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Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
Sorry, but NOT good
I'm a huge fan of the original Lost Boys. While this is better than the second one, it plays like it was written by an amateur.
There were some very memorable moments. I love the part when the vampires jumped out of the plane. Looked great. THIS should have been the beginning of the movie.
There were a few good actors, but most of the cast was terrible. When you have a few bad actors, it's very difficult to get engrossed in the story. The girl side-kick from the comic book store really stuck out and not in a good way.
The story pulled directly from the original. The twist at the end was almost exactly the same. The flash backs to the original movie made NO sense.
It felt like a few things were thrown in "just because". For example, the boob shot at the rave, novelist walking around in lingerie at the beginning, soooooo many shots of vampires bearing their teeth at the camera and the gums of the vampires were so fake. It was hard to concentrate on the story with the bad props.
Love the old music. Liked to see it incorporated.
In general, a huge let down again. Overall, a lot of things were overdone and this made the story difficult to focus on.
My bet is that this is the last of the Lost Boys series. These last two movies have stained the awesomeness of the original movie.
Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
Fire the writer
I love Lost Boys and I was hesitant to watch Lost Boys 2 after I'd read the reviews on IMDb, but I rented it anyways...
The cinematography was well done for a low budget film. The music was okay. The script was terrible.
This is a good movie to rent if you love Ed Wood films. The story is extremely weak, there is no climax, no clever twists. It is a shadow that slightly follows the original Lost Boys. Worse, the writer focused not on the story, but on sex and horror to make it interesting. I don't mind sex, horror, etc, but it needs to fit into the story. In this movie, the story is an afterthought.
After I finished watching the movie, I couldn't stop but wonder... who the heck signed off on this script? A movie costs a lot of money to make and I'm surprised that anyone threw money at this script. It's in insult to US, the folks who ultimately pay for fools to write movies for us.
It does not surprise me that Lost Boys 2 sold better than expected. All of the Lost Boys fans will watch it, regardless, due to curiosity. If the folks who funded this movie think for an instant we will watch another poorly constructed movie with the Lost Boys title on it, think again. Fire the writer.
Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
The best pilot ever, an okay followup
The pilot for this show was excellent. It felt like watching a good movie. I would say that it is the best pilot for a show that I've ever watched. The characters were well developed, I liked how they contrasted with one another, and the director did an excellent job making the Darlings look bigger than life.
I watched the second episode last night and I was disappointed. Juliette and her twin were so well defined in the pilot, and I was expecting a repeat performance. However, the original larger than life attitudes were absence. This was also true with most of the characters. The only character who hadn't changed that much was the priest. He was still incredibly ironic and in role.
My thoughts... I hope ABC takes a good look at the filming of the pilot and tries harder to capture the "bigness" of the family. Please don't let such a great show slip into a nighttime soap opera.
On a last note, I do wonder if the pilot was filmed last? Why else would the characters be so developed in the first show and not so developed in the second?