Watching Blade II with Wesley Snipes on Thanksgiving Day!

No, Wesley Snipes isn't here at my apartment with me, watching Blade II. He is, however, in Blade II, which is even better.

I love the Blade series with Snipes as the anti-hero. I never get tired of seeing the three movies he made--Blade, Blade II, and Blade Trinity. A lot of Snipes' fighting movies remind me of the late Bruce Lee. Wesley Snipes is one of the few martial artist in films I enjoy watching again and again. I hope one day he'll do a 4th Blade film. This is definitley where the money is for Snipes and maybe the perfect opportunity to pay off the IRS and finally get them off his shoulders once and for all.

Blade II is directed by Guillermo del Toro. He did a great job on the film with some fabulous special effects, hardcore action, a fantastic cast of actors, and a dry sense of humor that shines throughout the movie. If you haven't see it, Blade has to call a truce with the vampire community in order to fight the Reapers, which are a superior race of slightly different and stronger vampires. The Reapers are feeding off the other vampires as well as humans. If you like horror films, this is one to watch.

Kris Kristofferson is back as Whisler, Blade's old mentor. In fact, Kris is going to be at the hotel where I work this weekend. I wouldn't mind seeing him perform. I've been a fan of his for over thirty years. Maybe I could even ask him if there's any word on a new Blade movie.

The great Ron Perlman, who's finally collecting his dues as a talented actor in the television show, The Sons of Anarchy, plays one of the vampires on the commando team Blade leads against the Reapers. As usual, Ron plays his character with strong mix of humor and drama, displaying his remarkable talent as both a bad/good guy. He does this really well.

Leonor Varela as the daughter of the King of the vampires is certainly worth watching for two hours, dressed in her black leathers. I could see Blade falling in love with her, having baby vampires that act cool and kick ass.

Anyway, watching the film is a wonderful way to take a break from writing. I watch an hour, write some, watch another hour, followed by more writing, and then the behind-the-scenes stuff and even more writing.

I also got this two disc Platinum Series set for only a two bucks from one of Amazon's dealers, plus three dollars for shipping. It was brand new, too. What a steal!

Okay, back to the movie.

P.S.

An hour later and I'm back. Wrong about Ron Perlman's character, Reinhart. He was a bad hombre right till the end, but a damn cool one. Loved the way the Special Effects people did the jaws coming apart on the Reapers and the octopus-type tongue they had. Gross, but utterly fun to watch.