Glossy, but Empty

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2014)

This is a very glossy, special effects-laden film, with no heart or soul, and very superficial acting, which reminds me of an elaborate video game. This is to literature, what "300" is to history. There are no characters to sympathize with, ironically with the exception of Dracula himself. The novel has been thus completely inverted. It is definitely NOT "Bram Stoker's Dracula". It conforms to the modern formula of style and effects over characters and story. Emptiness. To see the closest adaptation, to the novel, which I have seen, watch the 1977 BBC production, entitled "Count Dracula" on You Tube. It's not perfect, but at least it adheres to the original story, and has people, with whom one can identify. Coppola's production has an ever-changing sumptuous visual circus, which tries to distract you from the fact, that it is emotionally empty, but it doesn't succeed.