This movie harkens back to a lot of vampire movies from the past, in fact it wears them on its sleeve. Therefore if you are a fan of 70s movies of a similar style or perhaps the more modern efforts of Only Lovers Left Alive and We Are the Night then there probably is a lot here for you, I'm not really a fan of any of those so I wasn't of this either.
It's a problem of indulgence, the film cares more about giving the viewer a vicarious feeling of power and desire above and beyond any type of interesting character work or cohesive story. Things just happen, and not in a 'well at least it's a true representation of everyday life' kind of way. There are lots of attractive people doing lots of seductive smouldering, and if that is all you want then you will probably love it.
Overall the movie isn't terrible, it just wasn't for me. At no point did it pull me in or get me interested in the world, they didn't even really go into that much about the lore despite seeming to have a whole social class of vampires with some vague organisational skills. Still if you don't care and just want to watch sexy vampires being sexy and the same tired "our vampirism is a curse/we are better than humans" dynamic, then knock yourself out.
It's a problem of indulgence, the film cares more about giving the viewer a vicarious feeling of power and desire above and beyond any type of interesting character work or cohesive story. Things just happen, and not in a 'well at least it's a true representation of everyday life' kind of way. There are lots of attractive people doing lots of seductive smouldering, and if that is all you want then you will probably love it.
Overall the movie isn't terrible, it just wasn't for me. At no point did it pull me in or get me interested in the world, they didn't even really go into that much about the lore despite seeming to have a whole social class of vampires with some vague organisational skills. Still if you don't care and just want to watch sexy vampires being sexy and the same tired "our vampirism is a curse/we are better than humans" dynamic, then knock yourself out.