Blade Trinity

[spudracer]

While not as exciting as the first two installments, Blade Trinity holds little to be expected. Directed by David S. Goyer, screenwriter for the first two films. Starring Wesley Snipes as Blade, Jessica Biel as Abigail Whistler, Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King, and Parker Posey as Danica Talos

Our story begins with a group unearthing a creature in Somaria, what the creature is is unknown to the audience. Thus begins the credit/first fight sequence of the film. With Snipes delivering the signature blows to his villians and making the world safer for us humans. Little does he know that the vampires have been plotting to set him up so that he is no longer a threat to them. Blade kills what he thinks to be a vampire and is now wanted by the FBI for murder. Blade gets captured, held for questioning, drained of his strength from drugs, and questioned more.

This leads us to the new additions to the vampire slayers, Abigail Whistler, played by Biel, and Hannibal King, played by Reynolds. Biel's character is a boring one, has a past, but the director felt not to share it with the audience. Reynolds' character is that he used to be a vampire was delivered a serum to make him human again and now hunts the undead. These two enter the FBI building, save Blade and make it out without a scratch.

Once back at their safehouse, they inform Blade of a plan to wipe out all vampires by delivering a virus into the live and well Dracula, played by Dominic Purcell.

You know what, I just got done watching the movie and I can't even bring myself to write a review on it.

While this movie was enjoyable with Reynolds' comic relief in every scene he was in, the rest of the cast seemed clueless as to why they were there. Clearly something that other Blade director's overlooked when dealing with Goyer's writing. If not for the shotty directing, this pile of kitty poo, could've been quite the icing on the cake for anyone following the Daywalker.

Long story short, if you were a fan of the first two and want to see this, go ahead, throw your money down, you'll get some laughs out of it.

If you're new to the Blade storyline, you might be a little confused, but you'll catch on quickly.

Final Grade C-

[r3port3r66]

Sounds too exhausting to watch and remember. DVD rental...

[Caitlyn]

Thanks Spud… I think I'll wait for the DVD too…

[SpoOkY]

Jrs already made a thread about the trailer for this movie, is it ok to make a new one to talk about the movie now that people are starting to see it, or is it better to stick with the original thread? mmm?

Haven't seen it, but I liked the trailer. :)

[Piledriver]

I'm a big vampire genre movie fan, and I've been waiting for this "trilogy capper" to come out for some time now, but from what your saying Spud, it sounds like a movie best viewed on dvd, if at all. I was a bit nervous about both Reynolds and Biel coming on board, but I figured even they couldn't screw this up. Spud, are the special effects any good, at least good enough to pay matinee prices, or should true Blade fans just skip out on the whole theater experience on this one all together? I was planning on going sometime this weekend, but maybe I'll spend that money on some Christmas presents instead... :confused:

[spudracer]

Jrs already made a thread about the trailer for this movie, is it ok to make a new one to talk about the movie now that people are starting to see it, or is it better to stick with the original thread? mmm?

The reason there are two different threads is because one is about the trailer and the other the movie. Note the threads are in two different locations. It's alright to have two threads on a movie as long as they're too different topics (i.e., Thread about the trailer, thread about the movie)

For Piledriver, the effects are pretty much the same, in some sequences it's obvious it's a visual, but for the most part, it's at least worthy of a matinee fee. It still holds a campiness to it, but for Blade's character, it's like the movie was written more for Biel and Reynolds' character's, you hardly see Blade in the movie and when you do, he has minimal lines.

[Piledriver]

For Piledriver, the effects are pretty much the same, in some sequences it's obvious it's a visual, but for the most part, it's at least worthy of a matinee fee. It still holds a campiness to it, but for Blade's character, it's like the movie was written more for Biel and Reynolds' character's, you hardly see Blade in the movie and when you do, he has minimal lines.
Ahhhhh....I see. Blade being the established character, the powers that be saw it fit to give Jessica and Ryan the most dialogue, because their characters are the weakest and probably need constant attention so the audience doesn't fall asleep between action sequences, am I right? I may see this flick myself sometime this weekend, and hopefully I won't feel like I threw $7.00 out the window... :suspicious:

[Blister]

I enjoyed Blade: Trinity, although not as good as Blade 2 or the original. The effects were good, although in some instances you could tell it was CG (dogs and glass).

The story was good although it could have been better. Some of the characters were only introduced to be killed later on which I thought was quite pointless. While Blade may not have been in it as much as people would have liked, it's still a good movie. The fighting sequences are great and deserve credit.

As with all reviews it's always a difference of opinion. So mine is above.

[The Sarge]

Hmmmm, im still undecided as to whether i like it or not. Will have to give it a second bash, see what happens.

[Godsend]

I watched it and it feels as if a bunch of kids made it. The movie was completely rushed and it had no back up story at all. Nothing was too confusing, and the villians didn't even seem powerful at all.

To be honest the first one just tore the rest of them away. This one was left in the dust. Sure it had its special affects and all, but everything was tremendously rushed.

[Movie-man]

First off I am a fan of the Blade series, and loved all three movies. Even though Blade trinity had more complex digital action then in the last two movies, Blade 2 was my favorite. The story line was a bit better, and it could have ended right there and I would have been happy.

With Blade Trinity there was more humor, and the fights were a little more then in the last movies, meaning they were a little more choreographed and looked cool. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is a fan of Blade.

[peanut87]

good movie worth watching but not as good as the 2nd one i think because it just doesnt have as much raw kickin ass action

[rjmcfc86]

Blade Trinity should be just classed as an ultra long Apple advertisment.

If you look to go the cinema to see films you know you are going to like, you best miss this one out if your not to keen on the whole vampire thing.

IMO, I thought Blade was better then both Blade Trinity and certainly a poor Blade II.

[blackashjester]

this movie was so ******* ridiculously horrible, i wanted to cry watching it... STOP USING YOUR ******* GUNS you have swords, and stabbing weapons, THOSE ARE COOL not shooting a ****in jumping vampire nearby, granted, gun slinger **** is sweet, but it got so old in this movie, i want to kill someone, this is an ACTION movie, and action is something that you do, RUN JUMP **** like that, take on a group of vampires, with a sword, THATS COOL, not shooting, and the story blew my ass all over the place, DRAGULA DIES!! wow... big deal, why cant, BLADE die, he needed it after this, actin ****in ghetto n ****, that was retarded, and all the corny **** they made jessica biel do, i could make a better action movie with my ball hairs, whoever choreographed that movie, is probably butt****ing the guy who wrote the story, and the both need to have there balls trampled on and then shot in the ****in brain... i am pissed, Versus had barely a ****ing story, and no money, and the actors were horrible, but it was sweet by the end, because the action was awesome. And most action movies, dont really need a story, thats for drama ****, and the ****ty comedy, go back to van wilder Reynolds, ****ty one-liners make me wanna kick yer ****. and ****ing, Triple H... a ****ing wrestler, the dude from grounded for life was cooler, it was over after the first one, three killed the whole name for "Blade", to top it off they shouldve made him a white tranny, who calls himself MARLA. Ive seen better pornos. I spit on this movie and everyone who participated in making it.

[Richard Hell]

this movie was so ******* ridiculously horrible, i wanted to cry watching it... STOP USING YOUR ******* GUNS you have swords, and stabbing weapons, THOSE ARE COOL not shooting a ****in jumping vampire nearby, granted, gun slinger **** is sweet, but it got so old in this movie, i want to kill someone, this is an ACTION movie, and action is something that you do, RUN JUMP **** like that, take on a group of vampires, with a sword, THATS COOL, not shooting, and the story blew my ass all over the place, DRAGULA DIES!! wow... big deal, why cant, BLADE die, he needed it after this, actin ****in ghetto n ****, that was retarded, and all the corny **** they made jessica biel do, i could make a better action movie with my ball hairs, whoever choreographed that movie, is probably butt****ing the guy who wrote the story, and the both need to have there balls trampled on and then shot in the ****in brain... i am pissed, Versus had barely a ****ing story, and no money, and the actors were horrible, but it was sweet by the end, because the action was awesome. And most action movies, dont really need a story, thats for drama ****, and the ****ty comedy, go back to van wilder Reynolds, ****ty one-liners make me wanna kick yer ****. and ****ing, Triple H... a ****ing wrestler, the dude from grounded for life was cooler, it was over after the first one, three killed the whole name for "Blade", to top it off they shouldve made him a white tranny, who calls himself MARLA. Ive seen better pornos. I spit on this movie and everyone who participated in making it.


If you are going to respond to a topic, then do it with clear senteces. Less curseing to. Especialy the N-exploited deleted comment.

[Richard Hell]

this movie was so ******* ridiculously horrible, i wanted to cry watching it... STOP USING YOUR ******* GUNS you have swords, and stabbing weapons, THOSE ARE COOL not shooting a ****in jumping vampire nearby, granted, gun slinger **** is sweet, but it got so old in this movie, i want to kill someone, this is an ACTION movie, and action is something that you do, RUN JUMP **** like that, take on a group of vampires, with a sword, THATS COOL, not shooting, and the story blew my ass all over the place, DRAGULA DIES!! wow... big deal, why cant, BLADE die, he needed it after this, actin ****in ghetto n ****, that was retarded, and all the corny **** they made jessica biel do, i could make a better action movie with my ball hairs, whoever choreographed that movie, is probably butt****ing the guy who wrote the story, and the both need to have there balls trampled on and then shot in the ****in brain... i am pissed, Versus had barely a ****ing story, and no money, and the actors were horrible, but it was sweet by the end, because the action was awesome. And most action movies, dont really need a story, thats for drama ****, and the ****ty comedy, go back to van wilder Reynolds, ****ty one-liners make me wanna kick yer ****. and ****ing, Triple H... a ****ing wrestler, the dude from grounded for life was cooler, it was over after the first one, three killed the whole name for "Blade", to top it off they shouldve made him a white tranny, who calls himself MARLA. Ive seen better pornos. I spit on this movie and everyone who participated in making it.


If you are going to respond to a topic, then do it with clear senteces. Less curseing to. Especialy the N-exploited deleted comment. :rolleyes:

[Blister]

Double post Frank. Im shocked, lol

[blackashjester]

ok, i didnt say the n- werd buddy, if you looked closer it shows 4 letters after 'ghetto n' not 5

[Richard Hell]

Double post Frank. Im shocked, lol

Yeah my internet sucks.

[Richard Hell]

ghetto "n" ****


The "N" or commonly known as the N-word, euphemism for "N-exploited deleted".

So your telling me that you just put ghetto n. If so why put the "n" at all. Im not stupid. Apart from the vulgar language you used its pretty immature. I have used curse words, but not like you have. :skeptical:

[blackashjester]

i put the n in as short for "and' regardless of my immaturity im not a racist

[Richard Hell]

Thats not the point.

[blackashjester]

what is the point, that blade 3 blows? then yes, my job is done

[blackashjester]

hahaha, and its not "exploited" its "EXPLETIVE" if your going to criticize me use the right words

[Movie-man]

Thats not the point.Why even give this person the time of day? It is apparent the he won’t last long in here anyway. Right?

[Blister]

Exactly Movie-Man. The Movie Forums are for civilised people who come to talk and discuss movies, not for people who think they own the place and think they can do anything without getting BANNED. But oh well, if he wants to play it that way then I'll give him another week tops.

[Pyro Tramp]

'Blade Trinity'.....OR 'Blade: Buy an iPod'
As movies go i thought it was OK, Reynolds wasnt as irritating as i anticipated although all his one-liners border cringe worthy. Whistler was sadly neglected i felt, especially after his role in Blade II, Biel, like said, was unecessary and boring and i agree there were a lot of characters solely there to be killed. These characters bordered on development, so there is a loss felt, shortly followed by not caring anymore. Talos was the worst feature, how the hell she was leader of the vampires is quite bizzare. Also Dracula's action were rather dumb, surely the King of Vampires woiuldn't need to resort the kidnapping a child to get Blade's attention, nor would he be chased by the DayWalker.
Overall 7/10
I felt it was a worthy addition to the series, not one to cap the franchise with however. Also the toning down of violence was annoying, i liked the 18 rated previous installments, i would prefered this to not have been a 15.

PS, how inivitable is a Nightstalkers spin-off?

[Caitlyn]

i put the n in as short for "and' regardless of my immaturity im not a racist

You don't honestly think we're stupid enough to believe, after fully spelling out 'AND' everywhere else in your post, that you just decided to abbreviate it in that one particular instance do you?

[blackashjester]

okay, think about what your saying for a second... the editor thing, edits THE ENTIRE WORD, not the ending letters, the n- werd also, unless you couldn't figure out on your own, has 6 letterrs not 5, that phrase MILDLY edited shows that i meant to say ACTING ALL GHETTO N 'SH*T'. Unless the editor has some computer grudge against me, and would only edit to that leafving the first letter clear and star the rest :eek: :)

EDIT: WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN mind you

[Richard Hell]

okay, think about what your saying for a second... the editor thing, edits THE ENTIRE WORD, not the ending letters, the n- werd also, unless you couldn't figure out on your own, has 6 letterrs not 5, that phrase MILDLY edited shows that i meant to say ACTING ALL GHETTO N 'SH*T'. Unless the editor has some computer grudge against me, and would only edit to that leafving the first letter clear and star the rest :eek: :)

EDIT: WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN mind you

You don't even make sense. and stop PMing me!

[blackashjester]

You don't even make sense. and stop PMing me!

okay buddy. you PMed me first :/ and... when imean space, i mean

fart
f art THERES A SPACE INBETEEN THOSE :=O

and if it was edited it would show

fart = **** not f *** so stop criticizing me

[nebbit]

Back to the movie :rolleyes: I think I will give this a miss. :yup:

[Richard Hell]

okay buddy. you PMed me first :/ and... when imean space, i mean

fart
f art THERES A SPACE INBETEEN THOSE :=O

and if it was edited it would show

fart = **** not f *** so stop criticizing me


No I gave you band rep points theres a diff. duh. O' I forgot Im 15 and you however older then me ( as you brought out in ont of the messages). So when your done with your hissy fit and will admitt your wrong then every thing will be beuno. :rolleyes:

[Pyro Tramp]

Back to the movie :rolleyes: I think I will give this a miss. :yup:

It's better than quite a lot of action films released in 2004
but it's also worse than a lot

[Richard Hell]

I thought it was good. Not the best the could have done, but good to quince the thirst. My friend said that Snipe needed this movie to do good if he wants his career back in movies. Does anyone agree with him?

[Caitlyn]

okay, think about what your saying for a second... the editor thing, edits THE ENTIRE WORD, not the ending letters, the n- werd also, unless you couldn't figure out on your own, has 6 letterrs not 5, that phrase MILDLY edited shows that i meant to say ACTING ALL GHETTO N 'SH*T'. Unless the editor has some computer grudge against me, and would only edit to that leafving the first letter clear and star the rest :eek: :)

EDIT: WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN mind you



I'm perfectly aware the forum editor edits out the entire word… what I was curious about was whether or not you were aware of that fact… and if you knew how to get around the editor --which I see, from your most recent post, you do-- therefore, I would have to conclude that there is a possibility you edited out the N word yourself… which reminds me, your six letters vs. five letters excuse doesn't hold much weight… and if you are so versed in "acting ghetto", you would know that.

Now, having said all of that, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt pertaining to your use of "ghetto N" … however, when you joined Movie Forums, you agreed not to post any messages that were obscene or vulgar… therefore, your original post is in violation of Movie Forum rules and you can consider this your one and only warning.

[Anonymous Last]

that phrase MILDLY edited shows that i meant to say ACTING ALL GHETTO N 'SH*T'. Unless the editor has some computer grudge against me, and would only edit to that leafving the first letter clear and star the rest :eek: :)

EDIT: WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN mind you


Next time when you type you should download and use this program...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/mrlast/word.jpg

[Richard Hell]

Next time when you type you should download and use this program...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/mrlast/word.jpg :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: ;D



I can always count on you to make me laugh.

[blackashjester]

lol, sweet, u think i could get that for a mac? jk
and thnx caitlyn, ill watch myself from now on

[Anonymous Last]

I'm perfectly aware the forum editor edits out the entire word… what I was curious about was whether or not you were aware of that fact… and if you knew how to get around the editor --which I see, from your most recent post, you do-- therefore, I would have to conclude that there is a possibility you edited out the N word yourself… which reminds me, your six letters vs. five letters excuse doesn't hold much weight… and if you are so versed in "acting ghetto", you would know that.

Now, having said all of that, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt pertaining to your use of "ghetto N" … however, when you joined Movie Forums, you agreed not to post any messages that were obscene or vulgar… therefore, your original post is in violation of Movie Forum rules and you can consider this your one and only warning.





Ahhhhh! No officer...I have no idea why you just pulled me over.

It's my cousin's, brother's, mama's car. Honest!

[Richard Hell]

lol, sweet, u think i could get that for a mac? jk
and thnx caitlyn, ill watch myself from now on

Other then that miss hap. Welcome to the site.

[Richard Hell]

Ahhhhh! No officer...I have no idea why you just pulled me over.

It's my cousin's, brother's, mama's car. Honest!

(two Days Later)

So what are you in for?

[Anonymous Last]

(two Days Later)

So what are you in for?


"Lawyer f' ked me".

[Richard Hell]

"Lawyer f' ked me". :laugh:
owww thats bad :eek:

[yellowjacket1]

Blade: Trinity is an innocuous movie that could have been better but it also could have been much worse. There was a level of disconnect with every character that I wasn’t happy about but you don’t go to these type of movies looking for deep characterization or an epic plot. You go looking for hard core action and vampire killing fun. Blade: Trinity certainly delivers on those two fronts. It’s far better then that gory mess of a movie Blade 2 but it’s not nearly as good as the original Blade film. I did like the two new characters, Hannibal King and Abigail. The best part of the film is when each character is introduced (or re-introduced) to the audience. Blade stepping through a fiery vampire corpse, Abigail teeing off on a band of vampires or King sending a flaming vampire through the two-way mirror was classic stuff. One thing I don’t understand is why was King so tough? If he was now a normal human, why could he trade punches with a hulk sized vampire? Also, why did Whistler and Blade just go nuts and open fire on the FBI when they raided their place early in the film? Whistler just got done preaching to Blade about killing normal humans and then in the very next scene he’s opening fire with a shotgun on them. The climax was cool but I thought it would be more epic like the final fight in Blade 2. Minor quibbles aside, I did enjoy this film and I think it’s the perfect spot to end the Blade Trilogy and it’s one fun time at the cinema.

[Uncle Jay]

Well, after well over two and a half years of high anticipation, the third installment of "Blade" is finally upon us, and I'm sorry to say, it wasn't anything special, especially when it had to follow the greatness that was "Blade II."

Part three opens up in Syria, where a group of vampires led by Danica Talos (Parker Posey) enter an ancient temple which inside holds the burial site of a legendary vampire, yeah you guessed it, Count Dracula (Dominic Purcell). He is awakened in a ploy to lead the vamps to total world domination.

Meanwhile, Blade (Wesley Snipes) is still kickin’ vamp-ass back home in the States. However, in a rather interesting turn, Blade is fooled when he kills a human who is disguised as a vampire and in a frame-up, caught on tape doing so, this alerting the FBI to his presence. Blade blows this off as usual and returns to home base, but Blade’s mentor Whistler (a tired but still able Kris Kristofferson), warns Blade that this is something to worry over, for in the public’s eye, it’s cold-blooded-murder!


After a few leads, the FBI locates Blade’s domain and raids it. But Blade and Whistler fight on, unfortunately Whistler gets severely wounded and dies (for good this time), taking some Feds with him, when he self-detonates the lair. Blade is then captured and taken into custody. Not bad so far…


While in custody, Blade is interrogated by a psychologist (working for the vamps) who requests that he be transferred to a hospital, most-likely to be terminated, which then gets Blade out of the way for the vamps' ploy, but Blade is then rescued by young vamp-hunters Abigail Whistler (the sexy Jessica Biel), the daughter of you know who, and Hannibal King (the annoying as all f*ck Ryan Reynolds), who was once a vamp and was converted back. Good action/escape scene here! The vamp-hunter duo, take Blade to their domain where they have a team of their own, basically all youngens. They, like Whistler, keep up with technology and create different weapons and mass vamp destruction. Too bad, these characters are all uninteresting; they should've kept Whistler!


They alert Blade to the fact that the first vampire that started it all, Dracula has been awakened and the vamps plan to conquer the known world. But the little anti-vamp squad has a cure to kill him, but will it kill Blade as well? I’ll stop here!


David S. Goyer, writer of all the "Blade" films, makes his directorial debut here, and a decent job he does, but let's face it, he's fresh-meat and should not have been given the duty to follow up the greatness Guillermo Del Toro gave us with the second installment. With "Blade: Trinity", I expected director Goyer (who knows this material quite well being the writer), to somewhat surpass or least match part two...but it falls short...and I'll tell you why.

First off, the action. Yeah, it has some, mind you some cool kick-ass action scenes, but after seeing the turbo-boost of ass-kicking in "Blade II," you are left saying to yourself "well alright." But hey, it always cool to see vampires turn to ash in a "Blade" flick...but Goyer should have given us more, much more!

Secondly, the gore. Almost non-existant. The first two films were gore fests (especially part II), here...elements of gore...mere cameos. Total let-down...

Third. Why the f*ck did they put ‘Van Wilder’ in this movie???!!! I remember when I heard Ryan Reynolds was going to be in this, and I said "oh no," but then I thought, well if Ashton Kutcher (and I can't stand him) can do an impressive serious turn in "The Butterfly Effect," I'm sure Reynolds can knock this vamp-hunter role out no problem...but wrong. He annoyed me, he was too much comic-relief, in a film that supposed to be a dark, horror-actioner! Yeah, he has a few funny moments, but I'm sorry guys, throwing 'Van Wilder' in this movie and having him play a wise-crackin' bad-ass vamp hunter, was just ridiculous!

At lastly, the story was pretty weak. I mean it was a good story, but it was half-assed. I mean the villain is Dracula, and you'd think they'd go out all on this, but they don't. So much more and so much better could’ve been done!

On the good side:

Snipes is still in great form, never loses his character, he's the same Blade since day one.

As I said before, the action is cool, even though it doesn't measure to the second film. There's a really cool car chase scene in the beginning, just wish it was a bit longer. Blade also has a few new gadgets, those were cool. Jessica Biel was very good in her role, ultra-sexy and looks good kickin' ass! Parker Posey steals the scenes she's in as the secondary villain, looking grotesquely sexy and evil. Dracula, although underused, was also cool...the fight between him and Blade is great, but again, too short for my taste.

Overall, "Blade: Trinity", although entertaining, is a disappointment. It's definitely the weakest of the trilogy. I enjoyed it, simply because I enjoy the "Blade" films. But this was half-assed...and when you have a solid sequel like "Blade II" to follow up on, you don't give a rookie director this task, you get someone that knows he can do the job accordingly. Goyer is a great writer, but I think he should've stuck to just writing this venture!

**

-UJ

[nebbit]

May give this a miss :yup:

[Pyro Tramp]

I watched this one again after it came out on DVD and, well, i returned it shortly after. Dracula and the other villians suck balls, literally. There's minimal threat or menace, no horror element what so ever. As UJ says, no gore or gratuitous violence. Whistler was wasted, instead of the new Nightstalkers, good ole Whistler would have sufficed. The plot was pointless, Dracula was soo gay and the effetcs sucked. It's such a shame, after the excellent Blade 2 and the nice starter Blade, Trinity falls flat on it's face trying to match these and then surpass them. Only real Blade fans should give this a go.

1/5

[starlite]

No one mentioned the fact that Wesley Snipes was locked out of the creative editing and or directing and or production part of this movie....that's why the movie has, had, a distincly different feel to it...

The producers of this movie felt his input was not needed...even though it was his input that made 1,2 so historically popular....

The box office sales fell way short of 1,2...and Snipes eventually filed a lawsuit...

the chemistry just wasn't there in this one, between cast and crew..

And the injected humor just got to be a bit to much...they did not need to cast a bald headed version of Jay Leno in this movie...he got ridiculasly annoying...

Blades character looked unhealthy to me, like he had aged by years...his skin was no longer young, tight, and smooth...

I rented the DVD once, and will never do so again...where as I'll continue watching 1.2 for years to come...

[meatwadsprite]

"Why can't you just be nice?"

"Because the world isn't nice"

... bone chilling