Dracula

A fun to watch! It does not take itself too seriously and the actors seem to realky enjoy what they doing. Especialky Waltz seems to enjoythis role much more that his role in Frankenstein. In the end it is a Luc Besson movie that has it all for popcorn movie par excellence!

Por mais que pegue carona tecnica e visualmente em "Nosferatu" (sendo que este é artisticament superior), curto a objetividade da história, com certo didatismo e indo direto ao ponto. É um romance água com açúcar, mas ao menos é bem explorada a motivação, e bem construído os personagens. Peca na hora da adrenalina e na ação, e pra piorar o desfecho ficou preguiçoso demais, quase põe tudo a perder. Mas ainda assim o saldo é positivo, por mais que não acrescente absolutamente nada à história do Conde (para mim, de Coppola continua imbatível).

There’s a bunch of new stuff thrown in there. Some of it works, some of it REALLY doesn’t. First the positives. This does have a good style to it. Great cinematography and dedicated performances. It looks like the time period. The obvious comparison is Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula. To the point where it could be described as a copy of it. This isn’t as good, but it is a decent try. And at least he tried to make it differ from the countless other adaptations of this story. But Besson’s directing is also the movie’s downfall. With quite a few scenes that are just corny and over-the-top, and leave the audience begging for a hint of subtlety. And a bunch of things that are added in there are just really dumb ideas. Like he threw in some stuff about Dracula creating a perfume that makes him irresistible to women. It’s slightly less weird in context. What doesn’t work even in context, is the fact that it’s introduced with a bizarre dance montage. Oh and there’s also the CGI gargoyles. Yeah, he doesn’t live alone in that castle. He lives with a bunch of gargoyles that come to life, and act as his servants. And I guess I have mixed feelings about it. Meaning that I think it would be fun in a movie that didn’t take itself so seriously. Like people would be calling them the worst thing ever, but I’d be defending them saying “No they’re fun. They fit in with the tone.” But they don’t fit in with the tone, they’re goofy, and a Dracula movie doesn’t need CGI gargoyle minions. Also, there’s some reveal about them at the very end that’s just confoundingly stupid. I don’t understand what they were implying with it, but I have a feeling that even if I knew enough for it to make sense, it would still be really dumb. This movie makes so many out there decisions that do not work that it could practically be worth a recommendation just to see how bizarre it gets. But then again, apparently, Luc Besson is kind of a creep, so… **** that. But with that aside, even without the ironic enjoyment, this is still a decently made reimagining, that’s let down by some bad decisions. Besson took some big swings and many of them were misses. It’s not as much of an ambitious mess as Megalopolis, but it does kind of ride that route, and it is at least a lot more entertaining than that movie. Basically a second-rate version of Coppola’s Dracula that decided it needed a fight scene with CGI gargoyles. Not the best. ****/@jaythemovieguy7751

This is probably the most historically ignorant version of Dracula yet. Wallachians didn't look and behave like medieval French. While they were Christians, they didn't have Catholic priests in Orthodox churches. And the absolutely ridiculous armors... The only good parts of this... whatever the eff this is, are Christoph Waltz and the parts it stole from Bram Stoker's Dracula. This thing should be forgotten and consigned to oblivion. The 2025 Nosferatu film is vastly superior in every possible way.

Dramatically, nothing here works. First dramatic, then erotic, then creepy, and then slapstick. The completely inappropriate slapstick, in particular, ruins the film entirely. And the man behind the mask fails miserably as an actor right from his first scene as Dracula—it's appalling. Not to mention the details that are an insult to the audience, with CGI on par with the 90s. But despite the criticism, you can watch the film for 50 minutes until they start dancing; at that point, you should turn it off and put on Nosferatu instead.