"Again&Again" Blade (1998)
@sergeyk try watching Blade (1998) Again&Again and you will just keep watching it Again&Again
1 Tell about a movie you've seen two or three times and will definitely watch again. |
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How I get to love Blade (1998) and getting to watching it again and again since then as a kid and now as an adult. I guess I now lost count to numbers of time I have watch this movie. As at 2005 I vividly recalled, I was in a family house with my dad and four other siblings when Blade (1998) first entered my life. It was on a hot Saturday afternoon, the kind where NEPA(Nigeria Electricity power holding Authority) had refused to show mercy by restoring power supply. I mean, if anyone knew Nigeria so well then, electricity was a big challenge. After food preparation, my mum had just called me and my siblings to come eat but I ignored the summons cause my eyes were glued to the new DVD my dad had brought home. Literally, I was a fans of drawing that display tough soldiers as a kid and on the DVD cover was a muscular Black man, dressed in black leather, holding a blade, with a pair of jet-black sunglasses sitting confidently on his face. I hadn’t even watched the film yet but due to my curiosity I was already hooked. I kept longing for the power to come back so I could finally pressure my dad to insert this DVD into the DVD player so that I can watched everything in motion.
From the opening scene, I knew this Blade to be my kind of movie because the set in was dope for a cool action movie as the vampire rave club remains etched in my memory like a scar. The blood raining from the sprinklers had sent some chilled down my spine. The unsuspecting human trapped in a crowd of blood-thirsty vampires. Then, Blade enters, calm and in silent totally armed and about to kick asses. Unbothered by the chaos and I knew it action set in He slaughtered the vampires with expert precision. I mean, the skilled of action kill it all for me. That was the moment I knew: this wasn’t just another movie but cinema meeting adrenaline.
As for my count watch, I have lost count of numbers you know as a kid how addicted they are to things the love. I mean, think of that your favorite toy you aimed for every early morning. I’ve watched Blade atleast getting to hundred of times and not just in passing because each time watch was deliberate. It’s the kind of film that calls you back, whether you’re bored on a Sunday afternoon or just craving some nostalgia from when action movies were gritty and bold. I ell you what, we still possessed Blade (1998) DVD in my family house.
Blade, played by Wesley Snipes, is not your average superhero you wanna underate cause He’s a half-human, half-vampire "Daywalker" immune to sunlight and with the strength and reflexes of his enemies. But beyond the action and the martial arts, Blade is also fighting himself. He carries the blood of what he hates and needed serum to avoid feeding on humans. And yet, he doesn’t curse fate he sharpens his sword and fights every night to protect people who don’t even know he exists. I recalled the moment police was shooting at him in the hospital when he tried to save a nurse life.
From sword fights to gun battles to his famous martial arts spin-kicks, Blade doesn’t waste energy. His movements are calculated, clean and cold. Even when he fights Deacon Frost the arrogant young vampire who wants to unlock an ancient blood god you can see that Blade isn’t just fighting to win. He’s fighting to survive, to prove that control is stronger than chaos.
Unlike most old men... this one was a rugged old man with a rough beard and a broken past, Whistler found Blade, trained him and became the father figure Blade never had. When Whistler was bitten and chose to end his own life rather than become a vampire, I genuinely felt the pain in Blade’s silence. You could see it in his eyes he didn’t just lose a friend but lost his only family.
Everything has their pulse and for Blade(1998) the soundtrack was the pulse of the film for me. That thumping techno beat during fight scenes pushes your adrenaline up, whether it’s your first watch or your fifth. It transforms every fight scene into a battle-dance that you can’t look away from.
One reason Blade keeps drawing me back is because it gave the black community a Black superhero long before the mainstream did. Long before Black Panther became a global movement, Blade had already kicked down the door in 1998. As a Nigerian boy growing up in a time when most heroes were white, seeing Wesley Snipes stand tall, confident and in control was powerful. It wasn’t just entertainment but validation.
Till today, I still quote Blade's classic line:
“Some motherf***ers are always trying to ice skate uphill.”
It doesn’t even make complete sense lolz but somehow, it’s iconic.
When I rewatch Blade, it’s not because I’ve run out of options though It’s because I miss the intensity, the originality and that raw 90s energy. The leather, the grit, the fearless action sequences. It’s a timeless piece of cinema and I know I’ll return to it again… and again.
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2 Is "favorite movie" and "movie I'll watch again and again" the same thing?. |
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I will say "No" they’re not the same.
A favorite movie is one that holds a special emotional place in your heart or It might be something that changed the way you think, taught you a deep lesson maybe simply made you cry the first time you saw it. You may not even want to watch it too often so you can preserve its emotional weight. For me, a film like The Pursuit of Happyness falls into that category because it is deeply moving but not something I’d casually rewatch every month.
But a movie I’ll watch again and again? That’s different.
That’s the kind of movie that brings energy, entertainment and excitement every single time. You already know the story but you still get hyped when the music drops or the main character enters the scene. That’s what Blade (1998) is to me and note, It’s not necessarily my most emotional film but it is the one I can confidently rewatch without getting tired.
It’s like this: your favorite food might be something rare and special like just think of your favorite food. But the food you can eat again and again might just be simple food, snacks etc you always grave for. Both are great, but they serve different needs.
So no, “favorite movie” and “movie I’ll watch again and again” are not the same thing and Blade lives in that second category for me. It gives me what I want: action, atmosphere, attitude and a character I can cheer for every single time.
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Thank you for reading.
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