Movie Review & Recom: What We Do In The Shadows

Looking for a quirky, unpredictable, funny movie?  I highly recommend What we do in the shadows.  The characters are very well developed and each has its very distinctive backstory.  The pacing of the movie was also excellent and did not leave one bored.

In fact, I just watched Avengers Age of Ultron and this movie back to back and I enjoyed this more.  Given I've seen a lot of superhero movies so Avengers style movies were getting a little old to me and plotwise a dime a dozen.  For effects and action, Age of Ultron did not disappoint in that arena.  What We Do In The Shadows is a completely different movie though from Age of Ultron in every aspect so it's not fair to compare the two other than that I saw both and enjoyed this one more.

Short of spoiling everything, I can't think of too much to say about this movie other than how great this is.  It's refreshing, different and a take on a genre that has been overused for certain.

Now, if you're up for SPOILERS to get a taste of what this movie is about, read on...

Fair warning that this movie will be a lot more enjoyable for 3 types of people: those who somewhat enjoy vampire movies, enjoyed but are now sick of vampire movies or know the general vampire movie elements.  It's a hilarious take on vampires lifestyle in a mockumentary.  There was a few parts where it leaves the viewer wondering, ok, now what, where could they possibly go with this story and it's going to be the same thing I see in all vampire movies?  It did not disappoint, it introduces familiar elements of vampire stories in very unexpected ways and does this with humor no less.  It's been a really long time since I've seen a movie this original and I absolutely loved it!

Skip Beat 225 Review

This chapter was full of amazing parts.  I really loved the entire stalker exchange between Sebastian and Shou.  The look on Shou's face was certainly priceless.  But I think Sho's manager showing his "admiration" for Shou and empathizing with the "stalker" was probably the cherry on top for me.  Shou's response of disgust was just so funny I was laughing for awhile.

















The parts I didn't like was that Ren still didn't fess up that he's Corn.  I guess this is more because of the fact that the author wants Kyoko to really love Ren for Ren and not have an idealized vision of fairies clouding it.  It could also be so she can use this later as a plot device.  I might be dating myself here but if anyone else saw the TV series, Lois and Clark, The Adventures of Superman, that show had Lois being in love with Superman and then eventually falling in love with Clark only to find out inevitably that they are one and the same.  Of course then there's episodes devoted to her shock and the drama of being lied to this whole time, etc.  I can see this mirroring that a little.  I for one am ready for this whole Corn cover thing to just end so we can get to the juicy plots of the love triangle and the media finding out about the "dangerous siblings."  
But there were certainly some great highlights, I along with probably half the readers all melted when Ren said, "I just no matter what wanted to see you sooner."



I loved that unlike Shoujos out there Skip Beat has still managed to maintain a nice balance of the drama/plot development with the humor.  I loved Ren's comments about how maybe he should have been more concerned with the baldness warnings from Jelly.  That was so random it caught me off guard and was so funny.  I also loved the funny little Kyoko and Ren memories of eating rock hamburgers.  I can't wait for the next chapter and am so glad it'll be sooner than the 20th next month!  4th of July holiday will help make the days go even faster this month I hope.  I don't really care as much about the Kyoko vs. Kyoko's mom faceoff but am looking forward to seeing more of the love triangle plotline playout.