i really can't dig it

Rating: Null/10 (9 April 2004)

(various and sundry things that could be considered spoilers)

There were several things that I hated about this movie, but one tops them all. That would be Gary Oldman's line "I crossed oceans of time to find you." The movie is far too heavy handed, and takes itself MUCH to seriously. There was one redeeming quality, he goes by the name Anthony Hopkins. The movie suffers from inconsistent spirituality (Christianity and reincarnation shouldn't go together), Dracula's hair being two feet tall when Harker arrives at his castle, and a vampire that isn't nearly as terrifying as he is a lovesick puppy-dog. The cast is talented, but the movie doesn't flow at all. I spent a lot of time wanting someone to look at the camera and say "oh come on. This is just too much." I have a whole lot of trouble with the concept that Dracula really is a sweet guy who did it all for love, and then asks for (and recieves) God's forgiveness. I haven't read the novel Dracula, so it is possible that all these terrible and annoying things are in the book, and the movie was just being true to it. If so, the movie should have been less true.
I recomend The Lost Boys or even Interview With the Vampire if it's a vampire movie you want.