Super Stinker

Jen and I knew what we were in for when we made plans to go to the movies on Sunday (Several shirtless males - one quite buff in particular; werewolves in tennis shoes and sparkly vampires).

Wow. Lifetime movies never looked so good.

The biggest flaws are outlined below:

1. Negative chemistry: Zero between lead female and her boyfriend. Zero between lead female and "the other guy." I could've envisioned a stronger attraction between a girl and a telephone pole.

2. A lead actress incapable of making anyone feel anything. Her face hardly changed expression throughout the entire film.

In one scene she's lost the love of her life while in another she's accepting a birthday gift: expression change = NONE. Facial expression ranged between blank stare and blank stare while biting lower lip. If you've seen the Cake Eaters you might believe this actress is not completely without talent, but in this movie all I can say is what the eff?

3. The score is horrid. While in the original installment of this franchise the music was far more hip and fluent throughout the film, this movie played out like an after school special. Completely sappy background music (which didn't appear to tie in at all with any of the actual songs on the soundtrack) rendered most scenes soap opera-esque at best.

There were only two other people in the theater with us and they found the most horrifically ridiculous scenes just as hilarious as we did. (ie. the running through the woods which alone made the price of my ticket worth it; "Things could get really ugly.")

I can only hope these movies improve with the next two installments. Book #2 was my least favorite, so maybe there is still hope. The third was my favorite, so here's to hoping David Slade hasn't dashed my hopes for greatness.

And yes, I intentionally omitted all names and titles from this post. If you don't live under a rock, you know which movie I'm referring to anyway. WAIT FOR THE DVD.