I think it's at Sinners is at it's best when it keeps the vampires on the q.t. When they start killing, they have to do that via cheezy special effects. Those take me out of the film, reminding me that this is a horror film. I think this film could be more than that--is more than that. It's about brothers, community, a failure of community, history, etc. That's why I think Let The Right One In (Swedish) is the best vampire film in the last 30 years. It's horror is second to it's story about relationships. The fact that the kids are the lonely weird kid is more important than the fact that Lili is a vampire. We don't even see her kill the bullies. It's artfully executed. More of that kind of art would have been welcome.
SINNERS is the finest vampire movie in at least 33 years
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Thinking about the movie some more, I do feel like it went off the rails after the music sequence. It's why I don't think it should have taken the record for nominations, but even in that second half of the movie there were things that were entertaining, and I liked the credit sequences. I actually thought the vampires were a little more on the corny side than the horror side, which is why I said I think the horror elements were a little overstated.
Even after the vampire sequence starts, the movie is still about the relationship between the characters and their cultural histories.
It was, and that was the part of the second half I enjoyed. Smoke struggling on what to do with his brother was still really emotional and gut wrenching.
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And gut wrenching too.
I just noticed the typo, but considering what happened at the end of the movie, that phrase might make a little sense.And gut wrenching too.
