tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190497.post4792245782982969280..comments2024-03-01T22:51:37.916-05:00Comments on John Rozum.com: 31 Days of Halloween - Day 23 - Movie 1John Rozumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03626209473214085436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190497.post-25649360244986634522010-10-25T14:11:47.979-04:002010-10-25T14:11:47.979-04:00I have mixed feelings about this movie. I loved -...I have mixed feelings about this movie. I loved - loved - Gary Oldman's performance, and think the atmosphere and music are perfect. But why did they have to cast Keanu and Winona Ryder, two terrible actors, in these roles? They should have put, oh, I don't know, two BRITISH actors in the roles. Sorry Belle Dee.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020359017572563087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190497.post-80610308138874453842010-10-23T23:58:54.401-04:002010-10-23T23:58:54.401-04:00I completely get what you mean by this being a sho...I completely get what you mean by this being a showboat. It's that aspect of it that I really love. I wish more filmmakers would cut loose like that. <br /><br />I love Richard E. Grant too, and if you ever get a chance you should see a short movie he was in called "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life." <br /><br />I think the problem was that while they did squeeze in all of the characters, including Quincey Morris, who never makes it into a Dracula movie, everyone was too broadly sketched out so that you never really cared for anyone. <br /><br />Watching this today, I was watching Keanu Reeves as Harker, and as stiff and awkward as he was, I think it was more the way that the character was written than anything else. It's a completely passive role (except when he's shouting at Dracula right before he sees him climbing down the wall) and once he reaches London he has absolutely nothing to do. <br /><br />As for Winona Ryder, I probably had the biggest crush on her then, and it started from the moment I saw her in "Lucas" and couldn't understand why Corey Haim wasn't going for that incredibly adorable girl who clearly liked him. Idiot.John Rozumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626209473214085436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190497.post-24495167384341612172010-10-23T23:09:05.508-04:002010-10-23T23:09:05.508-04:00I have to say, I have a real soft spot for this mo...I have to say, I have a real soft spot for this movie. At the time I saw it, I was a mere year into my obsession with Dracula. I was going out and buying books like 'The Dracula Scrapbook' and various others. I also had just finished the Stoker novel, right before I saw this movie. And I had a major Winona Ryder fixation, so Dracula movie + Winona Ryder = Dream come true (at the time).<br />What I love about this movie is that it's such a showboat! I don't know if that makes sense but it's a spectacular! Like a broadway musical, but not a musical. It did have an awesome score though.<br /><br />I just went on & on there didn't I. Oh, and I love Richard E. Grant. He wasn't in it enough if you ask me. He probably should have played Harker.Belle Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227489211414972530noreply@blogger.com