tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post2583937743892178859..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: 31 Days of Dracula | Gary Oldman (1992)Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-6220000215593699492012-10-22T10:46:49.165-05:002012-10-22T10:46:49.165-05:00I had a professor in college who taught a course i...I had a professor in college who taught a course in British Literature every semester, and one of the novels he always assigned was "Dracula." Naturally, there was always a portion of the class that tried to just watch a Dracula movie instead of reading the novel; after the Coppola "Dracula" came out, he had a lot of very confused students.<br /><br />One undergrad even tried to appeal because of a poor grade on the test. When the professor asked to see the student's copy of the novel, the student showed him the paperback novelization of the movie... credited to Fred Saberhagen, James V. Hart, and (in tiny little letters) Bram Stoker.Moncynnesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-24433572398384556472012-10-21T13:43:25.172-05:002012-10-21T13:43:25.172-05:00I remember my reaction when I saw this movie was &...I remember my reaction when I saw this movie was "That was a really bloated movie". Well actually my very first reaction was "Is that Christopher Walken as Dracula?" With that balled up plantium blonde hair and odd mannerisms it could have been. (Note to self: Cast Christopher Walken opposite Keanu Reeves for Comedy Gold)<br /><br />Looking back it suffers from a lot of cliches like "The Reincarnated Lover" or "Victorian People were outrageously uptight", or my favorite which you pointed out, "In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It" the whole "Bram Stroker's Dracula". I guess the marketers wanted to distinguish from the numerous Dracula adaptations out there. Maybe thats why John Carpenter never did an adaptation of Dracula, he just couldn't share the credit.<br /><br />Its funny how this came out the same year as "Batman Returns" because you could tell me that this was a Tim Burton film and I'd have believed it because its visually indulgent, sometimes overly so, but I think thats what kept me going through so much of the latter half of the film because the material on the whole is so familiar.Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.com