Intro - chatper 11

Intro

I would like to be part reviewer and part critic. I would like to focus on realism.


Chapter 11 Questions

Underworld and Underworld: Evolution are great films. They illustrate a new twist on Vampires verses lycans(werewolves). They also show triumph through dedication and perspiration, though if you don't pay attention you may get lost in all the action.

Underworld explores the idea that vampires are bad, but lycans are even worse. The movies both show the transformations of the vampires and the lycans, but Evolution furthers the traditional concept and gives one ancient vampire wings and old non-evolved lycans the incapacity to change at will. Both movies also uses codes such as the characters names, to show the link between their personalities and good or evil. For example, Lucian, the leader of the lycans, is just another name for the devil and Michael, the human that turns into a hybrid, is the name of an angel. The films stay pretty close to others in it genre; they are dark and leave you feeling cold. This is defiantly one of the better films in the action/sci-fi genre.

Some may love these films and some may hate them, it all depends on some one's interest, the movies story line, and sometimes the lead characters. Both movies play on our fears of traditional vampire and lycan stories; vampires sucking human blood and menacing destructive werewolves. But in the end, the public asks for the fear. Underworld shows we have not lost our obsession with myths and shows that maybe our youth wishes it to be reality. There are many young people today who walk around with fake vampire teeth and yellow like dog contacts.