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Everyone's a Critic: ''30 Days of Night'' -- See what Owen Gleiberman had to say to a reader who disagreed with his review about the Josh Hartnett vampire flick

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By Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

Dear Owen,
You really are narrow-minded. You want everything to be Oscar-worthy. But sometimes people just want to be entertained by vampires. Or beer-drinking frat guys. Or any other genre you don't deem suitable for your highly critical standards. I know it's your job, but hating a horror movie like 30 Days of Night for being a horror movie is lame.
— Nick Caruso

Dear Nick,
I truly do enjoy a good blood-gushing/face-ripping vamp attack. That is, for about 10 minutes. But a horror movie isn't just horror — it also aspires to be, you know, a movie. If you thought 30 Days of Night was awesome, fine, but please realize we critics aren't being snobs by panning it. We're just holding out for a bloodsucker flick with a story as scary as its effects.
— Owen

Posted Oct 25, 2007 | Published in issue #962 Nov 02, 2007 | Order Article Reprints