Wow! Such a good movie.

not horrible nor great

How sad is this?

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I gave the film an 8, not just for the qualities of the film everyone else years ago have mentioned, but for Jude Law's performance. Such a pleasure to stumble across this at Netflix instant watch. I always thought Law was completely overrated save for his savvy performance in A.I. I thought he was dreadfully cast in just about everything, showing no emotion I could connect to or subtlety of acting. I was wrong and am not ashamed to admit I was completely intrigued by him in this film. He was absolutely fearless and I don't know whether that is a testament to the director, to the director and script, or to Law/Director/Script.It is as odd and wonderful as if you just stumbled over The Man Who Fell to Earth, which is not your stereotypical sci fi film. This is not your stereotypical vampire film and I highly recommend it.

Although so many comments are saying that the vampire fell for the girl, what actually happened is the same thing that has happened in the past: the whole ending (pretending not to bit her, letting her nurse him, etc), the WHOLE thing was still a part of the vampire seducing her. If she had not by chance come back after finding the band-aid, she would never have known (note that suddenly he seemed so much "healthier"). He even played up his breathing issues because he knew she would sympathize. In fact, we are seeing a master at work. It was his intention all along to eat her and it was only by chance that she got away. She was lucky to have pierced his hand leading to his excessive bleeding and then he truly could no longer follow her. But he did get her to love him truly-- knowing more about what he was than any other woman ever had-- he almost got that "perfect" love he was searching for all along.

I knew nothing of the "vampire" aspect of this film before seeing it, and I wouldn't have it any other way.I thought that I had watched a film about a terrifying, eccentric, charming, brutal, tormented man who (like many of us) felt abnormal and unreal in his own skin. His internal conflict, his willingness to act against what seemed to be his nature, and his compulsion to survive were the prominent themes.The opening scene of this film is captivatingly beautiful and haunting. I believed, mistakenly, that Jude Law's character was a police officer due to his presence at an auto accident. That impression (and it truly was only my own impression) lasted until he deftly and unexpectedly killed his lover/fiancé, a woman whose life he had previously saved.After killing his fiancé, Jude Law's character endures a physical agony, and eventually "produces" and saves a long crystal-like barb, labeled with his fiancé's name. This puzzled me initially, but later in the film, he talks about his work to study bladder and kidney "stones" or formations, and their possible connection to strong emotions in the patient. I believe that each of the barbs Stephen kept were formations from his own internal organs that resulted from the emotion of killing his prey... OR, they may have been the manifestation of the the prey's emotion, as conveyed to him through their blood. (This idea is supported by his one-word emotion notation in the diaries after the death of the two women in the first half of the film.) There were definitely moments in this film that made me wonder about the nature of Stephen (e.g., his forgetting to breath; the number of diaries which indicate the number of women he has killed while still being a young man; killing his fiancé with a bite; etc.), but I did not ever assume he was a literal vampire. It seemed to be more of a figurative identity,In hind sight, Stephen's curiosity with the police investigator's crucifix would have been a little more ironic with the knowledge that he was a vampire, but not knowing did not take anything away from the film or story for me. To the contrary, I am a little disappointed that I now know.The overall revealing of Jude Law's character evolves slowly throughout the film, even until the very end. It is a fascinating depiction of complex character.There is a great deal of symbolism in the film, and it does not pander to the audience -- nothing is handed over on a silver platter. It's definitely worth a look!

Immortality (or Wisdom of Crocodiles as its known across the pond) should be classified as a vampire flick, but I think to see it as nothing more would be missing the point. Just as the original Dracula carried powerful sexual undercurrents in its own heyday, so too must the current crop of vampire stories reveal something of the carnal desires in us today.Jude Law plays the vampire who lives off the blood of others. In human terms he's a real charmer who (en lieu of love) lusts after the women he's with - only to toss them aside when someone new catches his attention - leaving an emotional car wreck in his wake. But this selfish and cruel heart-breaker may finally meet his match when against the odds he finds love with a woman who ultimately rejects him.This sort of man or woman fits well with the vampire archetype, and makes for a nice twist on the genre in the vein of Anne Rice's work. Jude Law was on the rise to his now household name status when he took this on and as always delivers a stellar performance. I would've liked it more had they delved into some of the creepier parts of his character, such as the crystallized shards of blood he painfully removes after a kill (somehow like the purging or catharsis one undergoes after any relationship, revealing he suffers something if not a crisis of conscience). Or the fact that his strange last name has no vowels and can't be traced to any heritage or country of origin.The casting is not without its flaws however, for Jude's foil is not the most interesting choice and I imagine could've been better with a more recognizable actress. I'm just not sure I'm convinced of her charms in the face of a man who we can assume has been treating women as nothing more than a life sustaining meal for many years.But no matter. Law carries the film, delivers an excellent performance in this stark but classy production. If you're a fan of his films or the vampire genre, Immortality is definitely worth a viewing or two. May have been even better with a female in the role of the vampire.