Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

 'they suck' because it did.

Just because it has vampires doesn't mean it sucks just read the books. Anyways there's 3 types of vampires and yes they go to school and some can do magic but the main story is about two best friends who are bonded together and what they go though as they try and survive high school (bullies, depression, cutting, not fitting in) while also learning how to survive themselves for when they leave the academy and are faced with protecting each other from the evil Strigoi! 

 Vampire Academy is the tale of Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway (Zoey Deutch, who resembles a mix between Ellen Page and Linda Cardellini ?) and her BFF she has sworn to protect, Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir (Lucy Fry). These two ladies have been brought back to St. Vladimir's aka "Vampire Academy" in Montana after being on the run for a year. Lissa is the only living, rightful heir to the throne of Moroi (good vampires) through some regal upbringing that is given little explanation. They've been hiding out because Rose, a Dhampir (halfsie vampires who are the guardians of the Moroi) believes that Lissa has inherited some bad juju and is in danger.

Of course shenanigans occur once they return to school. Blood warnings are smeared on the walls to frighten Lissa, the truth to discover who's behind a mystery no one seems to care about has to be uncovered (Scooby-Doo), and the Strirgoi (evil vampires) want to kill the royal family because, you know, they're evil and such.

There's awkward teenage love, high school melodrama, a big stereotypical speech about how we should all get along (Mean Girls), magic is used to push the story along, and random pop culture references that make little sense because we are told these kids aren't allowed off the premises of the academy and do not have Internet access or iPhones !

All of the secondary characters: Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky) head Dhampir guardian, Christian (Dominic Sherwood) a fellow Moroi student, and Natalie (Sarah Hyland) also a Moroi, are carbon copies of roles we've seen before. Not a single character do you care about their outcome or come to understand their background throughout the movie. Olga Kurylenko, Gabriel Byrne, and Joely Richardson play the overseeing, party-pooper adult figureheads who bring some flavor with the cheesiest and most chewed up roles imaginable.
The only redeeming quality that Vampire Academy has going for it is the dialogue; not because it's witty, funny, or sharp – it's far from it – but because it's miles away from the brooding vampire/fantasy we're use to. Sometimes Rose's banter with the others works because of Zoey's well-timed delivery, but the script feels like it is trying way too hard to be edgy and cool. The best part is that the film tries to rip on Twilight, but just ends up being nearly as shallow.

True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, The Twilight Saga, and Underworld, you would think someone would catch on that we've had a bit of an overload on the whole niche as of late, right? Vampire Academy in no way helps bring vampires back into the forefront of pop culture, it reinforces the fact that someone needs to drive a stake into the genre to put it to rest. Without the enthusiasm of the young cast Vampire Academy would have been insufferable. Take note Hollywood, it's not the quantity of young adult fiction-fantasy novels you bring us, it's the quality.