Buffy: Like Slaying Vampires Is Totally A Drag

Posted February 23, 2011 at 3:05 pm by The_X_Gurl

So I know I said I would do Giant Shark vs Giant Octopus but I’ve been busy so you’re getting Buffy.

For those who are just now coming from an amish town or their rock, buffy is a series created by Joss Whedon, first as a movie then as a series (earning one spin off too) and then a comic that is still going. I’m not going to talk of the show or the comics now. THIS review is going to be on the movie.

Without further ado, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

The movie opens with a quick explanation of the Slayer. For those who do not know what a slayer is let me break it down for you: the slayer is ALWAYS female. There is only one slayer per generation unless the slayer dies then a new one is born. Most don’t live to see their adulthood because of how dangerous the job is. They have what is called a watcher. Someone who trains and educates the slayer on how to slay vampires and demons. In the movie-verse the Slayer has a mole as a birth mark to identify them to their watchers.

After this introduction, we see Donald Sutherland and Kristen Swanson dressed up as if they’re going to a renaissance fair. They talk slayer talk then Kristen holds a dagger after being proclaimed a slayer and then we cut to…-sigh- A pom pom in the air. Yes that’s right a pom pom. We then zoom to a perky blond cheerleader, Kristen Swanson, doing a, you guessed it, routine to an old early 90′s late 80′s pop/rap number. After this a game of basket ball begins only to have it change yet again to a shopping mall.

I’m not going to describe the whole movie but let me say this, as a female who lives in California I feel insulted that most of you guys don’t know the difference between Southern California and Northern California. The type of girls you see in this movie are the typical SoCal girl. Rich, pretty and spoiled. While not all of Southern Cali is like that, the OC, Beverly Hills type of girl are. Northern california has hipster/hippie/ghetto type of girls. With a few gamer girls such as myself around there too. So when people like Katty Perry write songs based on So’Cal girls I get pissed because NOT ALL CALIFORNIA GIRLS DO THAT! ONLY THE STUPID HILLS/OC GIRLS! It’s the same with guys too…I’m gonna stop my rant now…

This movie is cult material, with teen horror written all over it and honestly? It does a good job for the time it came out. It’s a bit teeth grinding if you watch it in this era because you just wanna slap them for being stupid and they get credit for having Pee-Wee Herman be a creepy vampire. This movie for me is a solid 5 out of 10 because as annoying as the stereotypical valley girl thing it DID pave the way for the series and that was pretty bad ass.

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