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...profits from a host of preexisting stereotypes. Vampires wield long, razor-sharp fangs and even longer, yellowing nails. They attack humans at the throat and suck their blood until they die, and as a result they are always sporting beards of dried blood on their mouths and chins. They howl at the moon in unison and speak an absurd imaginary language comprised primarily of guttural shrieks and raspy hiccups. And, naturally, they can’t stand the sunlight...
...isn’t a general prejudice against vampire movies that prompts such an emphatically negative reaction on my part. Didn’t “28 Days Later” prove that blood-sucking could still make for a good movie? But what “28 Days Later” boasts that “30 Days of Night” doesn’t (besides sunshine and two fewer days) is a plotline, a motive, and anything, really, beyond just blood-sucking. The film lacks a back-story, an explanation of where the vampires came from...
...terminology aside, both diseases share many traits and risk factors, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and metabolic disorders. So, de la Monte sees the semantic "splitting of hairs" as a good thing. "People are arguing about small parts of the bigger story," she says. "At the end of the day, these conversations will help us to better understand both diabetes and Alzheimer's disease...
...Cormac McCarthy story, including a detour at the end that will baffle some viewers. But the rest is tough, tangy and thrilling--perfect scenes of rising tension, wily escapes, fatal face-offs. There's one moment (it's just a phone ringing downstairs) that will churn your blood and turn it cold, and plenty other frissons that could make this the biggest hit of the Coens' sly career...
...that,” Maya said with a dismissive wave of her hand. “Where was her fire? Where was her outrage? This is one seriously messed-up world we’re living in. We’ve got AIDS in Africa, blood for oil in Iraq, and repressed monks in Burma. She didn’t talk about any of that stuff...