Reviews

This must me one of the worst takes on vampires ever conceived by men. How can one turn such a mesmerizing subject into a totally uninspiring story? Apparantly not such a difficult task... First of all, a conditio sine qua non of any vampirefilm is a dark and gloomy atmosphere with a nice sexy touch, this one lacks all these things.. Too much light - the spots! oh my god, why in the name of Christ/Judas was that about?

Every time Dracula came about he was devoured by light (in the script to keep him weak, for the record: just weak) There was only one scene that made it almost worth watching, near the ending of the movie (beatiful dancingscene with Dracula and his new conquest). I really enjoyed the first one, the Judas-twist was defintely original, but this one's just not good, not in any way. Hopefully the third one will cary the vampire-signature I like so much in other classics like Herzog's Nosferatu, Coppola's Dracula or even Interview with the vampire.

After having seen this one four times I finally decided to put it numero uno on my list - yes after the godfather trilogy, the question bugging me now is why this movies deserves so much credit. Maybe its the wonderful cocktail of image and music - Gary rules!, the eyes of the Gyllenhaals, Kelly's brainstorming on the script, I don't know, it just gave me the right feeling. Something slips away everytime I see it, think of it and I still want to keep on watching. For me, that's how the magic works, hopefully it will never show its trick ;) People, this is great filmmaking even Tarkovski would be proud of (Nosthalgia is number two on my little list). To anyone who hasn't seen it, run to the nearest videostore and have the time of your life Favourite scenes: Donnie's girl opening up at the party and of course the final scene accompanied with Jules' Mad world - never has a song fitted so well a movie - like a glove ;) Godspeed