Oh, Francis Ford Coppola, what sins have been committed in thy name!
Sorry. This Dracula actually doesn’t look too bad. But Monsieur Besson, let us not tell lies: “There’s a romantic side in Bram Stoker’s book that hasn’t been explored that much.” The reason why it hasn’t been explored that much is largely because it is not not actually present in the book. Coppola added it for his own glorious mess of a movie, which I simultaneously can and cannot defend*.
Still, it’s been thirty years. I guess it’s time for Lovesick Dracula again.
Moe Lane
*Basically, it’s incoherent and sloppy and I love it unconditionally and would drive out in the rain at 3 AM to go pick it up.
A) If it was a generic vampire love story, great. It’s not Dracula.
B) You can’t cast someone who looks like Pete Davidson as your romantic lead.
C) French subtitles?
Paris instead of London, add werewolves and we can Underworld
Best Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Straight scene for scene parody of Coppola