Straight Edge Life

The ONLY thing that really bums me about about the Blade franchise is that they don’t play up any of the warm sexy renaissance character typically prescribed to vampire genre movies. They’ve hit on the goth, industrial modern aspects of it. And they do that bit pretty damn well. But for as much as I like the Blade series I’d love to see at least some sort of tip of the hat to some of the better aspects of past vampire flicks. Namely, the atmospheric flavor. What ever happened to the power of the vampire to seduce? What is a vampire without sex appeal and sexual power? Now forget the fact that Jessica Biel is insanely sexy. She definitely kicks the sexy factor up simply by breathing, walking and… you get the picture. But she’s not a vampire. And she’s not trying to be sexy or to use her sexiness to defeat, overwhelm, or direct the enemy (pick one), she actually tries to make it a non-issue.

Outside of the sadly sexless atmosphere I really liked this movie. I’m a big fan of Ryan Reynolds. Wesley Snipes is tight in his third role as Blade. Ever developing that bad ass attitude to a honed point. The plot is about as feasible as you can expect from a vamp flick and the dynamics between those two and Biel are good fun. The movie is quite funny at times. I don’t have many complaints. I’d see it again. And I’d recommend you see it. Whether or not you like vampire movies.