Vampire Academy

The book series is amazing. I've read it multiple times. But this movie is terrible. I created an account just to tell you exactly how terrible. Rose Hathaway is nothing like her character description. She was meant to be curvy, sultry, and tan. Rose in the movie was skinny, awkward, and pale. Dimitri Belikov is supposed to be attractive. The plot is incredibly rushed. I realize that it's hard to fit the book into one movie, but there is *no* need to take out important scenes while adding in pointless ones. Everything is incredibly tacky. It felt as if the viewer was being force fed way too much information at the beginning. The dialogue was way too cheesy. I started watching it with low expectations, but I still overestimated it. This is the worst film adaptation of a book I've ever seen. And yes, I have read and seen Eragon.

I just say this movie! And I must say, I literally loved it! I don't know why so many people are giving it a bad rating. Sure, there were some minor changes, like the cat, but that is expected in book to movie adaptations. It happens! My best advice to people is not to go by reviews, actually go watch the movie and decide for yourself! You can't tell if you will like a movie based on someone else who possibly went in with a closed mind because they didn't have high hopes to begin with. I can tell you that I went in with an open mind. Yes, they changed a few things, Yes, the movie went by fast, but it was good! Like, really good! My only problem with the film was that it didn't start up again once it was over. I will be going to see it again and again and then buying it when it comes out on DVD. Vampire Academy is not the next Twilight or Harry Potter, it is the one and only Vampire Academy. Decide for yourself if you like it! :)

Disappointed. The actors were okay and could have done a better job, but considering how the writers butchered the story and made it so cheesy, I am inclined to forgive them. Yes, this is geared toward teens, but please.....As the grandmother of teens and young adults, I can attest to the fact that.....Contrary to popular belief.....most teens are highly intelligent, and this movie could have been done on a much higher level.

I loved the books as a teenager, I don't know why it took me six years to get around to watching the movie but I didn't miss out on much, I'll tell ya that! It's a high school movie disguised as a fantasy/thriller, plain and simple, but that's fine It's not terrible... until it is. I would've even said I liked it until the cringe speech at the end by Lissa, cutting off the queen during the assembly and preaching about how teenagers shouldn't be catty. God, that's an oxymoron if I've heard any. 5 stars are for Zoey Dutch and her charisma. She did what she could with what she was given and I'm only sorry that we won't see more of her as Rose (and Dimitri calling her Roza *swoons in Russian*) eventhough I'm glad there isn't a sequel. So yeah, it's nothing on the books but we already knew that didn't we.