Ok for starters I was very excited to be getting a new version of Dracula for the screen. I was cautiously optimistic, Argento is a "name" and there was a chance it could be done right.
Also I had heard it was a homage to the Hammer Horror films of the 50s and 60s.
Well...it is a very pretty movie. The HD is nice.
It IS a love note to the Hammer Horror. The visuals for that are down. But that is where it ends really.
Ok what is bad? Well pretty much everything else.
Asia Argento can't act, at all. Unax Ugalde makes wish for the nuanced and subtle performances of Keanu Reeves as Johnathon Harker. And Rutger Hauer (Van Helsing). Well Rutger has to eat too.
I will give Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) credit though, he seems like a good actor. Interesting enough he is set to play Van Helsing on the new Dracula TV Series.
Again, we get the whole "immortal beloved" plot line; that is the idea that Mina (sometimes Lucy) is one of Dracula's past lovers. Sometimes it works, but most time I don't buy it.
Damn. I would have loved to have a good new Dracula remake.
Oh. So yeah. Pretty crappy movie really.
ETA: I am watching Jesús Franco's Count Dracula (1970) now. I'll review that one soon too.
Tally: Watched 7, New 6
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Really surprised to hear you calling this a "pretty movie", I've only seen the trailer and it looks dreadful - really amateur, possibly largely greenscreened, and fake with truly dire special effects.
ReplyDeletePretty is the BEST thing I can say for it. The rest is pretty dreadful.
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