This is just pure nonsense entertainment. There is no moral to this story..there is no deep seated lesson being learned by the main characters..except maybe for Buffy herself..who learns to be less of a shallow snobby cheerleader after discovering she is a slayer. Considering when this film was made...it fits with the times...but there are teens today who will watch it and get into too. I recall everyone being amazed at seeing "Dylan" from "90120" in a real movie. Opposites attract..and Buffy and Pike are very different...in every way. As the movie moves along..Buffy seems to mature in attitude and realizes her friends are basically brainless idiots. They cannot see the BIGGER picture...but she now CAN..thanks in part to the training she is receiving from Merrick...aka Donald Sutherland. Seeing such a top notch actor in a film like this was a little surprising really. Maybe he liked the script when he read it. I do know..after reading about the film...that a lot was left out...some of the more gruesome details being one. It was suppose to be a dark movie...but became a campy one instead. If the film was made today..in 2010...Merricks' character would be considered very creepy...even perverted..since he was almost stalking Buffy by following her around. I did think it was odd that even though so many people in the film were disappearing without a clue...yet no one seemed too concerned..even the adults that were briefly shown here and there. Like most teen films..the ones here don't have a clue about anything the kids are doing. The principal of the school was a hoot...thinking he was in touch with the kids..when he was anything but cool. Stephen Root is so good at playing these kids of characters...his "Milton" in "Office Space" is priceless acting. I would say this is a movie about girl power..and she does kick ass..but still manages to stay girly. Rugar Hauser did an OK job of being the head vampire...I guess they didn't want too deep of a performance...the character was quite full of himself...almost vain. Seeing Pee Wee Herman in this was funny too...it was difficult to think of him as a vicious killer who drank blood..without something goofy coming out of his mouth. The best part of the movie...to me...is the dance at the end. Buffy finally makes her OWN decisions for herself...wears the boots with the dress and goes with Pike..she isn't quite ready to let go of being a high school girl yet..but will be the chosen one..in her own way. I didn't care much for the television series..it was too different from the film...there is little to compare the two. See the original film to get the real effect. Enjoy.
Review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
