But Fright Night seemed to have balanced everything out very nicely, and very much enjoyable I might add.
Anton Yelchin was a believable highschool student, unlike Taylor Lautner's downfall in Abduction. And he handled his role superbly. I'm becoming quite a fan of his.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse still reminded me of Kick-Ass but in the best way possible because he had another similar great turn in this supporting role even if it might have been type-cast for him. David Tennant provided humourous entertainment, and Imogen Poots and Toni Collette rounded up the cast nicely.
And I was completely surprised, as well as at myself for recognising Lisa Loeb playing Mintz-Plasse's mother, but only for one scene.
But what surprised the most was Colin Farrell's brilliant performance as a vampire. He kicked the Twilight chaps to shame! He was tough, magnetic and scary all at the same time.
And another huge asset to this movie was director Craig Gillespie who knew how to work the camera and set the mood. He knew how to build suspense and get the audience's adrenalin going (unlike Abduction again which I keep comparing to only because I just watched it yesterday. It just goes to show what works and what doesn't).
One thing missing though, was how all the happenings and destruction didn't seem to affect the rest of the community and everything was all too contained. Other than that, this was completely enjoyable and avoided the trite, useless scaring techniques.
No comments:
Post a Comment