Somewhere in Near Dark is an inventive, dark and original vampire story. It's underneath an incessant and overpowering score, never letting up; much like the barrage of scenes that play out hurried and propelled by underdeveloped characters.
The movie feels incomplete. Like a dense screenplay with adequate pacing was cut down to appease a mainstream audience. "No one wants to see a nihilistic vampire film where we root for the villains for two-plus hours. Cut it down to a handful of cool scenes and keep it under 1:40:00." The relationship beats were established (family and romance) but I couldn't care less about those characters, nor did they have the depth or screen time to make me care.
And there are some fantastic scenes and takes on vampire mythology. The bar scene, in particular, stands alone as tremendous one act play in the middle of a muddy movie. That was kind of the highlight, I suppose.
The main protagonist could have been removed entirely, and the story could have been centered on the traveling vampires. Delve into their background, their own dynamics, etc. Play with the viewers' morality and make us identify with the "bad guy." I don't know, just develop a character or relationship fully.
I just want to watch that dude play the sax in the Lost Boys now.
The movie feels incomplete. Like a dense screenplay with adequate pacing was cut down to appease a mainstream audience. "No one wants to see a nihilistic vampire film where we root for the villains for two-plus hours. Cut it down to a handful of cool scenes and keep it under 1:40:00." The relationship beats were established (family and romance) but I couldn't care less about those characters, nor did they have the depth or screen time to make me care.
And there are some fantastic scenes and takes on vampire mythology. The bar scene, in particular, stands alone as tremendous one act play in the middle of a muddy movie. That was kind of the highlight, I suppose.
The main protagonist could have been removed entirely, and the story could have been centered on the traveling vampires. Delve into their background, their own dynamics, etc. Play with the viewers' morality and make us identify with the "bad guy." I don't know, just develop a character or relationship fully.
I just want to watch that dude play the sax in the Lost Boys now.