thought he was going to do something, but ended up doing nothing.The real star is Streep. The real story revolves around her. She makes it all look so effortless. And why is she so old.3 of 5 stars.