I enjoy period pieces of that era, so in that respect, the first third or so of the movie was enjoyable. But then it just went off the rails, and I don’t mean with the vampire stuff. They turned the movie into some weird psychedelic pseudo-musical out of nowhere. After that, they halfway returned to the original purpose of the movie and pretended that they hadn’t just done all of that weird stuff.
With regards to the vampire stuff, they had a couple of semi-original ideas and a couple of genuinely creepy moments, but it seemed a little rushed - one of those movies where they can’t figure out how to end it so they just say, “Then the sun came out of nowhere and burned them all up. And everyone lived happily ever after.”
And the only white dudes in the movie are either vampires or KKK members.
It was very good artistry wise! But it had just enough of that Tarantino crassness (I know he’s beloved, but I never could get into his work) and nihilism to keep from being emotionally invested. Campiness overrode meaningfulness.
“one of those movies where they can’t figure out how to end it so they just say, “Then the sun came out of nowhere and burned them all up. And everyone lived happily ever after.”z”
usually, it’s seawater, but apparently that doesn’t work on vampires ...