Vampires; They're just like us!
This is the second full length film by New Zealand wonder Taika Waititi, based upon a short from 2005.I have seen Hunt For the Wilderpeople (loved it) and Thor: Ragnarok (Very, very tiring), and his humor works far better here and in Wilderpeople than in Ragnarok.
Which isn't a bad film, no, I appreciate the themes of colonialism, but Waititi's humor has a tendency to be very drawn out and droll, which makes it feel refreshing in his smaller, more personal movies than in something like an MCU film where jokes are constantly flying at you and it's sensory overload.
Shadows is a documentary about vampires in New Zealand leading up to an Unholy Masquerade;
Or can we call it a fauxumentary? We can just make up words, right.
It takes itself very seriously, which I love. I absolutely love when people take clearly nonsensical things very seriously. Robots, vampires, giant weather satellites, yes.
There are little points where you could tell an in-universe part of the documentary crew was clearly teasing the characters in a good natured way.
Vampire mythology is interweaved cleverly, from impromptu bat fights, to only being able to go to one bar because the bouncers take the piss out of them for needing permission to enter, to hostile relations with werewolves.
(Also, keep an eye out for the sequel sometime in the future, We're Wolves).
This is such an easy movie to get caught up in watching without stopping to take a bathroom break or something. It's over in a flash.
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