I didn't want to say it, but....^^^.
As a 23 (then-22) year-old who couldn't help but watch Bram Stoker's Dracula with modern eyes this past summer the night of that first Nosferatu teaser.....I was surprised by how much I wasn't vibing with it.
Oldman was admittedly fantastic so I moderately disagree there, but Hopkins was way too much from what I remember.
The biggest thing that struck me was just how.....needlessly hammy it felt? I practically rolled my eyes when they showed the painting of Dracula semi-transparently floating around, superimposed over the Demeter with the "spooky" music playing, and the artificial strobe light blue lightning, the forced fans blowing everything around during that Were-Bat scene.............THIS is what people kept gassing up in favor of slandering a Nosferatu remake from Eggers???
And to say nothing of how horrid Keanu was. The whole entire movie should've stuck with the haunting imagery of the first 5-10 minutes. I feel like Isabelle Adjani in Possession whenever I see people aggressively gas this thing up lmao, I realize it's before my time but.....come on.
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