Daybreakers!

More vampires? Really? Don’t get me wrong I am an avid fan of immortal blood thirsty monsters but does Hollywood really need anotherTwilght? Let’s hope not. However, I was pleasantly surprised upon watching Daybreakers last week at the Student Life Cinema (http://movies.fsu.edu/). They took a refreshing perspective on vampires by making them the dominant race. I appreciate the film’s original plot as well as the attention to details. Daybreakers uses specific details to enhance the plot which also touches on some social issues of today. To further the idea of the film, they came up with a number of great details that a vampire world would contain. For example, a few scenes showed advertisements for tooth whitening ads. Also, in scenes where a television would be turned on, the news would be discussing the growing problem of forest fires. These fires where a result of vampires going out in the sunlight and bursting into flames, and of course none of the other vampires could put the fires out. This attention to details allowed the film to further develop and enhanced the plot of the film. Also, these subtle details made the plot more believable for the audience. In addition to the originality and details, the film touched on some social issues of today, such as world hunger and a trigger happy military. For example, the third world is left in peril and destroyed when the food source begins to disappear, and they receive no help. This speaks to the audience about world hunger and the oppression of the third world countries. Also, when the vampire population begins to get out of hand, the military begins killing them off and murdering them in masses. This is symbolic of trigger happy governments as well as the global issue of genocide. Although these issues portrayed did not reach full potential, I still commend the effort. Overall, despite some weak dialogue and cheap affects, I thoroughly enjoyed the original plot and attention to details this movie provided to the audience, the scary scenes and occasional car chase didn’t hurt either.