Fever Pitch and Interview with a Vampire

Last night I finished two movies that I totally fell asleep in when I tried to watch them this past weekend.  First up, I watched Fever Pitch late Friday night.  It's a cute love story starring Drew Barrymore who falls in love with Jimmy Fallon from SNL but not his insane Red Sox fever.  And I mean Red Sox shower curtains, towels, trash cans, a Green Monster painted wall, and etc. The movie was fun mainly because it showed a lot of Boston in it (like the art gallery I work in) and our obsession with baseball yet it left a lot to desire.  Like a real love story, for one.  I dunno, but maybe I am just totally bitter and jaded which I think is untrue, but the love story needs to be real (and by that I mean believable) and this one was just some Hollywood fluff.  Supposedly the real Red Sox fans were pissed when the Sox won the World Series last year and the movie crew got to film on the field so there is a scene in the movie (which I am giving away) where Drew and Jimmy are celebrating on the field.

I also watched in festive spirit Interview with a Vampire starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise (before he went looney) and Antonio Banderas.  The movie could have been great but I feel like it took a little cheesy downward spiral toward the end. especially with the great Rolling Stones song played during the credits.  The sets, costumes, and overall story were definitely very good and I guess we can credit some of that to Anne Rice but I don't know, it just didn't scare or leave me feeling like "wow, that was a great movie."  Or that I believed in it.  I have never been a total horror fan but I am trying to catch up on some of the supposed "great Halloween, horror" movies that I was too scared to watch when I was 14. 

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Interview with a Vampire is not horror; instead its a kind of screwed up romance novel minus the sex. It’s her transition book from being a romance writer to a historical fiction writer. All of Ann Rice's books previous were romance and/or erotica. Let me know if you want some examples of real horror films to evaluate as such ;).

Most vampire novels these days are more historical fantasy than horror.

I was in a bookstore last night, and now she is apparently taking on Jesus Christ. WTF.

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