The Park

Private Investigator by day, vampire by night. The tall, dark, and broody (and let’s add hunky) protagonist of Moonlight should have me drooling by the buckets. Alas, instead of me focusing on my normal delight over superficial aspects of the show, I find myself critiquing certain angles of Moonlight.

Vampires in contemporary LA is a fascinating tale that should not run out of style. Moonlight has stories to tell but I think the casting director miscast the actors. Tall, dark, and broody actor dude should be a good choice for the Moonlight’s angst-ridden vampire. I’ll be honest. Actor dude is hott (and I can picture him in my mind as one of those titled gentlemen in the Regency era.) You’d think he’d be oozing chemistry with any woman under 70. Unfortunately, TDB and the heroine (who looks a lot like the gorgeous Kate Winslet) does not even ignite a single spark. A pity. Even Jason Dohring, a Veronica Mars alum (love the dude!), cannot appease my annoyance. He is an excellent actor yet he is so awkward in the role as a paranoid ancient uber-vampyr.

One word to describe the pilot: Pretentious. Puh-lease. Every scene wants to shout, ‘Hey, I’m important! Listen to me!”. Everything is taken so seriously. The dialogue is so cliche. And the overall acting is so, uh, acted. No chemistry amongst the actors, at all.

I wanted to really really like the show. It has gorgeous vampires and has Angel-like premise… Maybe the next episode will be better. I should not give up hope.