Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant TRAILER

[Matilda Rose]

YouTube Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJL2wP1GagI

Official (Teaser) Poster:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/08/vampireasstposter-(4).jpg

Not sure how I feel about this. Nothing will stop me seeing it, but that's only because I loved the books, despite the way they ended.

The timing could be better. A lot of people feel vampires are overexposed, what with Twilight, True Blood (I like this), Moonlight, Vampire Diaries, Blood: The Last Vampire, Underworld, 30 Days of Night (this film was not bad, either), and so on.

My hopes, they are low. After what's happened with Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events (which I liked, but just didn't continue) and even Stormbreaker to a lesser extent (in the sense of, it's not a story begging to be told on film). Anyway, these other things have dispirited me.

Shake 'N' Bake!

 

[High Roller]

I loved the books but this looks awful. Everything about it is wrong, and they seem to have ditched the reason why he actually becomes a vampire, which is essential later on.

 

[Dagger_SA]

I'm still hoping they just edited it to look like that. Wishing and hoping.

 

[no one is pErFeCt]

Underworld x 3
Against The Dark
30 Days of Night

pretty decent films - I am a vamp fan and some of the modern genre are good - 30 days was alarming and ATD was unpleasant stuff - but in a positive genre-challenging way.
Underworld is the classic Gothic style, well-made.

Van Helsing was fun - so there is room for sub-genres - the Classic Gothic, the horror/apocalyptic and the humorous (eg The Vampire Killers or VH).

 

[michelle.]

Thank God someone agrees with me on this!

I really enjoyed Van Helsing. Not just the once either, so it wasn't a fluke.

 

[MDwannabe]

Oh God. I love those books, followed them right from the first coming out. The film looks dreadful. I'm so disappointed, I've been hoping for a film to be made but the trailer is nothing like the books (and believe me, I'm open to changes but not a complete transformation of all the characters and the storyline!) and I'm just annoyed because they could have made a brilliant movie out of it.

I don't think I can bear to see it.

 

[Major Disaster]

We like VH too!

Re the movie, was that X factor's Diana Vickers on the stage, with her weird wavy hand?

 

[.:FrEe FrOm EvRythInG:.]

I too think this film looks awful. I read all the books when I was younger and really empathized with Darren as a character all the way through the series.

The film looks looks really.. kiddy. Wishful thinking on my part hoping it would be a little dark I think.

I'm sure it'll appeal to a younger audience though.