Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

tballspinner ARE YOU KIDDING ME. What is this piece of trash movie, who funded paying for it, and how did they get such a god actor like Zoey Deutch to BE IN THIS MOVIE. WOW, let me preface by saying I really do enjoy movies and try to give them the benefit of the doubt. But watching this movie took every ounce of my will to live. The actors are horrible, the plot is as stupid as it can get, and you literally HOPE more of the main characters die because god knows it would make this movie a little more interesting. ANYTHING, if ANYTHING could redeem this movie, it would be Zoey Deutch's character because at least she has some inkling of a personality, her quips are sharp, and she's got moves. But literally that ray of sunshine is drown in this pile of horse poop. PLEASE DO NOT WATCH FOR YOUR OWN SANITY. Consider this a warning.

avidmoviewatcher1221 The Vampire Academy series written by Richelle Mead is one of my all-time favourite series ever. I will continue to re-read the books because they are that awesome. However, I can't say that I would re-watch the movie inspired by the books, mainly because . . . well, it sucked.I feel like there were so many things wrong with this adaptation. Like, the majority - if not all - of the characters were miscast; the actresses who played Rose and Lissa were far from how I imagined them in the books, and they could've cast people who could actually embody these characters I love. The same goes for Christian - I like the actor as Jace in the Shadowhunters, but I don't think he was right person to play Christian. There were so many unintentionally funny parts, and they are, like, the only goods things about this movie. For me, they basically made it Mean Girls with vampires. And to be honest, I don't think it can be compared to Twilight; they have both have vampires, yes, but they are still completely different from each other. It really devastates me that I didn't like this movie. I really, really wanted to, but I really, really couldn't. A while ago, I remember seeing Julie Plec, who developed The Vampire Diaries into a TV show, and who created its spin-off, The Originals, tweet about making Vampire Academy, along with others, as a TV show. And to be honest, I would love that; not only do I feel like I can trust her, but I believe making Vampire Academy is a better idea; they did that with City of Bones, which was rebooted as a TV show called Shadowhunters - which I love - and Tomorrow, When the War Began, which was rebooted into a TV show, as well - though I loved the movie for that. So why not Vampire Academy?Anyway, this adaptation didn't work for me, and I hold out for Vampire Academy to get its second chance on-screen - with a completely different cast (I will come up with my own dream cast), script (and if there are any changes, they have to make sense), and, of course, developers (like Julie Plec).

tomgillespie2002 Mark Waters' Vampire Academy, based on the hugely successful series of young-adult novels by author Richelle Mead, spends so much of its 100-plus minute running time trying to explain itself and attempting to conjure the same level of mass hysteria that surrounded the likes of the Twilight and Harry Potter books, that it isolates nigh-on everybody apart from those already completely in love with the source material. It's an uncomfortable hybrid of the aforementioned Twilight (sexy vampires!) and Harry Potter (a secret school for magical types!), yet makes Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling's work seem like Dostoyevsky in comparison.Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry) have run away from St. Vladimir's Academy, trying desperately to live like real humans do. Rose is a Dhampir, a half-vampire, half-human hybrid who has dedicated her life to protecting Lissa, a royal Moroi (peace-loving vampire), and the two share a psychic connection which allows Rose to occasional eavesdrop on Lissa. A year after fleeing the school, they are re-captured by 'dreamy' Russian Dhampir Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky), who whisks them both back into the care of headmistress Kirova (Olga Kurylenko), but not before battling off some red-eyed Strigoi (evil vampire). Once back, Lissa is the victim of a series of attacks, including dead animals being left for her to find, and threats scrawled on her wall written in blood.It's the slightest of plots, yet Vampire Academy still somehow manages to feel over-stuffed. While Rose struggles to explain the entire universe as well as several characters' back-stories via her own brand of sarcastic narration ripped shamelessly from Juno (2007), there's little time to catch up with what is actually going on and no time at all to care. Even for a film that feels like it was based on a teenagers' work of clumsily sculpted fan-fiction (although I haven't read the book), the complete absence of wit and social observation comes as a shock given the film boasts the talents of Daniel Waters, who wrote the wonderfully dark Heathers (1988), and his brother Mark, director of the surprisingly hilarious Mean Girls (2004). Any plans for a franchise were quickly and thankfully scrapped when the film bombed upon release, and it's not difficult to see why. The whole experience is stilted and awkward, and Deutch is unbearably annoying throughout.

levato55 First off Ill start by saying I had no intentions of watching this movie being a 21 year old college student in a fraternity and by no means a usual audience for movies like this. With that said I love watching movies. I stumbled upon this movie and read the reviews bashing the movie and was pretty shocked too see such negative reviews. After watching this movie I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent. I had fun watching this movie and granted I did not read the book I found myself loving the characters and the cast that played them. People have said the movie is bad because the girls are too pretty and the guy are too macho? Really? ..... Really? who wants to watch a movie with ugly actresses. Not me. I have seen a lot, A lot, of movies and this one was a really fun and awesome movie to watch. Its a shame that they arn't coming out with a sequel. But I will say the movie made me want to go read the first and second book and not very many movies have ever made me want to read. College doesn't even make me read. This movie was good and the performances from lucy fry and her fellow cast mates were not sub par. It was a great experience of a movie, not a film. Its sad the cast got blamed for ruining the movie because thats simply not true. Might I add. This is only the second review I've written out of 100+ ratings. Enjoy this movie for what it is. A fun movie with high school undertones and a pretty cast. Its worth a watch.