Fright Night (2011) - 2 stars out of 10

The original "Fright Night" isn't the greatest vampire film of all time so this remake should have easily surpassed it with modern filmmaking technology.  The synopsis for the film, reading that it takes a more horrific approach to the story, made it seem even more likely that this movie would rock.  And yet, logic gave way to shotty filmmaking.  I would have rather been watching "Twilight."  And I don't mean that in a way complimentary to Twilight.  I don't understand how a movie with so many cool CGI effects could be so boring.  I think that the problem lies in the fact that this film tried to keep the comedic tone of the original why making it terrifying.  Unfortunately, this movie was neither comedic or terrifying - every moment that was supposed to be funny came off as awkwardly boring.  Colin Farrell was pretty good as Jerry (though not nearly as good as Chris Sarandon in the original) and Imogen Poots was nice to look at, but I was annoyed every time that David Tennant walked into a scene, with the sole purpose of adding a bunch of f-words to the script.  They changed a few aspects of the story, but each change was for the worse.  The final 20 minutes of the original was significantly better than the final 20 minutes of this version.  If you are considering a viewing of this film, you are much better off to watch the original 1985 version, though I'd much sooner recommend "Let Me In" if you want the best vampire film ever created.