Any Cirque Du Freak Fans?

[ElectricBarbarella]

It is finally out: http://www.thevampiresassistant.net/

And while it has that harry potterish tone to it (doesn't really take itself too seriously), what do you think of the choice for the characters?

I have to admit, the one who plays Madame Truska was a good choice.

[annabohly]

One of my daughters is a fan..we had bought her a series of the last few books for the past few christmases. She is very excited about the movie.

[ElectricBarbarella]

Dh picked the compilation book up for me on a whim. I read it, loved it and wanted more and am trying to find the books for the series now. I really squealed when I saw the commercial on tv, for this. It actually looks good.

[RCIAG]

The commercial on TV last nite looked very dark. The trailer I saw in the theatre looked goofy & made me angry about the way they take their blood.

Which is it supposed to be? I've not read the books & know zero about the franchise.

[ElectricBarbarella]

There are two factions of Vampires--Vampires and Vampeneze. Vampires use their breath to knock someone unconscious and then make a small incision in their victim, take a bit of blood, heal them, and when they gain consciousness, they don't remember anything.

The vampeneze are more like your traditional vamps--they kill their food.

The premise of the story is a travelling freak show made up of true freaks and one of them is a vampire that meets a young boy (after the boy steals the vampire's trained spider) and turns him into his assistant. So the boy is half human/half vamp.

It's actually a neat little story. Not quite as disney-ish as I make it sound. The series' books are supposed to be kind of dark in the Harry Potter/getting older kind of way. But it isn't meant to be taken totally seriously like other vampire movies.

[Kitsune27]

I read one book in the series, and thought it was pretty good.
I like movies/books/etc. that offer a different twist on the vampire (still don't like Twilight vampires though), so I was glad to hear this was coming out.

[MidgardDragon]

I haven't read any of the books. I've been seeing the preview and they're making it look kind of hokey, but if it's a kid's or young adult's series of books that's alright, since I'm sure we'll have enough "kids entertainment for adults" to last a life-time when Where the Wild Things Are comes out. I probably won't bother seeing it in theaters, but might check out the DVD if it gets decent reviews.

[Cervus]

I loved the series; it's written for older teens, so it's dark and mature but doesn't have any sex or cursing. That's quite refreshing to read in a vampire series. I'm quite interested in the movie; does anyone know if all eight books are being condensed into one film, or are certain things being left out?

[ElectricBarbarella]

from the preview, it appeard that all the books were condensed. I have the anthology that makes up, I think, 3 of the books plus a manga.. and the preview appeared to have everything I read in it. (okay, after reading the wiki, the book I have is just VA, not an anthology)

however, according to wiki, VA is the second book in the series, and the movie is a comp of the first/second. The third is not in the movie. The wiki synopsis of the movie covers everything I read in my book.

[RCIAG]

Originally Posted by Kitsune27

(still don't like Twilight vampires though)

Join the club.

Oh Pattinson is good looking, as are most of the kids in it, but I just didn't dig it. I think the werewolves (or shape shifters) were more interesting than the vamps. Although the vamps seemed to have an interesting backstory, I just didn't dig it overall.

People seem to either love or hate them.