For those who are anime fan, you might remember one called Blood: The Last Vampire.  That spawned an anime series called Blood+.   A couple years later,  studio heads bought rights to create a live action version of the anime movie of the same name.  Me being an pretty avid anime watcher, I wanted to see how this movie stacked up against it's cell shaded counterpart.

From what I recall, the movie and anime are pretty close to each other on most of the areas.  I don't remember the anime having the later parts of the movie though.  I'm not gonna bore about what the movie is about cause you can pretty much tell what its about from the movie title.  One thing for sure, the budget on this movie isn't very high compared to Hollywood standards.  If you've watched other asian flicks though, you'll be right at home.

For the most part, the cinematography was pretty good.  The only time it didn't look good was with the monster.  That really didn't look good to me at all.  The way the monster was attached to the scene looked like something from a direct to video fim.  The Onigen's (Is that how you spell) clothes were pretty cool.  How it moved around like it had a mind of its own.   As well as the scene it took place in.  The fight scenes was done pretty well.  Of course since it was some of the same people who did Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, wires were used to make the fight more intense.

If you want to find out more about the movie or anime check below.  The movie is already in limited theaters.

Official Site

Blood The Last Vampire (2000)

Blood+ Promo

There's a new movie coming out in the summer of 2010.  It's called Despicable Me.  From the looks of the it, will be another good looking animation.  This is the first movie to come from Illumination Entertainment.  They are a division of Universal.

Here is a little thing about the movie.  In a perfect neighborhood there is this house that sits on a dead lawn.  Unknowingly to th neighbors, underneath this house is a secret hideout.  There you'll find Gru.  A person who loves stealing items.  Not just any items, but big important ones.  Under this house he plans to do his biggest one yet.  He plans to take the moon.   There is a snag though.  He encounters three little girls who are orphans.  In their eyes they see a potential dad in him.  What will Gru do? Is the his greatest challenge not the moon, but children?

We'll have to wait to find.  Luckly, it's a year from now before the movie is released so another trailer or two will pop up.  Their website is up, but there isn't much in it.  It looks nice though like the movie.

www.despicable.me

HD Trailer: here