Just got back from it. Easily the weakest of the Blade series; I can only hope the reason Goyer made such a lackluster finale was because he was too busy concentrating on Batman Begins.
The movie did have its moments. All of the action scenes were kick a$$ IMO, and there weren't any stupid CGI fights or bullet time stunts like there were in part two. Kudos to Goyer for making Jessica Biel into a total bad ass as well. Of course the best part of the movie IMO was Ryan Reynolds. Without him, this movie would not have been as bearable.
Now to the gripes.
1) Blade being wanted by the law. Stupid concept and the plot purpose it served was more or less superfluous.
2) Dracula. My oh my did they screw this character up to no avail. Dracula is supposed to be a sauve and elegant being with seductive powers, not a variation on that jerk you see at the gym all the time who can do more bench presses than you can. The actor playing him made Richard Roxburgh in Van Helsing look on par with Lugosi's version. HHH would have been a better Dracula than this guy, and that's pretty sad.
Finally

Oh well, I loved the action, and those alone will sell me the DVD so I can skip ahead and watch them without the convuluted mess that revolved around them. This one just seemed empty for the most part, whereas one had the benefit of being unique and two the visual style of Guillermo Del Toro to enhance a rather weak story. Maybe I expected too much for a third outing. It did deliver the goods in the action department, and I guess that is more or less what these movies are about in the first place. I give it a C- , or **/****.

Well didn't Wesley Snipes show up the Tonight Show in the whole Blade outfit? The guy always seemed a little strange to me.

Look the film wasn't great but was enjoyable enough and better than having your nuts put in a clamp for 2 hours

I agree that the villians esp Dracula were lame and there were too many cliches. Fighting Buffy style hottie, smart alec sidekick who gets caught etc etc

Jessica Biel needed to show her tits

I think this movie might have done better box-office had they released it in March or April. Christmas time is just not the right time to release a Blade movie; too much for the whole family. The again, counterprogramming can work sometimes, just doubt it this time.

I think that's true of almost all movies.

I really wanted to like Blade: Trinity. There were a few things I did like, but overall it just didn't work. I can't put my finger on any one thing, but I wasn't nearly as entertained as with the first two.

What the fuck kind of rating system is that?

"Well cat women was a bad movie... but it sure as fuck was better than getting shot point blank in the face"

That is no way to rate a fuck'n movie...

Well, I suppose if you're a masochist it might be a decent rating systems. "Thumbs up, better than running electric shocks through my nipples!"

Otherwise, I wouldn't expect Ebert to start using it as his rating system.

Everybody says Posey was terrible in the movie, but the closest anyone comes to explaining how she was terrible is someone who said she was annoying and redundant. What was so back about her acting? (just curious since so many folks seem to agree).

Trying to remember back, but she came off like she was just reading lines versus "acting". Maybe it was the dialogue written for her, or maybe it was just her, but it didn't feel like she was interacting with the other actors very well and felt out of place.

I guess you missed my first post in the thread then.

I'm sorry, dear. Let me revise:

The majority of people in this thread say that Posey was terrible. Better?

is it true snipes was on leno in a blade outfit? was he in character?

Finally saw this last night, my grades are something like:

Blade ...A
Blade II ...C-
Blade: Trinity ...B

I love the first because it's a perfect balance of horror movie and action movie. I'm speaking of tone, not elements. It had a great story and actually gave us a Blade *character*, plus incredible villains.

Now, I really enjoyed Hellboy, but I'm pissed that Del Toro used the Blade franchise as his 'test run' to get that project. It's just not Blade. This was more "gothic comic book movie" than "horror/action movie with comic origins". Which is great for some, but I prefer the latter. I like the setting, and I like the 'common enemy' premise. But IMO Del Toro has all these great ideas but doesn't take them anywhere. Just when I was starting to think "Ooh, this should be cool" the scene would either end or switch gears into something less interesting.

Blade Trinity is a step back in the direction of the first, it feels like a somewhat watered down version of that film. But the villains are solid (although I agree Drake was underused), and Hannibal & Abigail are surprisingly great additions to the cast. The humor, especially from King, counterbalanced many of the film's flaws. I liked the humorous moments from Blade, although I wish this movie had *some* sort of character development for Blade. He was far too stoic/angry here; the character is just running in place here.

Terrible movie.

Entertaining as such (I spent a lot of time laughing at it (moreso than with it)) but terrible non-the-less.

Blade was a very poorly directed movie with an interesting story.
Blade II was a well directed flick with a weak story.
Blade III was terribly directed with annoying characters (Drake was alright, but that lady.. my god.. I confused her as a satire - but even for satire was terrible) and an average story.

So I guess it all equals itself out.

Goyer can be a decent writer at times, but he needs to leave the directing to somebody with a sense of self-constraint.

That all said, I'd still recommend the movie. It's sure to go down as a cheese-classic, a true howler.

Snipes has had an odd career, does anyone agree? He began going down the action hero route in a fairly safe manner, occasionally throwing in a few other character roles, but since Blade seems like his other movies have either been box office flops or didn't even see theatre releases at all. Is that because of his devotion to the Blade franchise? I'd like to think so rather than the choices of roles that come his way nowadays.

Anybody know where you can find the script to this online?

Jackieboy, you've really lost your sense of humour mate

no, you just know how I reply to your post.

I liked this movie a bit more than Blade II but not as much at Blade I. As soon as I figured out the blind chick was Natasha Lyonne I wondered why they wasted such a great actress in such a throw away role. I also couldn't believe how weak the Vampires were when fighting humans.

Good:

1. Fight scenes
2. Opening scene
3. Triple H
4. The soundtrack
5. Vampire dogs

Bad:

1. Wesley's inability to speak clearly with fake fangs even after 3 movies
2. That Posey girl
3. Whistler's death...yet again
4. Lyonne's character dying. One of my pet peeves of most movies like this is that Hollywood always feels the need to kill off everyone. It's stupid.
5. Vampire weakness compared to the Human Nightstalkers. I can accept the under powered Vampires of "Underworld" against Werewolves, but NOT humans.
5. Perhaps its been addressed already and maybe I'm wrong but I though in Blade I they established that "Vampire God" that one guy was trying to bring back as being the beginning of the race? But now it's Dagon/Dracula. Huh?

Yeah it's all part of the "Hip Vampire", "god doesn't do anything to us modernization" of the vampire Legend. Just like at one time Killiing "Dracula", who's generally thought to be "ground zero" for Vampires, would cause all of his "children" to die with him. Since this was the last Blade that, and Blade's death, would've been the perfect ending.....

It's like Superman. At one point Superman was THE most powerful non-magic Hero in the DC universe so they powered him down. It was an attempt to make him more vulnerable and "accessible" to the masses.

Was Natasha Lyonne the blind woman? I couldn't recognize her, not that she's that recognizable to begin with, but still.

Yep it's her. Granted, it was good to see her -no pun intended- however she was totally wasted in this role.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005169/

I was down the middle for Blade 3. I actually liked the charactors, and that was the movie's strong point for me (at least the main charactors) . I thought the directing sucked though, too much like a music video. There was an interesting story in there somewhere, but it didn't come out much with the MTV style.

my ranking:
Blade B+
Blade 2 A-
Blade Trinity B-

have a question for people who have seen the movie:

I just chalked the mandibles around the mouth up to Drac being a supervamp and the dog might have been the result of some experimentation by the other vampires.