[missmacabre]

So I searched the sit and didn't find a thread about this movie yet.

I had been trying to watch it for about 3 weeks and I never got the chance. Yesterday I decided to take a break from studying for exams and watch it.

I was nothing but impressed. I loved the dreary atmosphere, and the setting really helped to set that up. There's nothing like winter to make me depressed. The characterization was so well done and it's such a great story.

One of the things I liked the most was that they didn't try to shock or scare the audience too much. Through out the film they basically told you what was going to happen and everything was really obvious but I think that worked to their advantage. This was a stark contrast to most modern movies where they just want to make the audience jump, instead of feel.

Another thing I really liked was the role reversal. Generally in a vampire movie the male is the vampire, and the woman the human. Just like in life men generally make the moves and are the stronger of the two, while the woman follows along, or needs saving in some way. The gender role switch here was really refreshing.

So what did you guys think?