Bramstoker's dracula collector's edition 2 disc

[GoldGoblin]

I love this movie.

 

[aaron]

that's a poopy dvd cover right there

 

[cryptic name]

You have heard him talk on the Batman Begins DVD, right? Either he was acting or he doesn't have a British accent.

yeah he does, he affected an american accent for his batman interviews because he thought a brit playing an american icon might alienate people.

and coppola's dracula is a pretty terrible movie

 

[aaron]

bale is welsh

 

[cryptic name]

bale is welsh

still a brit. plus, he was born in whales but raised in england and has an enlish accent

 

[aaron]

wales*

 

[Asteroid-Man]

This movie was great!

 

[tzarinna]

I kind of like the cover.

 

[chaseter]

he looks like he's playing peekaboo.

I still love his boob hair

 

[Rac]

I hope there's somekinda alt. cover. Don't like that one...

HMV Exclusive maybe?

 

[Mr. Socko]

I prefer the Leslie Nielsen version.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Horrible adaptation? Absolutely (it DID NOT improve on the book),

but a damn fine piece of entertaining cinema layered with so much extraneous but cool if you look for it crap and subtext with more visual intertexuality and style than Oliver Stone on an acid trip.......YES.

I personally think it is a grand scale hammy horror movie with great sets, costume, effects, make-up and one of the most haunting scores in the history of horror movies in in its rising since of dread, terror, adventure and longing sadness/lonliness.

Plus a very good performance from Gary Oldman and good over the top ones for Ryder and the always fun to watch Anthony Hopkins. Yeah Reeves is horrible and ruins an always underappreciated character but,

It's better than Van Helsing....right?

Without question.

 

[bullets]

haha boo hair , first time i heard that , i havent seen this in so long , ill probably watch it soon , i dont remember it as terrible though

 

[Mr. Socko]

Who's idea was it for Dracula to have the boo hair?

 

[superkong 500]

bump,less than a week left

 

[GoldGoblin]

This movie is on one of the Demand channels.

 

[JackBauer]

yeah, if they don't change that cover, I won't be wasting my money with this.

 

[Mr. Socko]

Okay, I just recently saw this movie. Overall I thought it was brilliant and the third best version right behind Bela Lugosi's original film and Christopher Lee's original film. I loved the added prologue and the movie stayed pretty faithful to the book but I think it suffered the Kong effect(which is when a movie strives for more depth by adding in too much unneeded romanticism). Gary Oldman was excellent and really became the character, he was totally wicked and the scene where he becomes the giant bat was horrific. It shows just how much more awesome practical effects and prosthetics can be compared to CGI(ala the giant bat in Van Helsing). And as good as Oldman was, the standout performance I thought was Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Van Helsing. He played it perfectly and is my favorite version to date. But overall an awesome movie, I love Universal horror and this sure beats the heck out of 99.99% of the modern horror movies released these days.


On another note, everytime Gary Oldman was on screen wearing the boo hair I cracked up hilariously.

 

[X-Maniac]

What the heck is 'boo hair'?

 

[Mr. Socko]

Boo hair and crimson robes, looking like a 100 year old transsexual. I'd hit it.

 

[KenK]

Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing, just outstanding!!

But yeah, I've never read Dracula the novel, so I guess I can't really comment on how well the film performs as an adaptation, but it certainly is a marvelous film, and seeing how Coppola chose to make it, paying homage not only to old fashioned horror films, but to old-fashioned filmmaking in general, it gives an added layer of depth to the whole production. The whole theatricality of it was very impressive, and aside from Keanu butchering a british accent, everyone really brought their A-game acting wise. I was pretty young when the film came out, and it was my introduction to Gary Oldman, and even as a kid, I'm really admired him as an actor. Also consider the next time I'd see him in a film was The Professional. JESUS! That man's intense!

 

[dark_b]

Okay, I just recently saw this movie. Overall I thought it was brilliant and the third best version right behind Bela Lugosi's original film and Christopher Lee's original film. I loved the added prologue and the movie stayed pretty faithful to the book but I think it suffered the Kong effect(which is when a movie strives for more depth by adding in too much unneeded romanticism). Gary Oldman was excellent and really became the character, he was totally wicked and the scene where he becomes the giant bat was horrific. It shows just how much more awesome practical effects and prosthetics can be compared to CGI(ala the giant bat in Van Helsing). And as good as Oldman was, the standout performance I thought was Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Van Helsing. He played it perfectly and is my favorite version to date. But overall an awesome movie, I love Universal horror and this sure beats the heck out of 99.99% of the modern horror movies released these days.


On another note, everytime Gary Oldman was on screen wearing the boo hair I cracked up hilariously.

it looked more fake . but they did movement that were impossible to do on the set with animatronics,actors,....

 

[KenK]

it looked more fake . but they did movement that were impossible to do on the set with animatronics,actors,....

Yeah, but the scene in Dracula didn't really call for him to do anything all that elaborate as the bat creature. I was far more appreciative seeing Oldman in the makeup than seeing the CGI bat take over for Roxborough in Van Helsing, to say nothing of the fact that his one of the worst portrayls of Dracula ever to disgrace film, whereas Oldman's is one of the best.

 

[dark_b]

Yeah, but the scene in Dracula didn't really call for him to do anything all that elaborate as the bat creature. I was far more appreciative seeing Oldman in the makeup than seeing the CGI bat take over for Roxborough in Van Helsing, to say nothing of the fact that his one of the worst portrayls of Dracula ever to disgrace film, whereas Oldman's is one of the best.

i agree.

 

[Mr. Socko]

Maybe I missed something but how exactly did he become a vampire in here? I don't recall them saying, in the prologue he denounces God then 800 years later he's in a castle as an old vampire.