vampire academy is a garbage movie
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A huge difference from the book is Lyssa suffers from serious depression and ptsd and her power doesn’t randomly cause cuts on her arm but rather she self harms as a way to deal with the pain. The books weren’t just “brooding” they were actually pretty dark at times. It would’ve made a really good tv show or Netflix show. But as a big fan of the books the movie was one of the worst adaptations I’ve ever seen.
Right! A series would have been so good!
THE BOOKS ARE LOVEEEE
There was even a decapitation with a dull sword in the second book. I loved the books and the movie was so disappointing.
Yeah. I really love the books but the movie is really suck 😫
The character is too shallow, specially Lissa. But I like rose and dimitri, they are really sweet ❤
omg same! I've read VA so many times (they're my favourite ever) and the films made me want to simultaneously cry and scream. I hated the film so much and it's actually kind of offensive to me lmao
Dying while listening to a song about dying, that's the way to go.
abirdkilledmeh I laughed too hard when she started laughing during that part lmaoooo
@Rach same 😂
@Rach
Me, too. Play some Mad World or Alive and we're good to go.
The songs that you can die to gloriously
My mind played “MMMMM WHATCHA SAAAAAAAY” during that scene
The books were so good. There was no reason for the movie to be such a big poop
True! I love the books.
Same thing could be said with Percy Jackson the movies *SUCK*
I never read the books but I'm watching a fan webserie on"Vampire Academy"and even if it's PAINFULLY AMATORIAL it's still *so so SO MUCH BETTER* than this official movie!!!
Nicamon - I recommend the book series. It’s pretty good. If you can do audiobooks (or prefer them), the first 3 books are narrated by okay narrators, but by book 4 it’s much better. The narrator was so good, she did the rest of the series and the spin-off.
I thought the books kinda sucked too, at least enough to where I read the first two and was too bored with the series to read any more
We follow the Percy Jackson rule with this one. WHAT MOVIE, THERE WAS NEVER A VAMPIRE ACADEMY MOVIE
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Wait what Percy Jackson rule? There is the books and the musical and I don’t know of anything else.
Lydia Jackson the rule is that the movies don’t exist
@@persassyjackson8734 lol
@@themeandmymusic I think she understands. She's further proving the point it doesn't exist.
For example-
Mean girls 2? I only know of Mean girls 1... Mean girls 2 doesn't exist.
Mean girls two is a movie and she knows it but its soo bad that she is adamantly ignoring the fact it exists
Twilight: *I’m the most hated vampire movie of all time*
Vampire academy: *am I a joke to you*
Is it bad I liked twilight 😔✊
@@bealol1016 No, I only like part 2-4 though :) part 1 I can never get through lol.
@@bealol1016 nah dude. Twilight is silly and fun and utterly ridiculous a lot. It's legit a great time, esp with a bottle of wine...or like, vodka lol.
When they mentioned"Twilight"fanfictions in the Vampire Academy movie I was like:"If you want to make fun of"Twilight"you have to make sure you are *better* than"Twilight"and...you're not.Not enough,at least!"
oh come on, you cant deny its a good time. its pop culture excellence, its borderline campy, it has memorable quotes, the soundtrack slaps, robert pattinson is hot, and alice and jasper made many ppl realize that they're bi lmfao
Yo but can we talk about how they gave the moroi British accents despite the fact that they’re all American and raised alongside the American accented dhampirs
Zoe Lala that annoyed me too. I'm a Montana native and legit practically nobody here speaks with an English accent.
I thought the moroi were from different places around the world and they just come to school in America? Or are there multiple schools around the world? Idk, it's been a while since I've read the books
They're not actually even american. Most of the moroi have russian or romanian accents(not accents, i meant to say last names) so it doesn't even make sense for them to have british accents
yasmine mixon there are multiple schools around the world and the Moroi's accent depends on where they grew up. Yes, a large number of them are Russian and Romanian but those are mostly the royal families. Even so, what about the non-royal Moroi that were just born in America? Just because you have heritage from another country doesn't mean you speak its accent or I'd be speaking in an English accent with a bit of German thrown in because I'm largely English and German but I'm a Montana native, born and raised. Even if some of the Moroi have Russian and Romianian roots it doesn't mean they're going to have those accents. Dimitri has a Russian accent because he was born and raised in Russia and that's his mother tongue. Christian, Adrian, Lissa, Rose, Mason, Eddie, and all those guys were most likely born at the Moroi Royal Court which is in Pennsylvania but all of them except Adrian grew up at St. Vladimir's in Montana.
The British accents annoyed me so much. I feel like they added it into the movie just to make it really overtly obvious that the Moroi royals are a higher social class than the dhampirs, who all seem to have American accents (with the obvious exception of Dimitri, and Spiridon for some reason). Because, ya know, posh British = rich and snobbish. I almost would have been okay with that even though it doesn't make sense since Lissa and Rose grew up together, but it's not even internally consistent within the film since Natalie also has an American accent. That may have been a way to show her as being a bit of a social outcast (like how Mia is American, since she's not an upper-class royal despite trying to fit in with that crowd), but she's still the daughter of a Prince. A Prince who just happens to speak with a British accent, and yet his daughter does not. That could be easily explained by Natalie having grown up in a boarding school in Montana, by why then does Lissa or any of her other classmates have an English accent? It just doesn't make sense if you spend any more than about 2 seconds thinking about it... The only other half-logical reason I can think of for the British accents is because the actors who play Lissa and Christian aren't American (she's Australian, he's English). Perhaps one or both of their American accents were too obviously fake, so rather than have them stand out they just decided to give all the Moroi overly posh English accents instead to cover it up. That's kind of a weird and lazy solution if that is the case, but I guess you do what you have to. What I CAN'T explain in any way that makes sense is the overly rigid and often archaic dialogue that the Moroi tend to have, particularly Lissa. What kind of 17 year old says, "How long have you been in crush with him?" Seriously? "In crush"?!? There's more like that, but that's the example that sticks in my head. They were probably trying to really emphasise the whole 'posh, secluded and otherworldly' upbringing, but why does Lissa still talk like that after spending so much time in the human world? Why doesn't Rose talk like that at all? And why tf do they still use telegrams as a means of communication when they've already established that iPhones exist in that world? Argh, this movie infuriates me so much!
Is it bad that I WHEEZED at the car crash scene
No
Lol I did too
i literally almost choked
I thought it was edited for comedic effect
Was that not the point
Off topic: You have the most soothing voice ever. Better than ASMR.
This is a top comment, (or at least it is for me, since, apparently, different people see different comments first) why am i the first reply?
not better than Maria though.
It's comforting, isn't it?
No
@@Sandvichman. Because ASMR is weird asf. Listening to the sound of people chewing food? Listening to people make-out with their mics and wearing headphones so that every kiss "touches" the inside of your ear? Like bro, I know I'm in the minority here, but ASMR just ain't it.
I feel like this would've done better if this were a TV show instead of a movie
Every single book that's about to get cinematized should do that
Almost all book series work better as tv shows than movies
If this was a tv show with the same creators and cast then it would be just like Shadow Hunters. If they did go that route they would probably just need new writers, directors, and Im gonna go as far as new cast for that idea to be successful.
dont even start meeeeeeeee
True like The Vampire Diaries it is a great show
The main character was so bland. She was like every main character of a wattpad book. With no flaws or anything that makes her interesting
ave calabresi that’s interesting to read because when I read them years ago Rose was like my favorite protagonist of all time 😂
Sanely Insane by KarmaaLo on Wattpad is completely different and addicting!
I hear that does pretty well on Netflix
Fr, she was just another "sassy badass"
You mean Mary Sue
"Rose has an crush on Dmitri but they can't date because he's an elderly man"... Aaaand subscribe.
shes 17 and hes 24 i remember they did a whole scene where he was talking about it how do i remember this from this awful film
he's 30 or 36 I thought...
Phoebe Bunce Dimitri is canonically 7 years older than Rose. The series begins when she's 17 years old. That makes Dimitri 24
They probably should've picked a younger actor then, because that dude is very obviously in his thirties.
Alison Harper that is what I thought, it probably didn’t help that in the movies Dimitri looks at least 40 years old. Isn’t Dimitri also supposed to be really tall like close to seven feet tall, that guy is nowhere near as tall as Dimitri is supposed to be.
Morgan Young it's gonna be kind of hard to find a guy that's 6'7". It's okay if the actor is a little shorter than their character but I do agree Danila looked too old to be 24. I'm 27 and I still look young enough to get carded at bars, not that I go to any 😂😂😂
So sad to admit the sweet sassy molassy is a book accurate line...
for-books'-sake WHAT I CANT BELIEVE THIS
julia cudney - to be fair, it’s actually done better in the book. It isn’t as distracting and sets up the idea that they’re under a spell to the reader. Lol.
@@juliacudney That line isn't in the book. Not unless it was added into a different version from the one that I've read. But I've read the series 4 times and the only time I've heard that line is in the film (thank goodness, because it's so cringey that it would have completely taken me out of an otherwise great scene in the book).
@@ETphonehome813 it was 100% in the version I read, because I remember that I didn't know what the phrase meant and had to Google it. But also, there were some other changes in the ones I read because they kept calling Sonya's boyfriend Mikhael in one of the books, but then later on he was Tomas, and I remember talking about it with a friend and her print didn't have that in. So it's possible that some things were edited out in later copies including that line?
for-books'-sake - same. It’s in the version I have. Can’t remember if it’s in the audiobook version I have though.
Didn’t know about Mikhail/Tomas. Went to the TVA wikia site and searched Tomas and Thomas... Tomas’ search directed to me Mikhail, and nothing for Thomas. Now I want to find out which versions my friends have. Lol
"Six books is a lot for someone who can't stop reading a series until it's done" LMAO the gag is it's actually 12 books with 6 more on the way. Vampire Academy; Bloodlines; Untitled 3rd Spinoff Series....
ETA: As far as I knew Richelle had announced another spinoff is upcoming but I guess I was mistaken because now I can't find the announcement again, but she has said she's considered writing another series or continuation so it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Kai Bishop WHAT
julia cudney There’s still six books in vampire academy lol the other six is a spin-off that you def don’t have to read
Where did you find out about a new series?
Vampire Academy has been done as well as Bloodlines. But I did not hear about this 3rd series...
Kai Bishop whoa😅
I must shamefully admit I still loved vampire academy 😭😭
Lee Molloy me too
We respect your honesty #safespace😊
Oh same 😂
Me too
Lee Molloy I LOVE IT TOOOOOO
I've read the title and I just wanted to say how DARE you. like you have a point but how DARE you
This movie is terrible, but it’s still my shit. I can admit when I have terrible taste
Same tbh! I mean I stan for the movie The Covenant so I have no room to talk lol. 😂
i am right here with you, i love this movie... it's a piece a shit but i love it - also the covenant is just homoerotic witches and it's the best thing ever
Same here 😂👍
same ahsjsjsj
Same it’s a really shit movie but it’s my shit
How does someone who makes the brilliance that’s heathers- even become associated with this?! How even- how even- I just- everyone get out
The problem is that Heathers is a dark comedy. Vampire Academy, the books, is not. lol
Its cuz heathers is more dark-
The writers probably work better with dark humor than terrible teen fantasy comedies 😗
money and a possible franchise like harry potter, they just wanted the teens at the time to eat up what they can mustard, they also probably thought that teens were just dumb or something and would eat up another movie to make big bucks which the other movies were good compare to this one.
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@@jartecus it is, I know for I have read homestuck
@@jartecus that's the one they surrounded with hearts? The other one was at the bottom because no one likes it
I don't know I am a Gemini and I think this is the Gemini sign? ♊️
“His parents are *evil* so people think he’s *evil* and what’d ya know he’s love interest”
....Draco Malfoy?
Eye-
LMAO 😂
LMAO I love you
U saying he’s Harry’s love interest lmao
kira you implying he shouldn’t be?
I recommend reading the books. They were so much better. Just know, that there was a spinoff series that also had six books. Happy reading!
Kelsie Holliday and another spinoff series with another six books on the way (thank God because the ending of Bloodlines series was so anticlimactic lol)
@@KaiInMotion Really? I had no idea! I tried looking it up but there wasn't anything about another spinoff. Do you know what it's called? Or any info on it?
Kai Bishop where did you hear that lol
The books were great
Kelsie Holliday I might give the books a try
I don't know if I can watch this. :( I like this movie unironically other than the weird actor they hired for the love interest. The books were soooo good
Anna Nordstrom no judgement from me! i love the divergent movies because of my connection to the books
While I admit that the books were pretty interesting to my 16 year old self the movie itself was just a disaster from begging to end. Seeing the kinda complex characters I loved brought down to stereotypical high- schoolers was a pill hard to swallow. If you liked it, more power to ya. But I myself am glad it didn't do well enough for a sequel.
I loved the books.
I also liked this movie... but i also judge it apart from the book. To me, they aren't even connected.
The vampire academy books deserved better than this
the amount good books ruined by garbage movies is enough to last me a lifetime of twister fries
I've never seen the Vampire Academy, but just these clips have me feeling like every character was horribly miscast lol
Yeah agree. I think some of them worked, but the bad ones just spoiled the rest.
I remember being a child and wanted to cry when I saw the cast. It... Just didn't work.
As a lover of the books this movie made me cringe. The real story is not anywhere near "twilight" like this person who just read articles suggested. They changed the entire theme in the movie. They wrote the plotline in the worst way possible. Vampire Academy is amazing but the movie is trash.
And yeah, the casting is awful.
Never even heard of it until this unnecessary yt recommendation
the book series was the only one i'd ever read to completion, and it made me cry like a baby back bitch. i hated that there was such a huge, creepy age gap between the two characters because their romance was so well done.
Because of that, I was such a Rose and Adrian fan. I wanted so badly for them to end up together but no. I had to resort to fanfics lol
Ashley Renerys Sydney and Adriannn
@@anotherworldhopper5344 we don't talk about the spin-offs
Ashley Renerys noooooo I actually liked bloodlines better than the main series
Ashley Renerys The couple had so much more nuance and chemistry, but I guess the action was less interesting
the books do kinda slap esspecially the spin off
“Blood, blood connects us all. No more bad blood.”
L O U D C H E E R I N G
Lmao Dimitri is like 24 in the book, if I'm not wrong and he's described as tall and lanky but strong, and basically she uses the word godlike a lot and this dude from the movie is old and short and just no 🤮
Vampire Academy was my favorite YA book series and I was obsessed with it throughout my teen years and I was so excited when a movie was announced and oh so very disappointed when it came out :(
P.S I just realized it's been 9 years since I read the first few books and now I feel old
I distinctly recall wanting to leave the movie theater early on and was like SURELY, IT WILL GET BETTER. It did not.
Dang it looks like it had the bones for a decent movie but did it in the most annoying way possible
Please read the all the books Julia, I know you'll love them. They're YA masterpieces
Vampire Academy: "WoW vAmPiRe mOviEs aRe rEaLLy cLiChE aM i RiTe iM sO sELf aWaRe"
Also Vampire Academy: *includes literally every single vampire movie cliche and is a dumpster fire*
Was I the only one who was never into vampires growing up (except for My Babysitter's a Vampire)
Nope. I never really got the appeal of loving literal walking talking corpses
I mean I like the idea and for example I loved Eric Northman from True Blood, Spike from Buffy etc. because it's an interesting concept in itself and they are accurately depicted. Why they would be romantically interested in stupid bland teenagers was always beyond me and I never thought it was an appealing idea..
@@xLiLlyx98 Spike was cool. He's probably the only vampire I ever liked cause he was so sassy.
I was into Blade growing up.
Nah. The Percy Jackson book series was more my cup of tea
"blood written messages and dead cats on doorways" is this chamber of secrets i-
Mrs. Norris wasn't dead though.
@@englishatheart i dont even remember what this comment is about but they thought she was dead though so
I’m glad other people also couldn’t tell Zoey Deutch and Haley Lu Richardson apart
I thought that it's Zoey starred in a movie with Cole. They're identical
ĺq ğđ i watched the movie Flower a few months back and half way through it I realized it was Zoey starring in it and not Haley so I went down an IMDb hole to figure out who was in what
Make a PODCASTTTTT I wanna hear u talk for hours
Yesssss
Hell yeah. :D
In the books Dimitri is like 23 and Rose is 18.
Crispy Liza Yeah I’m like it’s not that big a gap lol
No Rose is 17 in 1st 3 books and Dimitri is 24 or 25. They mentioned he is 7 or 8 years older than her.
Gayatri Vaidya yeah but by the time they do get together, she’s 18. From the end of Shadow Kiss through the entire Bloodlines series she’s 18
Rose is 17/18 and Dimitri is 24
But when they actually "get together" she's still 17 (though she turns 18 less than a week later). In Book 1 Rose is 17 and Dimitri is 24, by Book 2 Dimitri is 25, and then Rose turns 18 by the final chapter of Book 3 and they stay 18/25 for the remainder of the VA series.
yesss I HATED the movie. VA is one of my favourite YA series of all time and I was so excited for the movie, only to realize that those working on the movie had no respect for the books or the fanbase. you wanna make a fun teen comedy? dope! write your own and don't wreck something that was actually really freaking awesome the way it was.
I LOVED the Vampire Academy books when I was younger but they turned it into such a horrible film... It was so childish and the actress who played Lissa just was... not good. The narration from Rose is so cheesy and unlikeable and gives major Mean Girls 2 flashbacks. They didn’t explain many of the vampiric universe terms very well. Rose and Lissa had zero chemistry. I didn’t even finish the movie tbh. What bothered me most was the fact that the actor who played Dmitri was and looked WAY TOO OLD to play him. Dmitri was like 21 in the books. The actor who played him didn’t even look remotely attractive, young, or dreamy like he’s described in the books. The fact that he looks so old compared to Rose makes their relationship so unrealistic, gross, and uncomfortable. It’s such a shame they did the books so dirty. Okay, rant over.
other pictures of him not in the role make him look super young, the hair in the movie aged him like milk
While I agree that Dimitri's actor is older than what is canonical (I have to disagree about the "not being attractive" part tho, because _personally_ his actor is pretty hot out of the movie's context) their relationship still has that creepy age gap factor in the book. Rose is 17 at the start, and Dimitri is 24; that's 7 years. I don't know if you find that "creepy" or not, but it certainly isn't realistic (or, at least it shouldn't be), is uncomfortable, and kinda gross. I love the books, but... their relationship would have been so great if they had a lesser age gap.
Besides that, the movie is terrible. It, somehow, has a little place in my heart (like twilight; both are lovely to hate-watch) but it isn't good. Like, at all.
@@crim899 You're a dip. How tf is a seven year age difference remotely creepy? I feel sorry for you.
@@englishatheart I think "kinda gross" is a bit much, but I still find it weird. 7 years can mean a lot when your younger, and if an 18 y/o got with a 25 y/o I would question it. Same goes for a relationship with a 17 y/o (someone still in highschool) and a 24 y/o. It might be legal, but I still feel like there's an imbalance there.
So yeah, I do think it's creepy. Sorry that you feel sorry for me, guess you'll have to work that out on your own.
"what do you know about pain?" - me when my mom won't give me chicken nugget
Years later and I still don't remember what vampire academy is even about
So you’re telling me that there are two vampire ladies and one has devoted themself to protecting the other and they ran away together and they’re NOT in love?!? Absolutely absurd can’t believe it
When this movie was out my friend made me watch it & when it was over I was like "..... so can you tell me Why" & she was like "I Swear the books were better"
The exact same thing happened to me! I did end up giving the books a chance tho and they're great so at least something good came out of it!
omg yall its that girl from mako mermaids
isabella dawson Yes, I was scrolling through the comments to see someone comment this!
@@zin_opul2360 omg i cant believe no one said anything about it
I watched the movie because of her 😂
I hate that show lmao but she was also in Suite Life On Deck(which I like)I think someone commented abt that idk lmao
THE ZODIAC KILLER OMFG 💀
the sex scene was so cringy my friend and i still quote it to this day, some five years after we've seen the movie
The thing about ian - spoiler - if I'm not mistaken he literally dies in like - the 2nd book and occasionally pops up as this weird - ghost of Christmas past apparition if I remember correctly. He is literally plot useless
Miles Dravo wow. Hes one of the more recognizable actors in this movie
13:38 So... Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets?
sea star yes
At least chamber of secrets actually looks like blood
I remember watching this in school when the twilight fad had died out so I initially cringed at the title "Vampire Academy"..... After we finished watching it, though, since it leaves in a cliffhanger, we googled to see if there was a sequel & were disappointed to find out it had been a flop in theaters. I remember thinking that if ONLY they had given the movie a less cringy title than "vampire academy" it wouldn't had flopped. It was common sense, after Twilight everybody was embarrassed to even admit they liked vampires, they should have been less conspicuous about it....
So pretty funny mythos thingy here: Traditionally in Balkans folklore, from which Dhampir are drawn, Dhampir are the descendents of a vampire having children with a human. You would think this might make them aligned with the vampires, enemies of humanity or whatever, but it's actually the opposite. In the Balkans lore, Dhampir are Vampire-Hunters, and pass their hunting traditions down from father-to-son. They're the source of inspiration for the character "Vampire Hunter D" and are pretty cool.
Making a female Dhampir into a guardian character is interesting because it flips both the conventions about them on their head: that traditionally only male Dhampir inherit powers and that they use those powers to kill vampires. As for the Moroi/Strigoi thing, I'm not a big fan of "technically human but evil race" fantasy shit. It's creepy and always leads to eugenics arguments amongst fans.
Rose is 17 in the book, Dimitri is supposed to be 24. And yes, a majority of the conflict in the book revolves around him being her teacher. It's gross. And he's not even the only 24 year old she hooks up with. She hooks up with a drunk Moroi prince with a reputation for taking advantage of young Dhampir girls. She literally tries to change him.
Do you mean Adrian? He was only 20 when they dated (and she was 18), and while he did tend to drink and sleep around a lot before then, he didn't take advantage of women. He was a notorious party boy and the women who hooked up with him were very aware of that fact and didn't tend to expect anything more of him (there's more detail about this in the Bloodlines series). Rose may have tried to change him, but only after he had convinced her that he genuinely had feelings for her and wanted a relationship, not just a fling (which she had originally assumed). I'm not saying that their relationship was without its issues or that either of them were saints, but I think both characters deserve a little credit.
@@StupidUsername3838 I wasn't the biggest fan of Adrian when I first read the series but I appreciate him much more now that I've read the Bloodlines series, where he gets probably the best development/arc out of all the VA characters. "Jailbait" was definitely in poor taste, but I think it was actually quite fitting of his character - pretending to be the debauched individual everyone believes him to be while actually being genuinely caring and protective (which he certainly is with Jill, only ever treating her like a friend and a sister despite her crush on him).
But as much as Adrian has grown on me, I still think Dimitri was the better choice for Rose. They had a much more positive influence on one another, with both of them wanting to be better people for both themselves and for each other. They still had a lot of issues and did a lot of things wrong, but they had enough respect for each other and themselves to work on it. Whereas Adrian had Rose on a pedestal, using her as his reason to make better choices in his life while never actually having the desire or the dedication to do it for his own sake. He WANTED her to change him, because he was too scared of the disappointment (from himself and others) if he tried to better himself on his own and then failed, which he believed that he would. This contributed to Rose having little respect for him as a person, as she, like many others (including Adrian himself), had consistently low expectations of him and his abilities. Adrian needed someone who would believe in him and then hold him accountable when he tried to take the easy way out, rather than dismissing it as "well, that's just Adrian", which is what everyone else does, including Rose. (This is something explored really well in the Bloodlines series, and Adrian finding that belief in himself and his abilities despite everyone's low expectations is really amazing to see unfold.)
Sorry for the essay, this is just a topic I could literally talk about for hours. Also this is just my opinion, I’m in no way trying to argue against or invalidate yours. Plus, I may be a little (or a lot) bias, because I absolutely love Dimitri.
I see people say that he's her teacher but he's more her tutor than anything else
@@athenajaxon2397 Yeah, but obviously he's a school employee. Would it be okay if she screwed the janitor? Obviously not, unless it was in a porta potty, and then it would be hilarious.
Would you ever trash teen books? I’m still waiting for an “Uglies” series.
I read an AWFUL teen book called “Confessions of a High School Disaster” ITS SO BAD LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IN THE ENTIRE BOOK IS AN IDIOT OMFG
Edit: lol back when i used to read👁👄👁
I tried so hard to get into the Uglies, but the characters, plot, and world building was as vapid as 'the Pretties.' The author must have been just as 'bubbly.' 😒
@@randomaccount3574 I read a book called the subway, it was the most dumb teen thriller I've ever read, the characters did the most unrealistic most dumb things ever. Still my favorite book.
I tried to read the first book but I couldn’t get through it
Phookie Phook ever heard of revenge of the homecoming queen?
Dead cats and bloody messages on walls. So basically, they ripped off Harry Potter?
Dovahkiin ChickenNugget which is really stupid because it wasn’t like that in the book if i remember correctly
Movie is trash, so let me explain it to you how it was in books (short version). Several dying/injured animals were left there for Lissa by Natalia so Natalia's sick father could get confirmed Lissa has a rare healing (magical) power as he suspects she has, so he can use Lissa to heal him.
@@babsifilipova2436
That's quite smart. I mean, in a twisted way, of course.
@@etps4444 The books are good. The movie shouldn't never ever exist, it's like comparing grass before and after it went through the cow...
I remember reading the director had a cut that producers didn't want to go with. He was so sad people didn't get to see his vision of the story. So, I don't blame the director, the writer, or the cast, only the producers.
Sounds like the same thing that happened with the Buffy movie, that's why Joss made the tv show. If only there was a vampire academy tv show
"No real stake in the larger story" the most underrated pun
So Jace from Shadowhunters and Nolan from Perfectionists were in Vampire Academy? Small world.
Sherwood will never be Jace
I never had a problem with how Dom Sherwood played TV!Jace, thought the character just wasn't intended to have the snark and arrogance of book!Jace.
“She isn’t really a major *stake* for the movie...”
I’m sorry I had to...
Been known that. A lot of the shows dealing with Vampires/Werewolves follow the same cringe cliches. It actually killed the genre.
I remember being hooked on this series and the spinoff and feeling so disappointed that they didn't put any effort into the movie. I don't remember if the books are actually good or if I just liked it because I was new to YA books, but I do know that I liked the spinoff (Bloodlines) better and thought it was more mature and the relationship (Adrian and Sydney) was a more grownup romance with a more nuanced conflict. I'd have to reread them and see if I have a different opinion, but this is what I remember thinking.
Plus, I thought Dimitri/Rose and Lisa/Christian ships were so boring and I really didn't care about it. I remember thinking Rose and Dimitri's relationship was kinda...questionable to the point where I couldn't really get behind it. Christian was kind of interesting but at the end, I didn't really care or feel any spark. Rose and Lisa, on the other hand, had a great relationship and I loved seeing that develop. That, I think is what makes the series worth reading. Not really the romance.
If you want a good romance, read Bloodlines.
If you want a good friendship, try Vampire Academy!
Agree about the ships being boring, Rose and Lissa were a way better duo imo, like wether its platonic or whatever. I think we need more stories that have less romance or less predictable romances.
Eyyyy you should do The Host, another Stephanie Meyer book turned movie
Animorphs did it better!
Which was actually a pretty good and underrated movie
god it was so bad
This my long rambling rant... you have been warned. Lol
*SPOILERS*
I’m a grown woman and I loved the book series; both TVA and Bloodlines. I was excited for the movie, but held back some expectations due it being a movie and the trailers didn’t do much to soothe my doubts.
After watching the movie with one of my friends who loved the book series, we both felt like we watched a train wreck; where you don’t want to watch anymore, but need to keep watching.
The only thing the movie got 99% perfect, was Dimitri. The 1% was the ending when Dimitri was okay with one kiss with Rose; completely against his character because he was so adamant about the age difference being wrong while she’s in school, despite his attraction to her.
Acting wise, it was good. Script wise, it was a mess and took a lot away from the world building and characters.
For example, the school never had uniforms. I felt this was the author’s way of showing the different characters’ personality traits and their home lives. Lissa was royalty, but liked wearing clothes from Target because she wasn’t that much into her entitled wealth. Mia was poor, but wanted to be seen as a wealthy girl; Lissa and Rose were quick to notice her knockoff high quality brands, which shows Mia obsession with being popular.
Rose’s personality is sort of spot on, but the movie sadly traded her trust issues in exchange for plot convenience; when she tells Natalie about her crush on Dimitri. This was something that Rose wouldn’t even tell Lissa because she feels that her person life is second to Lissa’s.
Then there’s the ending. Rose kills Strigoi Natalie. This never happened in the books because she wasn’t ready mentally to kill someone she knew who turned evil. It was important to her development. I get the movie thought it was a good idea because it shows how awesome Rose is, but it rushes her skills. Rose was egotistical and was just tapped into through that by the end of the book. So rushed. Plus, it takes away the significance of the marks on her neck that she earned in the second book. The production crew wanted a second movie, they should have stuck with Rose not killing Natalie from the books to make her first Strigoi kill more earned and significant
Lissa speech at the end of the movie, yah, that was hard to sit through. Can’t remember what she did in the books, but I know it wasn’t anything like that. For the movie, if Lissa was going to interrupt the Queen, she would have done it more gracefully and not sarcastically.
I feel like this movie just took the fun from the books and amplified so much that it came off too strong and unnecessary.
For the climax parts of the third act, it was okay. I just didn’t like how Daddy Dashkov was able to pull off everything; though to be fair, it was only with one thing which was Rose admitting she had a crush on Dimitri. It took away from how cunning and clever Dashkov was. He could tell there was an attraction between Rose and Dimitri just by carefully paying attention to them; which is why Rose is more shocked by what he tells her about the charmed necklace and how it worked better than planned because of Dimitri’s attraction. In the movie it just comes off as stale because of Rose’s confession.
Okay, my long rant is over. I could complain more, but meh. Once I fix my computer, I’m prolly going to put the audiobooks for TVA and Bloodlines on my phone to listen to while walking. Lol.
It’s a good series. If you listen to the audiobooks, the first two narrators are okay (1-3). But book 4 is narrated by Emily Shaffer and she’s pretty good; also continues to narrate the rest of the series, including Bloodlines.
I understand the Kingdom Hearts chronology better than I can comprehend a mere second of this movie.
The relationship is also creepy in the book, but nonetheless this is one of my favorite bad movies 🤷🏻♀️
I haven’t read these books since middle school, but as far as I can remember, Rosa ends up with Dimitri in the sequels?? Which at the time I thought was hot, but now it’s definitely weird because it’s definitely meant to be read as a student-teacher relationship.
If it helps, she was 17 in the first book and turns 18 in the second and he was only 24.
yasmine mixon that does actually help a small amount
Nearly, she's 18 by the end of the third book, by which time he's 25. But if it makes you feel any better, he's technically not her teacher. Mentor, yes, but not a formal teacher. So it's a little bit more like a relationship with a coach or a tutor than an actual teacher. Still not totally ethical or without issues, but not quite as bad as a student-teacher relationship, at least in my opinion.
@@ejt7642 Also, the movie makes Dimitri look really creepy, I probably sound like a fan girl, but they some genuine connections and chemistry in the first book, If they had never been the subject of the lust charm, I honestly doubt Dimitri would have made any moves on rose while she was a minor, even saying to her towards the end of the book "You need to report what happened". Plus Rose seems so much more mature in the books than she does in the film, watching their relationship in the film made me cringe
@@Nikita-cj1mh yeah plus he outright rejects her multiple times and even tries to hurt her so she won't like him.
Love that you just called Cameron’s character Ian the whole time. Also spoilers
he dies in the second book because he was trying to save rose or prove something to her I don’t remember exactly. I just remember the death scenes
Be assured, everyone, that the books are a thousand times better than the sorry excuse for a movie.
They gave no fucks when they made this movie. It's like they didn't even read the books.
the best example I can think of for supernatural self awareness in recent films is for sure zombieland, because it genuinely works for the movie and doesn't go so far that it ends up sounding lije a fanfic come to life (ie what they did to vampire academy). also not @ zoey's one note dumb blonde character from double tap somehow having more depth than her character in this movie fsjdkhk
Vampire academy is Not Like Other Gir... supernatural teen movies
I’m in a bad mood and ready for an angry rant. Let’s do this 🍿
really wish someone would adapt it into a tv series like they did for shadowhunters - vampire academy could do SO WELL with more time to develop it further with a showrunner who respects the story
*omg its Zacks girlfriend from suite life on deck*
Also Zac's should-have-been-girlfriend from"Mako Mermaids".
Man, I loved these books so much and this movie did them so dirty...
Danila Kozlovsky (one of the main guys) is a REALLY big figure and a REALLY popular and scandalous actor in Russia. He has as many fans as he has haters. His films are sponsored by government, both in which he is an actor and a director. So, yeah, the cast is pretty big. But Kozlovsky espesially is a very controversial person, taking part in projects with shady creation process...
oh my god, I was a huge fan of the books when they were coming out, and I was SO pissed about the movie. you were right about the tone thing- it's much more serious and angsty, especially as the series goes on. the books do make more sense, but from what i remember (which honestly isn't much) it was always pretty overwhelming and there were like 5 different plots happening at the same time. i basically rage quit around the 4th or 5th book because it was just going in a direction i didn't like. but that being said, yeah, i would say this series was a better one than most vampire/supernatural ya books at the time. but i was also like 13/14 when i read them, so.
I honestly like this movie lol, but that said I'm just a fan of the books so I guess I'm only happy Richelle Mead got her cash and the cast looked pretty great for the characters they were portraying. That said they did mess up the tone (the first book is very sarcastic but not outright comedic) and is more of a mystery, and ended up making a kind of dumb popcorn movie instead of the epic adaptation it could've had.
THAT SAID the soundtrack for this movie fucking SLAPS and playing Rats by Rainy Milo at the end was an iconic choice
why are you dragomirs such drags is quite possibly the most intellectual quote to come from any movie ever
This movie may suck, but do you know what doesn't?! A Halloween Upload from Julia!🎃👻 #happyhalloween 😊
Rose & Dimitri are one of my favourite book couples.
He is suppose to be super sexy but not realise it.
This guy is just meh
"Blood messages on walls and a dead cat",
Me quietly having flashbacks from reading Chamber of Secrets.
I almost saw this movie on a double date in high school. I ended up canceling the date and I’m kinda glad I didn’t see it
I don't remember the movie that much but I do know the books were great. Adrian will forever be Best Boy!! I never shipped him with Rose or anything, he was just overall a great character that deserved better and I was super happy he was the focus in the spin-off series. I absolutely loved him there! Yall should really read the books though
Vampire Academy was a bop. Fight Me.
I will not because i concur
Vampire academy could’ve been great. I love the books. But I think they didn’t do it justice with with the script and promotions
hello i'm two years late but this was one of my favourite books series and i just knew it wasn't going to do well. one of the worst things that happened was the fact that they white-washed rose. Canonically, Rose is half white and half turkish, as well as being short and curvy. its an important part of her character- the moroi sexualize and devalue her further because of this, especially when comparing her to Lissa. She constantly struggles with her want to let loose and party, and other people's low expectations and slut shaming in the first few books, and how she learns to deal with it comes hand in hand with her growth as a character.
I wouldn't say she's short she's supposed to be 5'7
LMFAO I worked on this film for 2 months as a specialist action artist (similar to a stunt performer but less trained and skilled). One thing I can tell you is that Zoey Deutsch is a freaking nightmare, she was so so mean. The stunt performers found her so rude to train, she even got her stunt double removed from the production for being too "fat". She refused to eat on set and almost fainted during training. She's the only actress I've ever worked with that's truly mean. To this day I can't watch films she's in. Sarah Hyland was lovely though, she was the biggest star on set but was so humble and kind.
I love, love, *love* the Vampire Academy bookseries. I know it’s mostly nostalgia, since it was one of my first book series (Ender’s Game, Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy are the 3 major book series that I read first) and holds many of my fondest memories of middle school. I was so pissed it was adapted so badly because it gave me such perspective and curiosity, I’ve never really felt that from any other books because it was one of my first ones.
Okay, my 8th grade self loved the books specifically because how it was very darkly romantic. I kinda was a bit over the target audience when the movie came out, but I remember watching the trailer and seriously being so pissed about it. If you read the books and then watched the trailer you'd realize how crazy abrupt the contrast is.
*Despicable*
I really loved the books in high school and I was really excited for the movie (though I was not happy that Ben Barnes was not cast as Dimitri). But this is trash, i hated the tone and it made scoff 😓
This movie will forever be one of the biggest disappointments of my life. The books did an amazing job of setting up great magic systems, political systems, and social systems, and staying true to them. Rose and Dimitri were one of the greatest and most epic love stories of my entire childhood. Lissa gave me hope for recovery as someone still actively struggling with self harm. Even the spinoff series was well written, intelligent, and unafraid of confronting harsh and difficult realities. To take all that ^ and get THIS MOVIE??????? My disappointment and anger are endless.
You made this sound so much more complicated than it actually is 😂😂
Have not finished the video but on Dimitri and Rose's ages-I just looked it up on the wiki to confirm and in the first book she is 17 and he is 24. So yeah the age difference is really icky. There's kind of a whole weird forbidden love thing because like, dhampirs aren't supposed to date each other and also he is Seven Years Older Than Her. Damn like I'm 22 and I would NEVER date a 17 year old. I would not register a 17 year old as remotely attractive. I think they did make her 18 for the movie which...doesn't really make it better but. Idk.
I remember being really annoyed by a lot of the casting decisions of this movie when I was first hearing about it. In the books, Rose is half-Turkish so she kind of has this ~exotic~ vibe that gets kinda fetishized by all the Moroi boys (particularly since she's also curvier than most of the Moroi girls apparently...but like in a curves in all the right places kind of way) so it was kind of a letdown when they cast a petite white brunette to play her. Not that I want there to be more stories about people being exoticized on the basis of their ethnicity and body type, but. They could have at least included her ethnicity, right? It's kind of a moot point because this movie is so all-around bad anyways, though. Also to be fair her being Turkish might have been an excuse to have an ~exotic protagonist on the part of the author without having to like, write her as Turkish in any way...kind of like how the main character of Marked is constantly mentioned as being part Cherokee and therefore super mystical and exotic (but still pale-skinned). It's been so long since I've read the books that I don't wanna jump the gun on that front though. Long story short, good video!
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
*car crash*
Had me cryiiinngggg
Edit: Tommy Wiseau saying I did not hit her over some girl getting thrown made howl
as someone who read the entire series and enjoyed it, you hit the nail on the had on the problems I had with the movie. it was so clearly made by people who didn't respect the genre or its audience. it was dumbed down to painful levels and the tone they tried to go for didn't really suit the material.
btw, while I enjoyed Vampire Academy, the spin-off series, Bloodlines, was a lot more interesting imo, and it's one of my all time favorites.
this movie was such an insult to the book, it genuinely hurt me
My brain read the suck at school as they school as suck, twice, and I'm really tired.
no matter how trashy this movie is, ITS AN EXCEPTION TO THE TRASH LIST IN MY HEART :(
why is your voice so relaxing omg
The only reason that I like this movie is because it reminds me of the wonderful book series😂
this movie is the peak of good bad movies lmfao. it's great!!! like I love this movie a lot, but it kinda irks me with the whole 'trying to be the next mean girls' thing and disrespecting it's own genre.