Movies Blade (1998) 25th Anniversary

[KnightTemplar]

He's not wrong. Although that's partly because Black Panther was a PG13. Blade was for grown ups

 

[Rob Battisti]

Time for me to watch Blade again. Thanks, TS

Is it Monday already!?

 

[Rob Battisti]

One of my favorite vampire and super hero movies. Action is awesome, story is solid, Frost is a great villain, digital effects are pretty terrible but easy to look past. Plus it has Kris Kristofferson.

It’s funny because the practical effects were actually quite good.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Love that movie. And it doesn't get enough credit for kicking off the marvel super hero movie craze.

After the success of blade, studios were quick to start work on X-Men and Spider-Man, which after several sequels eventually led to iron man and the rest is history.

 

[Dizzy]

It’s funny because the practical effects were actually quite good.

Yeah practical were awesome. My favorite being Quinn being trashed at the beginning and slowly healing over the movie.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Love that movie. And it doesn't get enough credit for kicking off the marvel super hero movie craze.

After the success of blade, studios were quick to start work on X-Men and Spider-Man, which after several sequels eventually led to iron man and the rest is history.

Fans, "X Men was the first Comic Book movie to address dark, serious themes".

Blade, "Motherfucker, are you out of your damn mind?!"

 

[KnightTemplar]

Yeah practical were awesome. My favorite being Quinn being trashed at the beginning and slowly healing over the movie.

The look on Quinn's face when he think's Frost is going to slice off his just-healed arm with Blade's sword. Only to find out that Frost was just fucking with him<Lmaoo>

 

[KnightTemplar]

Is it Monday already!?

 

[revoltub]

Still holds up pretty well. CGI blood is hilariously bad though

 

[Rob Battisti]

The other thing about this movie that was really cool were Blade’s guns. The designs were awesome. Nowadays you have no heart in design everything is CGI and forgettable.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

Yeah practical were awesome. My favorite being Quinn being trashed at the beginning and slowly healing over the movie.

The look on Quinn's face when he think's Frost is going to slice off his just-healed arm with Blade's sword. Only to find out that Frost was just fucking with him<Lmaoo>

Quinn is an underrated part of why the movie works. A great henchman.
“You think I’ll ever play the piano again?!” <Lmaoo><Lmaoo><Lmaoo>

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

also had that porn star in it

 

[Kryptt]

 

[Bullitt68]

This used to be one of my absolute favorites. Very few of my VHS tapes spent more time in the VCR than Blade. Snipes kills it, Kristofferson is a better version of Alfred since he actually saddles up and rides, Dorff is an equal parts creepy and cool villain you enjoy watching but still want to see die, and the supporting cast is top-notch all the way down to the smallest character.

Top 5 opening scene of all time

The way all the vampires go from toying with their prey to becoming prey themselves is so satisfying. That "it's the daywalker" chatter and predatory wolf-like grin changes the whole mood instantly

Agreed. Excellent structure with the great Kenny Johnson as the confused outsider/audience surrogate and one of the coolest hero intros in film history.

Watched this the other day. Fuckin' awesome movie.

This, though, is my least favorite part of action movies. I hate cheeky BS like this. It takes me out of the moment. I hated this when I was 9 and I still hate it at 34. He hates vampires and he has a job to do that he takes very seriously. This stupid end zone touchdown dance shit doesn't belong.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

This used to be one of my absolute favorites. Very few of my VHS tapes spent more time in the VCR than Blade. Snipes kills it, Kristofferson is a better version of Alfred since he actually saddles up and rides, Dorff is an equal parts creepy and cool villain you enjoy watching but still want to see die, and the supporting cast is top-notch all the way down to the smallest character.



Agreed. Excellent structure with the great Kenny Johnson as the confused outsider/audience surrogate and one of the coolest hero intros in film history.



This, though, is my least favorite part of action movies. I hate cheeky BS like this. It takes me out of the moment. I hated this when I was 9 and I still hate it at 34. He hates vampires and he has a job to do that he takes very seriously. This stupid end zone touchdown dance shit doesn't belong.

I think that was very much Wesley Snipes coming through. He had never played a character so subdued so I'm sure he wanted to punch it up some. I do agree that that little fist pump is a bit out of character for the moment. For some reason, him momentarily turning into Nino Brown really works though and I don't know why

 

[Blayt7hh]

Yeah Blade was pretty God damn awesome. Wesley Snipes has been doing a little cameo as a vampire on What We do in the Shadows

 

[Peteyandjia]

Still have never seen this movie somehow, it always slips past me. Gotta amend that.

I'm kinda surprised no limited cinema release for the anniversary, seems like this movie would do well in modern times. Would be cool to see it for the first time in a theater. Although I guess maybe they don't want to take away from the upcoming remake.

 

[HARRISON_3]

 

[Plissken]

The first true Black Super hero in main stream cinema

Meteor Man came first, but had nowhere near the cultural impact.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Still have never seen this movie somehow, it always slips past me. Gotta amend that.

I'm kinda surprised no limited cinema release for the anniversary, seems like this movie would do well in modern times. Would be cool to see it for the first time in a theater. Although I guess maybe they don't want to take away from the upcoming remake.

What!? Yeah, it’s one of the upper tier vampire movies. It’s badass and fun. Watch 1 and 2, both are amazing. Part 3 doesn’t exist if you are wondering so don’t bother even looking it up.