(while this doesn't necessarily have any spoilers, I always mark "spoiler" because the one time I didn't I got a warning)
While I enjoyed all of Kevin Smith's films, I never really cared for his first one "Clerks". I've watched it twice and my opinion of the film is the same; however, if I compare it to this one: I think now, it's actually quite good. I say this because this film is either a homage or complete ripoff of that film, except Kevin Smith didn't have vampires; and this may actually be more vulgar (not in the general sense.) Also, both films have philosophical tones to them, and while Clerks actually used a sound judgment of philosophy this film just masquerades such philosophy to further whatever goal was the intention of the film.
The settings are almost the same. Clerks was in a convenient store and this is in a video store. Remember Blockbuster? That but not as clean. Okay, so this film takes place in a car, in the street etc., as well but it's just as if being in a store because they constantlyy talk. They even speak like almost every character (up to 1998) in a Kevin Smith film. Sort of like watching a Woody Allen film where everyone sounds like Woody Allen. Perhaps that's where Kevin Smith got it from: at least in his earlier work.
The acting isn't bad, it just all sounds the same (see above, as to why.) Here's the basic idea: two slackers find out their co-worker is a vampire and there's another vampire trying to poison a hospital (I think) and it's about stopping that dude (the bad vampire) from doing it. Mayhem ensues with philosphy wrapped up in it (which basically goes nowhere.) That's it. Not much action, or gore, or humor, or vampires, really.
The girls on the poster: poster-bait (like click-bait but for film posters), no where in the film. And yes: I watched this film because of the poster. Certainly wasn't for the story.
While I enjoyed all of Kevin Smith's films, I never really cared for his first one "Clerks". I've watched it twice and my opinion of the film is the same; however, if I compare it to this one: I think now, it's actually quite good. I say this because this film is either a homage or complete ripoff of that film, except Kevin Smith didn't have vampires; and this may actually be more vulgar (not in the general sense.) Also, both films have philosophical tones to them, and while Clerks actually used a sound judgment of philosophy this film just masquerades such philosophy to further whatever goal was the intention of the film.
The settings are almost the same. Clerks was in a convenient store and this is in a video store. Remember Blockbuster? That but not as clean. Okay, so this film takes place in a car, in the street etc., as well but it's just as if being in a store because they constantlyy talk. They even speak like almost every character (up to 1998) in a Kevin Smith film. Sort of like watching a Woody Allen film where everyone sounds like Woody Allen. Perhaps that's where Kevin Smith got it from: at least in his earlier work.
The acting isn't bad, it just all sounds the same (see above, as to why.) Here's the basic idea: two slackers find out their co-worker is a vampire and there's another vampire trying to poison a hospital (I think) and it's about stopping that dude (the bad vampire) from doing it. Mayhem ensues with philosphy wrapped up in it (which basically goes nowhere.) That's it. Not much action, or gore, or humor, or vampires, really.
The girls on the poster: poster-bait (like click-bait but for film posters), no where in the film. And yes: I watched this film because of the poster. Certainly wasn't for the story.