I am not sure what I have just seen.
Was it a Teenie movie?
Was it a Vampire movie?
What happened with this happy end? ^^ (hej that is no spoiler, it was pretty clear that it is a happy - end movie) ^^
What I can say it was definitely more a "Girlie" movie, than a movie for guys. So much make-up stuff, so much girlie talk, too much romance in the perspective of a girl. Even in the Twilight movies more action is going on; The movie was in some way confusing, because I did not know why the characters are reacting the way. Why the girls get into a fight on each other - because the reason why they did this, was not really logic.
So it was a little bit disappointing, because the first 15 minutes or something were good. But after that the movie got much more worse .-/
I did not wasted my time watching this movie, because in some way it was entertaining; but I am never gonna watch it again. Vampire Academy (or you could name it Vampire High School haha) gets 4 out of 10 trakt hearts because it was poorly written. In my opinion at least.
Review by SkyEnforcerBlockedParent2022-12-27T02:36:59Z
I liked this film. It sticks closely to the book, even having direct quotes from it. However, that's also one of the problems: it crams so many events in 90 minutes that if you haven't read the book, I'm not sure how you're supposed to follow everything. And it also does a weird non-narration of Rose talking alone whenever she's inside Lissa's head. In my opinion, they should have leaned into the book aspect and had Rose's thoughts narrated over some scenes. It would help with clarity in some moments, and context in others.
The introduction script could have been better. Not sure why they decided that adding (in relation to the book version) the knocking on walls in annoyance, or commenting the equivalent to 'Couldn't you just not be traumatized and dream of hot guys?' were worthy? It didn't represent well the caring and protective nature that Rose has over Lissa.
I read the book series. I liked them, I thought it was creative enough to earn a 3/5, but as YA book there was this persistent lack of depth. Actions didn't have consequences, and no characters besides Rose had agency in the story. This film made me cringe at the same exact moments, so I respect how well-transmitted the book was through this.