I found this movie to be quite good. Wasn't expecting much from it with some of the other reviews, but I was surprised. It was clever in its filming approach and different in its presentation and perspective. I enjoyed the "documentary" style approach immensely as it kept the characters alive - the ones that lived anyway. It also kept scenes that could have been over the top gory shaded and less intense. The dark soundtrack kept in step with the film as well. Same old story here (in a sense), but done in a completely different fashion. I enjoyed the characters though many reviewers called them, for lack of a better term, wanna-be vampires. Myself, I found their characterizations well done seeing that their fascination with the vampire world was similar to those who might attend Star Trek conventions in costume. If you have any doubts about this movie, I would say to give it a try.
Review of Vampire Diary
