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Fair, but still…Gary Oldman is fucking fantastic in everything he does.It is beautiful in some ways. And the cast? Some great actors, and Keanu. But...
"This is going to be true to the novel." Then they make Dracula the hero and turn it into a love story. Mina is a truly powerful, strong, brave character in the novel, which considering it was written by a man in 1897, is an amazing thing .They take all of that away from her. All of it.
Sorry, sorry, I get you have Oldman, so you don't want bookDracula (who was basically a rapist), but I just hate they do Mina so dirty...
Also, don’t love how some adaptations have Lucy as a Scarlett-at-the-picnic flirtatious socialite with 3 suitors who coddle the fuck out of her, but meh

No, I'm a Keanu fan too....
But...he was a horrible casting choice for it.
They should have found someone less Bill and Ted for it.

I disliked Hugh in his sputtering heartthrob era (Sense and Sensibility was great mostly because of every single other actor in the ensemble, and Mickey Blue Eyes was actually funny, but the rest of his movies are pretty unwatchable for me), but am totally here for his new villain era!Oh he was awful in it absolutely but I still love it. He was perfect for 12 year old me who still loved pretty boys but was getting into gothic stuff
And Hugh Grant back then wouldn't have been a good Jonathan. He was still in his simpering fop era - see Sense and Sensibility a couple of years later
And yes I love their friendship!
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