I was able to connect and enjoy this movie better than any of the previous works that we've observed in the last few weeks. It was such a good movie. The combining elements of using mythological stories from ages ago with vampiristic fantasy in an urban setting of Russian design turned into cinematic genius. I was picturing this epic as a combination between Blade Trinity and Elektra (but Night Watchers was of way higher quality than both of those movies combined). The main character was an antihero, for the first time in our series. He was a neutral character who attempted to kill in the name of good- otherwise known as trying to justify killing, or proving to himself that he is not a bad guy by killing bad guys.
I held the videogame scene in the back of my mind the entire film. I had a feeling that it would come up again. Glad to see I was right. Atop of that, the ending carried an interesting twist. It presented a realistic plot-twist to an otherwise over-the-top fantasy. Evil has a tendency of overpowering good, in the real world. Usually by the fault of the good guys or by how easy some find it to be evil. This is the last message I heard in the movie. A very powerful, almost saddening message. More movies need to carry the universal message, such as this one, instead of the nation-investing messages we've encountered all semester.
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Glad you enjoyed it. I can give you more info about the books on which they're based (and they're really written quite well). And the sequel, "Day Watch", was made with an even bigger budget (and hence even better special effects) without losing the essential edge and spirit of the first one.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that Night Watch is not my type of movie--but it really does seem to improve with repeated viewings.