$ Bram Stoker s Dracula Blu ray

While some of the retro "Universal" FX are magnificent, and Gary Oldman has his moments as a psychotic Romanian, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is a dreadful film on nearly every level. Style -- and not very good style -- over substance at every turn.



Things start out with a preposterous pre-title sequence, where we are treated to an utterly grand guignol take on Balkan history -- the origins of Dracula as it were. Oldman shows up as Vlad Tepes, hamming it up something fierce in the wonkiest armor you'll ever lay eyes upon, whil Wynona Ryder stinks up the screen with her slobbering melodrama. Hollywood filmaking at its worst. Coppola pulls out ALL the stops and attempts an operatic "bleeding cross" set piece that is beyond goofy mcgoof.



Things don't improve much once Keanu Reeves shows up as Jonathan Harker. Oh yeah, and the terribly miscast Wynona Ryder sticks around for the entire rest of the film. But the journey to Castle Dracula is done relatively well with some fabulous production design...once again excepting costume designer Eiko Eishioka, who's garish wardrobe choices for The Count almost ruin the atmospherics. He's not the proprietor of an opium den. Still, this is by far the best part of the movie -- if only Keanu Reeves could act...



Some bad double entendres and all too clever dialogue ensues ("You've found my Minna"), and then it's back to 1890s Cliff Notes and Wynona's horrid British accent. It's insufferable.



This is a really obnoxious film. Look no further than the cloying, wankerish usage of "Bram Stoker" in the title, as if this is the "real deal". How many of you have read much Bram Stoker? Because he was a one-trick pony, and Dracula was the one creation he made that was not a COMPLETE bore. But it's not that spectacular of a book. And this ain't that book anyhow.



High marks for effects and sheer audacity, but an D for execution.
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• ISBN13: 0043396150201
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