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Just watched this and I have to say that it was a real letdown.
Even after reading the negative reviews I was expecting it to still be midly entertaining.
And even though it has a couple of cool moments and the odd hilarious one liner scattered here and there it just seems as if David Goyer couldn`t really be arsed with it all. Most probably becuase he`s got his finger firmly placed in the resurrected Batman franchise.

SPOILER:
Whistlers death seeed almost inconsequential. He was a major character from the first two movies and yet Blade didn`t seem to give a s***. So we, the audience, didn`t either.

The action was lame and the fight sequences (notoriously good in the first two) were awkward and disjointed.
Jennifer Biel sat naked in a shower was the only real highpoint and even then the filmmakers couldn`t do us the honour of actually showing some full on nudity.
What a shame. Seeing her b*sh would`ve given the film at least two extra points.
As it is I`d give it an anaemic 4/10.
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This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th December 2004, 22:03

You`re more generous to it than I was....

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heh, tbh i thought it was excellent, not compared to blade 1, but compared to blade 2, blade trinity was a very good action flick, in the first film whistler was important (and you actually wanted him to live etc) but after blade 2 i didn`t really care about him, a bit like highlander, after the first sequel, any that followed had to be good in comparison, as i say, compared the the original, trinity is not particularly good, but stood on it`s own it was a very good action flick (i also watched at the cinema Before i watched the download, and it`s much much better as a cinema experience)

as usual tho, thats just imo ;)

EDIT=and for a bonus point, what was "drac`s" last starring role,,,,,,, as a clue, it was a t.v. series (& it was pretty good)

This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th December 2004, 23:59

I really hated it, and I love the first two. I`d compare this one to Van Helsing with Wesley Snipes in. I thought all the actors were rubbish, as was casting (especially the baddie woman who was awful) and even Snipes didn`t seem bothered. They ruined the already poorly choreographed fight scenes with quick cut directing, and there were far too many stupid parts:
SPOILER:
The blind woman - what was the point? How could she "analyse dna" if she couldn`t see it!?
A police helicopter and several police cars are all at the scene of the murder at the beginning, yet NONE of them follow blade, they all decide to stay with the corpse.
"We found a piece of Dracula`s armour, here is what his suit of armour looks like" Ok how does that work?? So if I find the bumper of a ford escort I know exactly what the rest of the car looks like?
I won`t even mention the iPod part of Biel`s character..........
It was bits like this that just ruined it, pure stupiditiy in the script and way too much "comedy" from Ryan Reynolds. All Blade 3 made me do was come home and watch the others to see how a Blade film should be done.

I`d give it 2/10

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This item was edited on Thursday, 16th December 2004, 07:41

Indeed. I`m going to try and forget that this was was ever made as it`s one of the most embarrassing sequels I`ve ever seen. Letting Goyer direct was a big mistake, and he was obviously suffering from the `Lucas effect` whereby there was no one brave enough to tell him what sucked.

The film is littered with product placement, poor dialogue, shaky-cam substitutions for the flowing action of the first two and the acting is mostly woeful. And for the most powerful vampire in history, Dracula wasn`t even as hard as Matt Goss...

not seen this, and really not sure i want to, but just wondering seeing as HHH (WWE wrestler, for those who don`t know) is in the film, is this not a McMahon(?) film? like he did with "The Scorpion King" the main films from the series where good, but once he got his hands on it...

Reoynolds was probably the main problem as he was involved in all the "comedy" moments, as in everything he said was supposed to be funny, opening sequence was quite good but film seemed like a series opener with all the bit part characters, should have gone with original apocalypse idea

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At times Blade felt like a minor character in his own film. In Blade II the Bloodpack never stole his thunder. I mean, what`s the point of having Blade when two fairly weedy humans can kick vampire arse? It`s a pity they made this film. It really does end the series on a downer. The original Blade is perhaps my favourite comic book movie (with the possible exception of Superman: The Movie), but Trinity was just appaling. I`d go as far as to say it`s the worst comic book film I`ve seen (including that Ben Affleck flick).

This item was edited on Friday, 17th December 2004, 01:06

Cheers guys, saved me watching this either at the piccies or later on DVD. Clearly not for fans of the first two (which I am), and the reviews are all true. :(

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Last week I was going to the cinema and the only 2 films showing at that time were Blade: Trinity and The Incredibles. I had already seen (and thoroughly enjoyed) The Incredibles and had not read or heard anything good about Blade: Trinity so decided to see a film I would enjoy rather than one I would leave thinking `well, that was a waste of 2 hours`. It seems I made the right choice and also have no interest in seeing Blade: Trinity.
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