I finished watching "Daybreakers" today. It was a grim reminder of the limited scope that the MadEngine of Hollywood attributes to the public. I've seen more than a few people talking up the film online, and frankly they're off-base. This is the same bag of tricks that H-Town tries to foist off on people regularly, and we should stop falling for it.

The film doesn't respond to it's own potential, failing at each turn to be anything more inventive than another lament over the state of humanity. Or the lack thereof. I feel frustrated from a writer's perspective, and I can only assume those watching feel a quiet gnawing inside themselves, to which they can put no name, but I assure you there is one. It is the death of hope.

Hope that they will at some point come up with a story that actually plumbs the depths of humanity in a meaningful way, instead of resorting to the classic dodge of "Man is an animal". Well fuck, thanks for the update. It's lord of the flies all the way down. The ending is very War of the Worlds, in that there is no real resolution to the problems facing the characters; we are left with the not too subtle impression that it will sort out itself. And our heroes, in proper fashion, drive off into the rising Sun.

Bleh. I could think of no greater travesty for a vampire film. You see what I did there?

I finished watching "Daybreakers" today. It was a grim reminder of the limited scope that the MadEngine of Hollywood attributes to the public. I've seen more than a few people talking up the film online, and frankly they're off-base. This is the same bag of tricks that H-Town tries to foist off on people regularly, and we should stop falling for it.

The film doesn't respond to it's own potential, failing at each turn to be anything more inventive than another lament over the state of humanity. Or the lack thereof. I feel frustrated from a writer's perspective, and I can only assume those watching feel a quiet gnawing inside themselves, to which they can put no name, but I assure you there is one. It is the death of hope.

Hope that they will at some point come up with a story that actually plumbs the depths of humanity in a meaningful way, instead of resorting to the classic dodge of "Man is an animal". Well fuck, thanks for the update. It's lord of the flies all the way down. The ending is very War of the Worlds, in that there is no real resolution to the problems facing the characters; we are left with the not too subtle impression that it will sort out itself. And our heroes, in proper fashion, drive off into the rising Sun.

Bleh. I could think of no greater travesty for a vampire film. You see what I did there?