FFC's Dracula stinks out the joint.

Rating: 3/10 (17 February 2009)

First things first, Francis really screwed this movie up. Number one, the casting and resulting performances from everyone in the ensemble is awful. Anthony Hopkins is ridiculously over the top as Van Helsing. Gary Oldman is too puny and lacks the power and presence someone like say, a Christopher Lee has. Sadie Frost sucks, end of story. Winona Ryder is awful, need i go on? Why the hell does Dracula turn into so many different creatures and beings? It's not enough he's a camp old man in Transylvania, but he also turns into a worm, a giant wolf and some kind of toxic green fart. Next he's trolling down the avenues of London, in broad daylight I might add, looking like the precursor to John Lennon. Gimmie a break.
Anyway, Copolla's take on the story as a romantic tale of lost love over centuries and what not, is utterly idiotic and surly a joke, right? Do yourself a favor, go watch Bela or Chris of John or hell, even Jack Palance is better huh...if only for the comedy.