Had a fonder memory when I was younger

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2003)

I especially remembered this one thing in particular; the amazing costume Dracula is wearing in the beginning of the film before going to battle. It looked like it was alive, like a worm had enwraped his body or something. Anyways, after a couple of years I saw this movie again and definitely didn't like it as much. I found it to have a rather poor production value and a weak ending. It does however posses some good qualities like a great score by Wojciech Kilar( a name suspiciously similar to my college professor's:) and of course Gary Oldman. His role as Dracula is almost legendary and rightfully so because his over-the-top performance fits the movie perfectly and is one of those roles that no other actor could have done half as good(like Brando's Godfather, Denzel's Training Day, Sellers Pink Panther, McDowell's A Clockwork Orange, Spacey's The Usual Suspects, etc) But the rest of the cast is more or less miserable and Keanu should thank his lucky stars for ever acting in another movie after this one. Despite being over two hours long the movie never gets boring although the ending could have provided a bigger climax. Still decent. 7/10