it's a change that completely ruins the story. mina is turned into an unrepentant prostitute, dracula becomes a bizarre sabbatean baphomet, and jonathan harker is turned in to a cuckold. visually, the film is a masterpiece, and the acting isn't as bad as many say it is, but the addition of the stupid romance between dracula and mina ruins it
>coppola, oldman and hopkins do greatness as usual >some hollywood eye candy for the young characters, meh i guess. could have picked brits >kino designs for dracula, his armor, his rejuvenated vlad tepes look, his giant bat form >hypnotizing vampire women >soundtrack by least deranged 20th century classical polish composer
yeah, it's pretty great
>We are dealing with forces beyond all human experience, and enormous power. So guard her well. Otherwise, your precious Lucy will become a b***h of the Devil! A prostitute of darkness! >Hear me out, young man. Lucy is not a random victim, attacked by mere accident, you understand? No. She is a willing recruit, a breathless follower, a wanton follower. I dare say, a devoted disciple. She is the Devil's concubine!
I knew I ascended to Patrician status when I stopped caring about "good" acting. Charisma >>>>> acting skills any day. I'd rather watch Keanu and Winona be gorgeous together than Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks try to out act each other just to win an oscar. Richard Linklater casts non actors and it shows but who cares if the movie flows and feels right. Nothing worse than an #oscarworthy scene where the actor forgets they're in a movie and not a play. TLDR Dracula is pure uncut KINO.
One of those movies I come back to time after time and it feels like home. Love the romance and the weird art house gore and hyper sexuality. It's amazing to think that it exists cause it truly is such a bizarre movie in so many ways. Couldn't be made today really. In my top ten.
Agreed. I don't give a shit if an accent is bad. If anything I think Keanu's shitty accent adds to the charm.
One of those movies I come back to time after time and it feels like home. Love the romance and the weird art house gore and hyper sexuality. It's amazing to think that it exists cause it truly is such a bizarre movie in so many ways. Couldn't be made today really. In my top ten.
Agreed. I don't give a shit if an accent is bad. If anything I think Keanu's shitty accent adds to the charm.
totally agree. everything in the movie is a caricature. keanu's accent does indeed add to the charm. it's a really fun movie. I bet coppola had tons of fun making it.
I tend to agree however he does very well in John Wick and I would argue his penultimate role was just him showing up to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
I think that there is merit to good acting but charisma frequently has noses turned up at it. I argue that a good director can recognize quality acting and charisma within their cast and the skill is in using what they have of the two to maximum effect.
I thought it was trash. Dracula never had any real disadvantages, he was an insufferable Gary Sue. Modern setting on the third episode made it all clearer, standard BBC pozzed crap.
I really really hate this film, Keanu isn't even the worst thing in this movie. It comes off like a stage play, there is no world just locations. Winonas house, the place where the coffin is. It all feels so cheap.
it's fricking great, holds up really well except for a few shots and visual effects. The blue flame looks like shit, it's a nice detail to put in the movie since it's in the book but ultimately wasn't needed. And the gypsy falling down the cliff during the sunset chase is terrible as well.
Keanu is awful. Sympathetic Dracula and Mina romance shouldn't have been there. I like the rest.
Is Keanu or Winona worse in this? They're both fricking embarassing.
Keanu, without a shadow of doubt. Winona gets her moment late in the film.
Keanu, and it's not even close. I was literally waiting for him to say "Dracula....woah". It's one of the worst attempted accents ever.
I know where the bastard sleeps!
keanu, but yeah they're both bad
>Sympathetic Dracula and Mina romance shouldn't have been there
Absolutely filtered
it's a change that completely ruins the story. mina is turned into an unrepentant prostitute, dracula becomes a bizarre sabbatean baphomet, and jonathan harker is turned in to a cuckold. visually, the film is a masterpiece, and the acting isn't as bad as many say it is, but the addition of the stupid romance between dracula and mina ruins it
This seems to be the consensus on the movie. Keanu was an unbelievably shitty miscast and the romance was corny. Everything else is 10/10 filmmaking
Agreed. But the terrible romance sinks the whole film, so it's hard to appreciate the rest while actually watching it.
i love the victorian-ness of it. like when they go into the old timey movie theatre and everyones in awe at this new moving picture technology
Phantasmagoria
>coppola, oldman and hopkins do greatness as usual
>some hollywood eye candy for the young characters, meh i guess. could have picked brits
>kino designs for dracula, his armor, his rejuvenated vlad tepes look, his giant bat form
>hypnotizing vampire women
>soundtrack by least deranged 20th century classical polish composer
yeah, it's pretty great
>We are dealing with forces beyond all human experience, and enormous power. So guard her well. Otherwise, your precious Lucy will become a b***h of the Devil! A prostitute of darkness!
>Hear me out, young man. Lucy is not a random victim, attacked by mere accident, you understand? No. She is a willing recruit, a breathless follower, a wanton follower. I dare say, a devoted disciple. She is the Devil's concubine!
I knew I ascended to Patrician status when I stopped caring about "good" acting. Charisma >>>>> acting skills any day. I'd rather watch Keanu and Winona be gorgeous together than Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks try to out act each other just to win an oscar. Richard Linklater casts non actors and it shows but who cares if the movie flows and feels right. Nothing worse than an #oscarworthy scene where the actor forgets they're in a movie and not a play. TLDR Dracula is pure uncut KINO.
One of those movies I come back to time after time and it feels like home. Love the romance and the weird art house gore and hyper sexuality. It's amazing to think that it exists cause it truly is such a bizarre movie in so many ways. Couldn't be made today really. In my top ten.
Agreed. I don't give a shit if an accent is bad. If anything I think Keanu's shitty accent adds to the charm.
The first 45ish minutes are comfy. Dracula's journey to England onboard the ship is absolute kino
Same here man. It's my favorite romance movie. Keanu and Winona bring it down, but Oldman and Hopkins absolutely make up for it.
totally agree. everything in the movie is a caricature. keanu's accent does indeed add to the charm. it's a really fun movie. I bet coppola had tons of fun making it.
You can tell he didn't think much of Keanu as an actor in the behind the scenes stuff, I'm pretty sure it was the studio who insisted on him.
Keanu gets in the way so much of what is really the Gary Oldman and Wynona Rider neck biting story it really is.
Jonathan is a cuck, but he is integral to the story, also not a bad guy, just unlucky.
Keanu has always been 100% carried by his good looks. He could never actually act.
He's got some charisma and has done a lot of parts that he was well suited to. I thought he did well in the gift.
I tend to agree however he does very well in John Wick and I would argue his penultimate role was just him showing up to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Addendum, he also played the exact same character in Devil's Advocate, which is to say, just Keaneau being himself.
I think that there is merit to good acting but charisma frequently has noses turned up at it. I argue that a good director can recognize quality acting and charisma within their cast and the skill is in using what they have of the two to maximum effect.
It's a great movie, one of a kind.
I think this movie is criminally overrated.
I think, you sir, are a cuckold.
A fitting song for a movie about a love so enormous that destroys everything in its path
I've seen this like 4 times and all I can remember are Oldman's silly costumes and Winona's big floppers bouncing around in that sheer nightgown.
THE GOAT.
I want 4K AI upscaled Wynona breasts so bad, bros.
There was a UHD blu-ray release of Coppola's Dracula a couple years ago that apparently is extremely good
I own it and it is
I liked the recent series Steven Moffat did
I thought it was trash. Dracula never had any real disadvantages, he was an insufferable Gary Sue. Modern setting on the third episode made it all clearer, standard BBC pozzed crap.
First two episodes were good. Third episode ruined everything. I hate anything with smart phones in it.
First episode was god tier, second episode was pretty good but disappointing after the first, third episode was an insult to viewers.
He tried to do too much of a sherlock
loved Gary Oldman and the gothic setting...oh and Keanu getting felt up by Dracula's brides
One of my first movie theater experiences was this film so I guess I'll give some credit to it for getting me into horror films.
vampire shit is for gays
Its far better than twilight and zoomers seem to love that homosexualry.
I'm not into bestiality at all, but the CGI werewolf fricking naked Sadie Frost in the graveyard scene was pretty intense.
Bleh!
based blehposter
God she is incredible
she's a legit 10/10
I really really hate this film, Keanu isn't even the worst thing in this movie. It comes off like a stage play, there is no world just locations. Winonas house, the place where the coffin is. It all feels so cheap.
>It all feels so cheap.
No, it doesn't
What's wrong with stage plays?
homie have you ever read the book?
it's fricking great, holds up really well except for a few shots and visual effects. The blue flame looks like shit, it's a nice detail to put in the movie since it's in the book but ultimately wasn't needed. And the gypsy falling down the cliff during the sunset chase is terrible as well.
Not as good as Dracula Untold with Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon.
amazing, as in, causes amazement?
I fricking love the cello from the intro theme song.
For me, it's the redhead getting knotted in public.
well, in the middle of a garden maze on her family's property
My mistake. Guess this means I'm due for a rewatch.