Listen to the children's of the night: They said that love never dies!

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2007)

As a child, i remember how i look the adaptation of the famous novel of Bram Stocker - in spite that my first real vampire experience at that time was classic F.W Murnau "Nosferatu"- by Francis Ford Coppola: Was a horrible for me when i see all blood extravaganza in the beginning as in the scene where the the wolf scape of the zoo and Lucy is bitten by the beast. Was really a shock experience. The other things that my mind reminds and since then remember always is that frighting and powerful music. Now, i saw it complete and the shock not was so different as i remember.
If all don't know the story or if it is based in a novel written at the beginning of the XX century - based in a real character-, all of us know who is Dracula (Much of it thanks to movies), but few adaptation catch the real thing, that darkness that make Dracula so famous. The adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola is, in spite of an almost big down in a moment in its plot, one of the best that i have ever seen (I apologize that i have not read complete the book, thing that i going to do soon). Closer of be the perfect Dracula (The best that i have ever seen is, without a doubt: Max Scherck of "Nosferatu"), Gary Oldman embodies the ghostly and seductive essence of his character. The part in the cast is great too: Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Campbell and Edie Frost shines too. But maybe the most exciting and most characteristic that achieve the excellence is the image, the scenario, the colors and its music. The unforgettable -as a i say bellow- soundtrack is a real wonder. "Bram Stocker's Dracula" achieves in that point, something that movies like "Meet in St. Louis", "Le faboleux destin de AmÃ©lie Poulain" and "Big Fish" do in color and texture -althoug don't in the creepy meaning- . In this way "Bram Stocker's Dracula" is a real feast for our view.
"Bram Stocker's Dracula" is a recommended movie, specially if you a good breathtaking vampire movie with great performances and great direction.
*Sorry for the mistakes...well,if there any.