Eat Locals

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Most of people just fall into the movies industry's manichean trap: that was awesome / that sucked. All does not just sum up to that. Some movies do not pretend to be brainless blockbusters or over-the-top complex intrigues. Many well-thought movies manage to set up an atmosphere, a calm one, allowing you to enter it and fathom unexplicited details about the situation and the characters. Take Only Lovers Left Alive, for instance. I admit it that, at first, I was highly doubting of the value of Eat Local. The first scene is long, quiet and silent. Who does that? But this is exactly what encouraged me to keep watching (I had then no idea of what I was looking at, save for a vague two line synopsis and I hadn't looked at any trailer): the movie tried something unconventional. Then, boom, surprise, the casting. I couldn't believe my eyes! Even though I had doubt over the following scenes, the atmosphere and cast locked my undivided attention for good: every character had something peculiar, a personality and behavior of their own. Alike real life, you had to stick with them to find out who they were and be positively surprised. And it all tilted in my head at the first military scene and at the arrival of Billy Cook and Eve Myles to the meeting. I realized the subtle humour that was embedded. Be it awkward pauses or poses seeming off or sweet gestures or forced laughters, the tragic setting of the movie brilliantly collided with its lightness in recounting the story. And then, I can only remember enjoying every bit of it. At times I was surprised at the unconventional characters and feared any foreseeable outcomes or lines. But there were none. I was being surprised and led from laughters to more surprises. But there was NO MISTAKE AT ALL. Not one cliché apart for humour's sake. And this, this is so uncommon that I had to immediately watch it all over a second time! (in French, for the sake of comparing little details) Yes, this movie is not what one can expect at first glance. It goes deeper, it is more subtle and incredibly more poignant than most of other attempts out there to do impressive crazy stuff. Many vampire movies are shot to entertain us, but rarely to make us think (between two smirks). That's the hidden strength of Eat Local and its incredible cast and crew, who deserve so much more recognition and who are way too much underrated. I can't wait to see the sequel: Eat Global.

I really enjoyed this twist from the usual vampyre tales and lets face it,if your looking for comedy horror with a twist,that isn't the same old, same old hollywood trash,you can trust the british to come up with the goods every single time.This offering involves a bunch of vampyre's trapped in a farmhouse in the country side,surrounded by no less than the British army led by a crooked Brigadier,and their fight to escape.Empathy is definatly aimed at the vampyre's here and they successfully gain it from me.The acting is excellent,as would be expected from such a renowned British cast,particular standouts for me were Billy Cook (Sebastion),Tony Curran (as the delightfully evil Peter Boniface) and Annette Crosbie (Alice) as the not so sweet old lady vampyre.The camera work was excellent throughout the film.If you love vamps ,blood and fun then this is definatly a movie to watch more than once.

If you're going to tackle the difficult horror/comedy genre, it helps if you put some laughs in there. I sat stony faced throughout, just wasn't funny at all. Oh and Mackenzie Crook was unusally dreadful. One to avoid I'm afraid.