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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Action/Comedy/Horror Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Starring:
Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Michele Abrams, Hilary Swank, Paris Vaughan, David Arquette, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Sasha Jenson, Stephen Root, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Mark DeCarlo Synopsis:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is your typical high school cheerleader - her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man (Donald Sutherland) informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel (luke Perry), Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King (Rutger Hauer), his sidekick, Lefty (Paul Reubens), and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley. Rating: PG-13  |
Dru
Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Movies Reviewed: 5
Movies Rated: 5
Location: Iceland
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Subject: (untitled) Rating:   (2.5/5) Posted: May 11, 2006
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Joss Whdeon based the series on his orginal script and not the one they used for the movie, so off course some things don't match. And I think the movie is really, really bad but entertaining.
I saw the movie first but like I said thought it was kinda bad. lol. Obviously I like the series more, hehe. Like someone I know said : "Joss Whdeon is my master." lmao. The guy's brilliant. Buffy, Angel, Firefly, etc.
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NightWalker
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Movies Reviewed: 7
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Location: Waukesha,Wisconsin
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Subject: (untitled) Rating: (4.5/5) Posted: March 27, 2006
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To be honest with you, I enjoyed the movie better than the series. There is more of the involvement of the books. If they had made the TV series according the orginal script with the movie it would have made more sence. Luke Perry really made me laugh is this one!
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Nutamu
Joined: 07 Feb 2004
Movies Reviewed: 6
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Location: Quebec, Canada
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Subject: (untitled) Rating: (4/5) Posted: September 10, 2005
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I think to fully appriciate this movie you have to completley disregard the series (and vise-versa). The only simularity between the movie and the show is the basic ideas...but each almost seem to be a completely different take on the basic ideas and so cannot be compared fairly. Both stand well on their own for their individual merits...for this movie it's a lighter comical side.
I loved this movie (and I loved the series on it's own as well) and the whole airhead verison Buffy along with the serious Merrick and the odd king/master vampire played by Rutger Hauer. I've seen vampire movies that have made me laugh (but mostly because they pull out every steriotype etc and basically suck) but this one wasn't in ridicule but actual enjoyment.
And even after the movie you can see lefty still kicking the wall beofre finally dying? I guess we never find out if he actually dyed lol. Paul Reubens was hilarious in this. My favorite line was When Lefty was saying he's a vampire and can do anything he wants. Buffy deadpans something to the effect of 'Ok then, clap'
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drackill
Joined: 14 Dec 2004
Movies Reviewed: 2
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Location: London - England
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Subject: (untitled) Rating: (4.5/5) Posted: September 9, 2005
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I give it a thumbs up, partially because it was so much better than the spin off seiries (Kirsty Swanson is Buffy) and partially because it was also full of cheese
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Zorga
Joined: 03 Apr 2004
Movies Reviewed: 5
Movies Rated: 5
Location: UK
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Subject: YEAH, BABY! Rating: (4.5/5) Posted: September 2, 2005
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I'm sorry. But this is the film that really did it for me. A combo of Buffy and Innocent Blood that spawned my novels.
There's not much point on waxing lyrical because most people think this is god-awful and certainly not a jot on the TV series. Whereas I think otherwise.
With tongue firmly planted in cheek I can sit back and allow ALL the silliness to come forth. Swanson plays the preppy cheer leader as she was meant to be; face full of make-up and head full of air. Sutherland plays it dead straight which comes over even more rediculous given the circumstance, and Hauer is, well, Hauer really; cool, calm and very menacing.
I think this was Reuben's first return to the screen after the 'incident' and he hams up his panto villain vamp BIG time.
Being a dutiful hater of 90210 I wanted to despise Perry but he fits in well as the school drop out who wants to be a hero but who is in well over his head.
I don't care what any of you think Swanson IS Buffy; Gellar isn't fit to polish her baton.
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