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One of the cleverest tricks is the scene with the train running on top of the book. I believe they made a big book, then filmed a model train behind it.
Rotoscope,miniatures & I think they may have used the pepper's ghost technique for the blue flame rings. I love the movie, but I fully respect it's use of old-school effects tricks.
@@codyt821 Wrong, they literally say that it's the only effect that was done in post with computer generated image. Watch the behind the scenes or read an article about it.
During a press tour for their 2018 flick Winona and Keanu told the press they were probably still married as they used a real priest when making Dracula. 😂
Since churches keep records of marriages, even after the modern states removed that privilege from them, I will say yes, probably they're legally married in the Orthodox church. But today is a mere formality, you need a judge for that now
@@80Jay71 I meant the state keeps the registry of marriages according to the law. You're forced to be married through the state, if not then it's not legal. But you can choose if you want to be married in a church or not, but the law doesn't require you to do so
Mina is reincarnated. By the time of the novel, not only science but ocultism and Asian traditions were flourishing and reincarnation was not a strange concept then. And Dr Van Helsing is the reincarnation of the priest at the beginning of the movie, pursuing Dracula for eternity.
In the book there is zero mention of that part of the story. Mina is not the reincarnated wife. I'm pretty sure there is no mention of the wife either.
"How can he take wolf form?" He just does. According to the lore, Dracula is OP. As you can see in the film, he can transform into a wolf, a bat (or bats), into mist, and has control over all earthly beasts. He can withstand sunlight and also control the weather (the character Kain from Legacy of Kain also inspired by this and has similar powers). Glad you liked the movie! It's a quintessential vampire film and the visuals are very artsy and unique. React to Wolfman (2010, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins) please. Another cool take on the classic monster film 👌
36:26 Gary Oldman said that the line “I have crossed oceans of time to find you” is one of his favorite lines he has ever read. It was actually the line that sold him on playing the part of Dracula.
When the studio cut the budget for the planned extravagant sets - and already friends with designer Eiko Ishioka, Coppola famously said that the “costumes will be the set” & allowed Eiko free reign. The work speaks for itself & garnered her an Oscar.
People like to joke about Keanu's performance in this, but aside from his (less-than-great) attempt at a British accent, I think he's actually perfect casting for Jonathan - because Jonathan isn't meant to be some dashing cool hero man. He's meant to be a pretty little himbo who's too focused on being polite to realize he's in MORTAL DANGER until it's waaaay too late. And he's meant to be the story's first primary "damsel in distress" before Dracula moves to London. :)
Agreed. When reading the novel, Jonathan's character came across as aloof in his environment. Keanu's performance fits the character despite the bad accent. You labeling him a himbo is hilarious because it's true.
Yeah, he's trying to be very polite, also because he's a lower to middle class guy working for a literal count. Plus he's kind of being "hah, all those superstitious weirdos here, with their garlic, lolol, I, a scientific minded and sophisticated Brit know it's all nonsense" and then dismisses all signs that he's in a vampire story as the wind, illusions, and him having slept badly etc. And of course because he's not aware he's in a vampire story, he doesn't know there are even any signs to pick up on. He's supposed to be oblivious and a little dismissive.
So the priest that marries Johnathan and Mina was a real priest and performed a real marriage ritual in the scene, so Reeves and Ryder are technically married to each other. Which is why they always jokingly refer to themselves as each others husband and wife
I love this movie, it’s one of the closest adaptations of the book I’ve ever seen. It’s my favourite book ever. I know Keanu’s accent is terrible, but Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins more than make up for that. Tom Waits is brilliant as Renfield, Sadie Frost (ex-Mrs Jude Law) is great as Lucy, and Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell and Richard E Grant are great as Lucy’s would-be suitors.
The title of the film says it all. This is one of the most accurate adaptations of a novel ever filmed. Also, Keanu's terrible accent has a bit of charm to it now for me because of bias towards the actor.
This is not the best version of Dracula. The insertion of romantic melodrama to please the female audience made a horror story look like Twilight. A love story of a foreign prince and a suburban woman is introduced as a kind of love fantasy for the female audience in their mediocre lives. Just look at Bella who is an ordinary girl in Twilight and attracts Edward.
@@76063co2 I guess he referring to the character, simply because this is the most closer version to the novel. A book praised by Arthur Conan Doyle or Oscar Wilde, just to name two.
When i was about 12 i asked my dad to take me to the movies to see this when it came out because i couldnt watch it on my own ...it was rated for over 16...15 years later i met my wife...it was her favourite movie...i gave her my cassete with this movies soundtrack...now we have a 7 year old daughter called mina...😊
I loved when John said "that'll come back" when Lucy first pulled out Quincy's bowie knife. In the novel, that's the knife that ultimately kills Dracula (the beheading by Mina is new for the movie).
One of my favorite things about this movie is that practically all of the effects were done in camera with old cinematic tricks that had been around for decades. The fact that this and Terminator 2 came out around the same time (give or take a year) is crazy.
Keanu's strength as an actor has never been dialogue, but emotion. It's why most of his iconic and acclaimed roles are quiet. He shares everything you need to know he feels and thinks with his face. He is similar to Nic Cage in that they are much better telling you what they think with their faces rather than their words.
This continues to be one of my favorite vampire movies of all time. I consider it a classic. I had such a crush on Gary Oldman in this movie too LOL. I just think everyone did an amazing job and it is esthetically beautiful.
Yeah, so you nailed it about the shapeshifting thing. The rules for Dracula compared to just a vampire are similar but different in a lot of ways. Dracula can turn into mist, change shapes, control people's minds etc. Dracula, like Bulrog, has lots and lots of powers.
the 90's was such a blast. you had to be there to really enjoy the vibe. everyone was in they bag and putting 1000% of their craft from music to movies, even sports. the world was a better place tbh
Look.. I love Keanu, bless his heart, man is a saint among assholes in Hollywood - but my god.. the greatest achievement of "Bram Stokers Dracula" is that they actually managed to finish it.. how any of his scene partners got through this without having aneurysms from laughter is beyond me.
I heard he was a really decent guy,does a lot of good things etc.,and this is just my opinion mind...but I never thought he could act.He just seems so..wooden.
@@BobCrabtree-ev4rz I've only seen one role that surprised me out of Keanu- he was a character called Donnie in The Gift(2000) He was actually menacing in that.
@@itsmainelyyou5541 Two things..that was fast...I really was not expecting an answer,at least so quickly,and second..never heard of this movie but now I have to find it.I have to see him act,at least once.Thanx for the info.
Even almost 100 years later, it is still difficult to replace the image of Bela Lugosi as Dracula within the cultural conscious, but Oldman definitely gives a hell of a performance. To my mind, this was the first movie that went full in on the idea that Dracula was indeed the historical figure, Vlad the Impaler. I don't think Dracula's origin had ever been told on film until this prologue, which was not part of Stoker's novel.
Now that you’ve seen Bram Stoker’s Dracula you need to see the Mel Brooks version. Since this is a Keanu Reeves movie I have to recommend The Devil’s Advocate to react to.
Shoutout to the late Eiko Ishioka, who won an Oscar for Costume Design on this movie... those dresses were amazing! Sadie Frost was amazing as Lucy and Cary Elwes... 🍎😎
@@musicaleuphoria8699😂😂😂Yes, his British accent was terrifying. No shade to Keanu, but my goodness his accent was bad. At least he tried. When Kevin Costner played Robin Hood it was worse.
I wish you two coulda seen this in cinemas; it was made for the big screen. And as for the awesome Richard E. Grant, as young as he looked, he was already a big name before being in Dracula... he had already made major waves on his own in other flicks, like Withnail & I, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, The Player, L.A. Story, Henry & June...
I'm not even halfway through and I just wanna say this is an absolute joy to watch! It makes me so happy to see people genuinely enjoy and appreciate this masterpiece!❤️
A visually stunning masterpiece of a movie, this is in my top ten favs of all time. Considering this story has been told SO many times throughout history, Coppola indeed is a visionary to have been able to illustrate it so fresh and beautifully.
Now you have to watch, "Dracula , Dead and Loving It". Its such a well crafted loving parody. We also watch "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" back to back with "Robin Hood, Men in Tights. Chef's Kiss!
You have to watch "Dracula - Dead And Loving It" such a great parody to this movie with Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks. Compared to parodies like Scary Movie it aged way better than them.
This is one of my favorite books but I have never seen the movie before ❤❤❤love it❤great cast❤❤I love Anthony Hopkins voice ❤I could listen to him all day ❤❤❤
Now that you guys reacted to this, I NEED a reaction to 'Dracula Dead and Loving It' and 'Interview with the Vampire'! I am really loving this Vampire RonJoxy series! Keep em comin!
I love Tom Waits as Renfield. I also loved him as Doctor Heller. If you haven't seen Mystery Men (1999), starring everybody, I highly recommend it. It's one of a very few superhero movies worth watching.
Very good movie. Seeing it in the theater was intense. Yes, Dracula can turn into mist, wolf, other animals. Enchant people, control storms, he can be very powerful. This movie is close to the book. It’s a good movie.
The movie is very good but it isn't close to the book at all. Many things are changed or left out. I saw this in theaters and I did not like Anthony Hopkins portrayal of Van Helsing at all. It is beautifully costumed and designed, though.
@@RobynHoodeofSherwood I guess I was thinking of comparison to other movies takes on novels. I thought it had a lot of the elements of the book. Either way some of the scenes were too much for me, it had some dark things I could of done without. I did appreciate it though.
I'm so happy you guys are reacting to this film its one of my favourites I have just started reading the book for the coming Autumn and I love the novel and this version and what John and Roxy were saying about how they felt like they were falling in Love with this film I completely agree. Bram Stoker's Dracula is like the Gothic Romance version of something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit where once you've seen it you can't help but love it. Also that ending always manages to make me cry even though I've seen this so many times I just wanted to say thank you so much for reacting to this film its a Gothic masterpiece thank you so much again have a good day and all the best
Im so glad you enjoyed this...i absolutely love this movie! Along with IwtV, Buffy, Blade, Underworld, Subspecies and many others...it really helped create the vampire craze of the mid to late 90s. Also...another of Keanu's "Johns". Jonathan Harker...Johnny Utah...Johnny Mnemonic... Don John...John Constantine...John Wick...hell...even Jack Traven counts, since Jack is a form of John...
This, lost boys and interview with a vampire are the vampire triumvirate for me. The three best vamp movies out there. Shout out to Near Dark too which is a decent one
Roxy! What the actual f! I can't believe I haven't heard from u yet a recommendation of "interview with the vampire ' the series yet on Kristians show! I've seen you enjoy so many vampire shows and I know u will love it. Both of the two seasons have a 98% on rotten with audience and critics! 😘 Love you both thanks for the fun ❤️
RonJoxy - the best YT duo I know that I need. Can't ever go wrong with Gary Oldman as a lead. Possibly the best actor sui generis. Probably one of the most lavish, artistic and sumptuous movies ever made - let alone that it's a classic novel adaptation. It will still be fawned over in 100 years time - at some cinematograph somewhere 🤓
Lol, the sequence of Tom Waits mentioning to Winona that his master is coming, John asking in what sense and Roxy's followup was one of the best segments of the video 😂
I hadn't focused too much on Lucy on my previous viewings, but Roxy and John were right, Lucy was an awesome character that didn't deserve the fate she got. I am with Rohn Joxy, Team Lucy 4 Life~
They shot the film entirely on a soundstage, and 99 percent of the effects were practical and in camera. Coppola was specific about using old school tricks and illusions to complete the practical effects. Such as forced perspective, use of doubles, model work, trick photography, etc. it is a true feat of special effects filmmaking, and gorgeous to look at
I remember seeing this in cinemas and being absolutely mesmerised by it, my friends all hated it but I adored it. I still do, I watch it maybe once every couple of years, usually around spooky season... i still to this day have no idea how they did the "Giant Bat backs into the shadow then explodes into a bunch of rats" scene.
What I really love about this adaptation is that we FINALLY see all 3 of Lucy's suitors from the novel. Elwes, Grant and Billy "The Rocketeer" Campbell were great choices.
Coppola did this like "old school" Hollywood. All on sets, no CGI, no "modern effects" but only tricks of photography that could have been done 100 or so years ago and that's it (think the original 1933 Kong for example for the effects from back then). The modern effect houses said it couldn't be done, so he fired them and brought his son on board for the effects, and it looks tremendous.
"The brides of Dracula" The reason why the Brides of Dracula in this film have so few acting credits is because they were mainly (at the time) models, not big time actresses, casted to be these seductive temptresses (Dracula is Monica Belucci's second acting role ever in film, and the third, counting a tv series). Florina Kendrick's public information doesn't describe her as a model, but as a Romainian actress (in spite the absence of roles in IMDB and other sources, if she later devoted to theather or modelling or this really was one of her two only acting credits ever it's a bit unclear). Kendrick has been recognized for helping her fellow brides to better speak the lines they delivered in Romanian and was also a cultural consultant for the parts set in that country. "Lucy Westenra" The character is not only interesting due to her backstory (and Sadie Frost's excellent performance); while some scenes in the film are not in Bram Stoker's novel, Stoker did create several characters to represent (or at least hint) conflicts and changes in Victorian, society at the time (like the contrasts between how females should behave in Victorian times vs. the rising ideals of feminism of the time). It's been proposed in some studies that, precisely, the passages where it's indicated the sexualized vampire Lucy feeds on children may have led scholars to downplay the character for possible hints of abuse. Nontheless, there may be another layer there: back in Victorian times, the welfare of children was... poor (to put it midly) with kids working from young ages, in dangerous jobs, and in poor living conditions (it was normal for children to suffer accidents or die for several causes, to the point some poor families didn't even bother naming their young children until they were sure they would grow into their teens). In this particular context, by the time the novel was published (1897), a growing movement started to worry about children's welfare and how several were kidnapped with impunity in the dark streets of London just because "that just happened". Rather than being just a victim or "the flirty girl that dies first", as some sort of punishment for her illicit ways (something that would have allowed a bit better some of her traits to fly in victorian censorship; sorry Lucy, you were too modern for the time), Lucy Westenra has context and purpose beyond being "the first to die". It could even be argued that (mixing a bit the context of the time and the film) targeting Lucy first was even a logical choice for Dracula (Lucy is adventurous, lively and carefree, open to discovery and the unknown, traits that, at one time, were said to be influenced by blood; unfortunately being so open to the unknown can also be the door to be seduced by dark forces that should not be listened). She is more open to Dracula's influence, and is also a big source of vitality. "Nosferatu and vampyr" Both words became part of the vampiric lore thanks to this novel; while "vampyr" is just a translation of "vampire", in the case of nosferatu the first recorded use (as written) appears around 1865 in a German article about Transylvanian lore and it roughly means "undead", "insufferable one" or "offensive one" (and later it was taken as another word for vampire). The word was later used in an 1885 english text about the same topic. But here the word gets tricky: while there are these two instances in Europe of Nosferatu (hinting in the texts that it comes from Romanian lore), this word (as written) doesn't appear in any period of Romanian history (meaning, at least, that it wasn't written as "nosferatu" and, somewhere, someone made a transcription mistake). Possible origins of the word have been proposed like Nosferat (from earlier German texts), nosophoros (from Greece, "disease-bearing") or necurat (Romanian, "unclean"). Oddly enough, while coming from different contexts and different time periods, all the words are related to the unclean or sick, the basis of what a vampire is, as a monster. The film Nosferatu was titled like this because Wilhelm Murnau didn't have the rights to adapt the novel Dracula. While Murnau placed a lot of alterations for the film, Stoker's heirs still sued him for this adaptation. Since copyright was not the same as it is today, Murnau lost the case and the court ordered the film to be destroyed. Oddly enough (again, mirroring vampiric resilience in many horror films), several copies survived this purge. If you like stories of the paranormal and the occult, they say that the film, Murnau and Max Schreck (the actor playing Nosferatu) hid and used several occult knowledge and symbolism all over the film for those who know where to look and how to decode the signals. "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" Indeed, the upcoming film is an expansion/adaptation of Dracula's sea travel to England. But it has a layer on its own, because hunted/ghost ships have big lore that could be linked to every bit of what's described in the novel. Before XIX century, several pandemics afflicted most countries almost every year, for several years in a row. And, since commerce could not be stopped and there was no way to accurately test who was ill or not, many times the entire crew of a ship got sick or spread disease to every port the ship travelled to (in some cases, lore speaks of ships sailing alone, carried by winds, after all the crew had died). Since vampires are said to spread disease wherever they go, it's easy to imagine a ghost ship transporting a vampire. The Demeter is also based in a real shipwreck that happened in England in 1885: the russian cargo ship Dmitry. Rather than supernatural happenings (in this case), the Dmitry encountered a gale and ended up stuck in a sand bar in Whitby Harbour, in spite of desperate efforts to guide the ship to port (it became a local show, several neighbors left their homes to watch the events unfold. The ship could not be saved and was sold to be broken up for the damage taken during the gale. Nice reaction and see you in the next one.
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You should check out The Last Voyage of the Demeter movie from last year. It’s about the boat that took Dracula to London. It’s very good.
We SERIOUSLY need Tara & Roxy to watch the [entire] 'Halloween' franchise ASAP! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
FTR - We do NOT care if Roxy (or Tara) has seen some (or even all) of them! It simply does NOT matter to us! We still want them and we want them now(!) 😜
Gary Oldman deserved Best actor for this performance.
Now we need a last voyage of the demeter react. Seen n it's good!
@@EleventhCubFanthat was great film
The fact Coppola did this all with in camera tricks and no real like "cgi" is still awesome. This movie is haunting and I love it.
One of the cleverest tricks is the scene with the train running on top of the book. I believe they made a big book, then filmed a model train behind it.
The only cgi in the film is the blue fire rings
Rotoscope,miniatures & I think they may have used the pepper's ghost technique for the blue flame rings. I love the movie, but I fully respect it's use of old-school effects tricks.
@@hoya1178not cgi, old school compositing
@@codyt821 Wrong, they literally say that it's the only effect that was done in post with computer generated image. Watch the behind the scenes or read an article about it.
During a press tour for their 2018 flick Winona and Keanu told the press they were probably still married as they used a real priest when making Dracula. 😂
Since churches keep records of marriages, even after the modern states removed that privilege from them, I will say yes, probably they're legally married in the Orthodox church. But today is a mere formality, you need a judge for that now
Winona Ryder said in an interview both her & keanu refer to each other as Husband & wife 😂
@@TheLaFleur Removed? The Swedish protestant church still keeps records,
@@80Jay71 I meant the state keeps the registry of marriages according to the law. You're forced to be married through the state, if not then it's not legal. But you can choose if you want to be married in a church or not, but the law doesn't require you to do so
There are technically married. but only in transelvania.
As a horror fan and a huge Dracula/Vampire fan, this movie is a MASTERPIECE!
Sângele este viața și acest sânge... va fi viața mea! (The blood is the life...and this blood....it shall be my life!)
The soundtrack alone is unreal.
YES...just YES!!!❤🖤💞❤️🖤
Best Dracula Movie!!! Gary Oldman is great
What about the Luke Evans one?
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@@carpediem9750 was in the Hobbit movies as the barge man - Dracula Untold was the film.
I do have a soft spot for Frank Langella's 1979 version.
I agree with your second sentence. 😉
Mina is reincarnated. By the time of the novel, not only science but ocultism and Asian traditions were flourishing and reincarnation was not a strange concept then. And Dr Van Helsing is the reincarnation of the priest at the beginning of the movie, pursuing Dracula for eternity.
But none of that was in the book. Dracula's only interest in Mina is as an outlet for revenge when he learns of the plot to destroy him
That’s how I always took it, though I don’t believe the book has those allusions.
In the book there is zero mention of that part of the story. Mina is not the reincarnated wife. I'm pretty sure there is no mention of the wife either.
@AnnekeOosterink ur correct bout the book, it was just something they changed as they will always do for their movie to put their own stamp on it.
@@jenloveshorrorThat’s true, but I don’t mind the change myself.
"How can he take wolf form?" He just does.
According to the lore, Dracula is OP. As you can see in the film, he can transform into a wolf, a bat (or bats), into mist, and has control over all earthly beasts. He can withstand sunlight and also control the weather (the character Kain from Legacy of Kain also inspired by this and has similar powers).
Glad you liked the movie! It's a quintessential vampire film and the visuals are very artsy and unique. React to Wolfman (2010, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins) please. Another cool take on the classic monster film 👌
Wolf is pretty good also with Nicholson and Spader
@@Xonslaught1 Wolf was Jack Nicholson I think.
@@nitrokidit was I just had Hopkins on the brain
@@Xonslaught1love that movie!!
If you Know Legacy of Kain your awesome
36:26 Gary Oldman said that the line “I have crossed oceans of time to find you” is one of his favorite lines he has ever read. It was actually the line that sold him on playing the part of Dracula.
When the studio cut the budget for the planned extravagant sets - and already friends with designer Eiko Ishioka, Coppola famously said that the “costumes will be the set” & allowed Eiko free reign. The work speaks for itself & garnered her an Oscar.
And the sets and overall setting design (matte paintings, projections, etc) are still brilliant!
Ha! Never knows that is Japan design
She did so few films but her work is absolutely unique
Really good movie, one of Gary's best performances
I think Gary Oldman is the most talented actor in the whole wide world. The range of his talent!
But that’s just me
The "baby" wasn't Keanu's Dracula grabbed him probably from a nearby village to feed the females.
That's exactly what it was. Drac just came back with take out.
Yes. The infant was food. I'm not sure why they thought different.
In the novel, the mother went to the castle to get her child back. Dracula called the wolves which devoured her.
Baby back ribs
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Chilli's........😲
the book is amazing and it is written through journal and diary entries. That's why FFC incorporated so many of those journal entries in the movie.
Yes, and they did such a wonderful job incorporating it. Frankenstein is also written in letter form. Also a great read.
Winona Ryder was a HUGE star. She’s still a star, but in the 80’s and 90’s, she ruled. Love her!
Winner of 3 Oscars:
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Production Design.
It was nominated for Production Design but didn't win.
@@IndomitableAde Maybe it will as best Sound Editing
Best English accent by an American.
@@shainewhite2781 Yes, it was sound.
Megalopolis even more hypnotic
People like to joke about Keanu's performance in this, but aside from his (less-than-great) attempt at a British accent, I think he's actually perfect casting for Jonathan - because Jonathan isn't meant to be some dashing cool hero man. He's meant to be a pretty little himbo who's too focused on being polite to realize he's in MORTAL DANGER until it's waaaay too late. And he's meant to be the story's first primary "damsel in distress" before Dracula moves to London. :)
"Music?! Those Animals!" is the one and only line of his that absolutely needed a reshoot or 20. Other than that, I quite liked him.
Yes! And I love that they didn’t dunk on Keanu!
Agreed. When reading the novel, Jonathan's character came across as aloof in his environment. Keanu's performance fits the character despite the bad accent.
You labeling him a himbo is hilarious because it's true.
Yeah, he's trying to be very polite, also because he's a lower to middle class guy working for a literal count. Plus he's kind of being "hah, all those superstitious weirdos here, with their garlic, lolol, I, a scientific minded and sophisticated Brit know it's all nonsense" and then dismisses all signs that he's in a vampire story as the wind, illusions, and him having slept badly etc. And of course because he's not aware he's in a vampire story, he doesn't know there are even any signs to pick up on. He's supposed to be oblivious and a little dismissive.
Oh come on! You expect him to say "Dude" at the end of every line no matter how many times you've seen the film. He's appalling
So the priest that marries Johnathan and Mina was a real priest and performed a real marriage ritual in the scene, so Reeves and Ryder are technically married to each other. Which is why they always jokingly refer to themselves as each others husband and wife
That’s true, but I don’t believe they legally signed a marriage license so no marriage. Religiously? Definitely married.
This was my introduction to Gary Oldman! What blew my mind was the next time I saw Oldman was in True Romance!
You should see him playing Sid Vicious, what a performance, highly recommend it, the film is called, Sid & Nancy.
@@juliemenzies6387 That was my introduction to Gary Oldman and I've been a stan ever since.
Check out 'The Firm'. Not the John Grisham one.
First intro to Gary for me as well. Then I saw him in Friends 😂
The thing is, Dracula is not just a one-dimensional villain. He truly is a tragic figure.
Best Dracula movie ever....Gary Oldman kicked butt in this role ❤❤❤
I love this movie, it’s one of the closest adaptations of the book I’ve ever seen. It’s my favourite book ever. I know Keanu’s accent is terrible, but Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins more than make up for that. Tom Waits is brilliant as Renfield, Sadie Frost (ex-Mrs Jude Law) is great as Lucy, and Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell and Richard E Grant are great as Lucy’s would-be suitors.
I think the only other production that comes close to the novel is the BBC miniseries from 1977.
@@cruelangel8689 ooh I’ll have to check that out, thanks!
The title of the film says it all. This is one of the most accurate adaptations of a novel ever filmed.
Also, Keanu's terrible accent has a bit of charm to it now for me because of bias towards the actor.
This is not the best version of Dracula.
The insertion of romantic melodrama to please the female audience made a horror story look like Twilight.
A love story of a foreign prince and a suburban woman is introduced as a kind of love fantasy for the female audience in their mediocre lives.
Just look at Bella who is an ordinary girl in Twilight and attracts Edward.
Probably my fav version of Dracula, an awesome movie ^-^
Nothing will ever replace Bela Lugosi as the first image people think of as Dracula. Almost 100 years has proven that.
@@76063co2 I guess he referring to the character, simply because this is the most closer version to the novel. A book praised by Arthur Conan Doyle or Oscar Wilde, just to name two.
@@76063co2I don’t know about all that. I mean, have you seen Twilight?
When i was about 12 i asked my dad to take me to the movies to see this when it came out because i couldnt watch it on my own ...it was rated for over 16...15 years later i met my wife...it was her favourite movie...i gave her my cassete with this movies soundtrack...now we have a 7 year old daughter called mina...😊
Now we talking. Screw twilight.
Next should be(in no order)
Fright night 85
Lost boys 86/87
Near dark(if you can find it) 87
Near Dark is streaming on Shudder
@@xavvi that's why it left tubi. Is it on amc plus with shudder or just shudder?
@@Mup504 not sure, I have straight Shudder and it's on there but don't know if it's on the AMC+ version as well
@@Mup504 It's on AMC+ as well.
Agreed!!!
I loved when John said "that'll come back" when Lucy first pulled out Quincy's bowie knife. In the novel, that's the knife that ultimately kills Dracula (the beheading by Mina is new for the movie).
One of my favorite things about this movie is that practically all of the effects were done in camera with old cinematic tricks that had been around for decades. The fact that this and Terminator 2 came out around the same time (give or take a year) is crazy.
“No no I just want to cut off her head and take out her heart” 😂 kills me every time. Perfect delivery.
Keanu's strength as an actor has never been dialogue, but emotion. It's why most of his iconic and acclaimed roles are quiet. He shares everything you need to know he feels and thinks with his face. He is similar to Nic Cage in that they are much better telling you what they think with their faces rather than their words.
Love this movie. Gary Oldman is my favorite Dracula!
One of my favorite movies EVER! ❤
This continues to be one of my favorite vampire movies of all time. I consider it a classic. I had such a crush on Gary Oldman in this movie too LOL. I just think everyone did an amazing job and it is esthetically beautiful.
Despite some accents being, shall we say, interesting this is a true cinematic masterpiece.
That's a polite way of putting it.
Yeah, so you nailed it about the shapeshifting thing. The rules for Dracula compared to just a vampire are similar but different in a lot of ways. Dracula can turn into mist, change shapes, control people's minds etc. Dracula, like Bulrog, has lots and lots of powers.
Nice "Good Times With Weapons" reference.
the 90's was such a blast. you had to be there to really enjoy the vibe. everyone was in they bag and putting 1000% of their craft from music to movies, even sports. the world was a better place tbh
"Listen to them. The children of the night. What sweet music they make."
One of my favourite movies, I still have the VHS copy of this movie, even though I haven't had the means to play it for going on 20 years now.
Look.. I love Keanu, bless his heart, man is a saint among assholes in Hollywood - but my god.. the greatest achievement of "Bram Stokers Dracula" is that they actually managed to finish it.. how any of his scene partners got through this without having aneurysms from laughter is beyond me.
😂😂😂
I heard he was a really decent guy,does a lot of good things etc.,and this is just my opinion mind...but I never thought he could act.He just seems so..wooden.
@@BobCrabtree-ev4rz I've only seen one role that surprised me out of Keanu- he was a character called Donnie in The Gift(2000) He was actually menacing in that.
@@itsmainelyyou5541 Two things..that was fast...I really was not expecting an answer,at least so quickly,and second..never heard of this movie but now I have to find it.I have to see him act,at least once.Thanx for the info.
Even almost 100 years later, it is still difficult to replace the image of Bela Lugosi as Dracula within the cultural conscious, but Oldman definitely gives a hell of a performance.
To my mind, this was the first movie that went full in on the idea that Dracula was indeed the historical figure, Vlad the Impaler. I don't think Dracula's origin had ever been told on film until this prologue, which was not part of Stoker's novel.
Truly excellent orchestral score, too. Kilar deserved the Oscar for the music
Check out Megalopolis score 🙌
I'm so glad you found this movie. It's one of my favorites as well! So creative, dripping with charm and style, yet a great horror movie, also.
Now that you’ve seen Bram Stoker’s Dracula you need to see the Mel Brooks version. Since this is a Keanu Reeves movie I have to recommend The Devil’s Advocate to react to.
Devil's Advocate is a great movie!
When are we getting that The Lost Boys reaction
Or Fright Night both (1985 & 2011)
CRYYYYYYYYYYYY LITTLE VIEWER
Innocent Blood is a classic
Hell yeah!
Dracula is a love story, he crossed oceans of time, to find her.
Can you both do the movie Legend? with Tim Curry ,Mia Sara and Tom Cruise.
Shoutout to the late Eiko Ishioka, who won an Oscar for Costume Design on this movie... those dresses were amazing! Sadie Frost was amazing as Lucy and Cary Elwes... 🍎😎
Keanu Reeves' "British accent" in this is the real monster. 😏
Dracula was the savior the whole time.
@@musicaleuphoria8699😂😂😂Yes, his British accent was terrifying. No shade to Keanu, but my goodness his accent was bad. At least he tried. When Kevin Costner played Robin Hood it was worse.
I wish you two coulda seen this in cinemas; it was made for the big screen.
And as for the awesome Richard E. Grant, as young as he looked, he was already a big name before being in Dracula... he had already made major waves on his own in other flicks, like Withnail & I, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, The Player, L.A. Story, Henry & June...
Warlock, Hudson Hawk (which I have an undying cheesy love for)
@@TheREALTiPPiDa Me too 😂
"I JUST WANT A F***ING CAPPUCCINO!"
Don't forget him in Hudson Hawk...
This is one of my favourite vampire films ever. Love the tone and music style. It’s a masterpiece
The only thing I knew Sadie Frost from for a long time was when she was married to Jude Law lol
I'm not even halfway through and I just wanna say this is an absolute joy to watch! It makes me so happy to see people genuinely enjoy and appreciate this masterpiece!❤️
32:37 this movie is a trip 😵💫 but Gary Oldman wearing that outfit made me feel things when I was younger 😅😂😂
I just loved Anthony Hopkins in this movie. Such a Bad ass.
I think the idea with Keanu's hair changing colour towards the end of the movie is the closer he is to Dracula the greyer his hair becomes.
As far back as I can remember, Gary Oldman has been a badass of an actor.
One of the best movies from 1992.
A visually stunning masterpiece of a movie, this is in my top ten favs of all time. Considering this story has been told SO many times throughout history, Coppola indeed is a visionary to have been able to illustrate it so fresh and beautifully.
Bela Lugosi was famous for Dracula during the 1930's. Christopher Lee was very popular as Dracula during the 1960's and 1970's.
As a kid, Dracula was my favorite book. I was so happy when this film came out, calls on the source material so well
This movie is art. And Gary Oldman is amazing as the count
Now you have to watch, "Dracula , Dead and Loving It". Its such a well crafted loving parody. We also watch "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" back to back with "Robin Hood, Men in Tights. Chef's Kiss!
The baby was from the surrounding village; Dracula stole it to feed on, just as Lucy does after her initial death.
Bro I JUST read the novel for the first time!! I was gonna watch the movie over the weekend, can't wait to be back at that point!
As post Stoker's Dracula. Dracula, Dead and Loving It should be, logically next.
Perfect for Spooktober!
@@JustGrowingUp84 And while we watch. Ve'll be drinking vine and eatin cheekin.
@@joeldelica8706
I never drink... vine.
Renfield. I fly. You don't. Yes please. This would be great. Sometimes I mix scenes up from both movies.
@@MSinger4472 They need to watch it immediately. Coz it's an emerghhhkkgency.
"There's so much BLOOD!"
and
"She's dead enough!"
🤣🤣🤣
You have to watch "Dracula - Dead And Loving It" such a great parody to this movie with Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks. Compared to parodies like Scary Movie it aged way better than them.
Dead and Loving It is more a parody of the original 1931 Lugosi Dracula, but it has enough references to this one too that you need to see both.
Amy Yasbeck was in that, and she also starred with Cary Elwes in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, who was also in Bram Stokers Dracula.
I love that movie!!
Interview with the Vampire next please!
Also if you want more fun young Richard E. Grant I suggest Hudson Hawk.
Or L.A. Story!
Richard E Grant was awesome in Warlock. He plays this badass witch hunter guy who follows a male witch to the 90’s to kill him.
What's your FAVORITE Horror Movie based on Classic Literature??
Young Frankenstein😊.
This one, Dangerous Liaisons, Interview with a vampire, Sparrow.
Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. 🎃🎃
@@Dystopia1111 you beat me to it.
Rosemary's Baby and The Shining ❤❤also Psycho ❤❤❤
Oh the things that Roxy focuses on. The brides of Dracula coming out of the bed to feast on Keanu…. “How’s the bed doing that?”.
This is one of my favorite books but I have never seen the movie before ❤❤❤love it❤great cast❤❤I love Anthony Hopkins voice ❤I could listen to him all day ❤❤❤
I really enjoyed the added love story in the movie between Mina and dracula,
@@cyrcee77 absolutely
Now that you guys reacted to this, I NEED a reaction to 'Dracula Dead and Loving It' and 'Interview with the Vampire'! I am really loving this Vampire RonJoxy series! Keep em comin!
I love Tom Waits as Renfield. I also loved him as Doctor Heller. If you haven't seen Mystery Men (1999), starring everybody, I highly recommend it. It's one of a very few superhero movies worth watching.
I have ALWAYS loved this movie. Was obsessed with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder in this in high school- who am I kidding? I still am! 🖤
Very good movie. Seeing it in the theater was intense. Yes, Dracula can turn into mist, wolf, other animals. Enchant people, control storms, he can be very powerful. This movie is close to the book. It’s a good movie.
The movie is very good but it isn't close to the book at all. Many things are changed or left out. I saw this in theaters and I did not like Anthony Hopkins portrayal of Van Helsing at all. It is beautifully costumed and designed, though.
@@RobynHoodeofSherwood I guess I was thinking of comparison to other movies takes on novels. I thought it had a lot of the elements of the book. Either way some of the scenes were too much for me, it had some dark things I could of done without. I did appreciate it though.
I'm so happy you guys are reacting to this film its one of my favourites I have just started reading the book for the coming Autumn and I love the novel and this version and what John and Roxy were saying about how they felt like they were falling in Love with this film I completely agree. Bram Stoker's Dracula is like the Gothic Romance version of something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit where once you've seen it you can't help but love it.
Also that ending always manages to make me cry even though I've seen this so many times I just wanted to say thank you so much for reacting to this film its a Gothic masterpiece thank you so much again have a good day and all the best
Tom waits.
Makes a good film great.
😊😊😊😊
Yup. At Play in the Fields of the Lord as well. 👏🏻⚡🥃🇿🇦
...and Mystery Men! 😁
The book of Eli
John you made my day with that Ghost lyric!! Tobias loves this movie. Thank you both for the fun reaction ❤
Roxy and John are so professional and natural. Top tier reactors.
John definitely is
Yeah I love all the reactors but I'm always stoked when Roxy is apart of it. I love her commentary!!
“He’s grown young!” 😂 That’s more of a “I wasn’t hired for my acting chops” moment
Hello from Cluj-Napoca Romania 🇷🇴✌🏻
Im so glad you enjoyed this...i absolutely love this movie! Along with IwtV, Buffy, Blade, Underworld, Subspecies and many others...it really helped create the vampire craze of the mid to late 90s.
Also...another of Keanu's "Johns".
Jonathan Harker...Johnny Utah...Johnny Mnemonic... Don John...John Constantine...John Wick...hell...even Jack Traven counts, since Jack is a form of John...
I'm stoked to see you guys reacting to this. I saw it in the theater at 16 and it changed the way I see film. It's still in my top 4 of all time❤
This, lost boys and interview with a vampire are the vampire triumvirate for me. The three best vamp movies out there. Shout out to Near Dark too which is a decent one
Roxy! What the actual f! I can't believe I haven't heard from u yet a recommendation of "interview with the vampire ' the series yet on Kristians show! I've seen you enjoy so many vampire shows and I know u will love it. Both of the two seasons have a 98% on rotten with audience and critics! 😘 Love you both thanks for the fun ❤️
Best Dracula ever
I love that they attempted to do all the effects the way they would in the earliest days of movies.
One of the greatest vampire movie of all time and the best film adaptation for Stoker book.
RonJoxy - the best YT duo I know that I need.
Can't ever go wrong with Gary Oldman as a lead. Possibly the best actor sui generis.
Probably one of the most lavish, artistic and sumptuous movies ever made - let alone that it's a classic novel adaptation. It will still be fawned over in 100 years time - at some cinematograph somewhere 🤓
Roxy looks great in this video but Tara looks...different.
Is it the beard?
She's still super pretty
@JustGrowingUp84 It's either the beard or the fact that she didn't ring the bell. Can't quite put my finger on it
On the outside maybe but on the inside not so much.
Lol, the sequence of Tom Waits mentioning to Winona that his master is coming, John asking in what sense and Roxy's followup was one of the best segments of the video 😂
AWESOME score composed by the late Wojciech Kilar. The, now out of print, 3 CD expanded score set produced by La La Land Records is AMAZING.
I hadn't focused too much on Lucy on my previous viewings, but Roxy and John were right, Lucy was an awesome character that didn't deserve the fate she got. I am with Rohn Joxy, Team Lucy 4 Life~
I love Keanu but my god his accent in this. 😂
Sounds fine to me.
I'm assuming you're not British. 😂😂
@@wham-shirt-trimmer I’m from London. After watching this it’s clear why they made his version of Constantine American. 😂
They shot the film entirely on a soundstage, and 99 percent of the effects were practical and in camera. Coppola was specific about using old school tricks and illusions to complete the practical effects. Such as forced perspective, use of doubles, model work, trick photography, etc. it is a true feat of special effects filmmaking, and gorgeous to look at
Yessir finally watching Bram stokers dracula
I remember seeing this in cinemas and being absolutely mesmerised by it, my friends all hated it but I adored it.
I still do, I watch it maybe once every couple of years, usually around spooky season...
i still to this day have no idea how they did the "Giant Bat backs into the shadow then explodes into a bunch of rats" scene.
Gary Oldman is sexy as young Dracula.
What I really love about this adaptation is that we FINALLY see all 3 of Lucy's suitors from the novel. Elwes, Grant and Billy "The Rocketeer" Campbell were great choices.
One of my favorite adaptations ever.
Hands down one of my favorite movies of all time! Best Dracula movie hands down!
Coppola did this like "old school" Hollywood. All on sets, no CGI, no "modern effects" but only tricks of photography that could have been done 100 or so years ago and that's it (think the original 1933 Kong for example for the effects from back then). The modern effect houses said it couldn't be done, so he fired them and brought his son on board for the effects, and it looks tremendous.
"The brides of Dracula"
The reason why the Brides of Dracula in this film have so few acting credits is because they were mainly (at the time) models, not big time actresses, casted to be these seductive temptresses (Dracula is Monica Belucci's second acting role ever in film, and the third, counting a tv series).
Florina Kendrick's public information doesn't describe her as a model, but as a Romainian actress (in spite the absence of roles in IMDB and other sources, if she later devoted to theather or modelling or this really was one of her two only acting credits ever it's a bit unclear). Kendrick has been recognized for helping her fellow brides to better speak the lines they delivered in Romanian and was also a cultural consultant for the parts set in that country.
"Lucy Westenra"
The character is not only interesting due to her backstory (and Sadie Frost's excellent performance); while some scenes in the film are not in Bram Stoker's novel, Stoker did create several characters to represent (or at least hint) conflicts and changes in Victorian, society at the time (like the contrasts between how females should behave in Victorian times vs. the rising ideals of feminism of the time).
It's been proposed in some studies that, precisely, the passages where it's indicated the sexualized vampire Lucy feeds on children may have led scholars to downplay the character for possible hints of abuse. Nontheless, there may be another layer there: back in Victorian times, the welfare of children was... poor (to put it midly) with kids working from young ages, in dangerous jobs, and in poor living conditions (it was normal for children to suffer accidents or die for several causes, to the point some poor families didn't even bother naming their young children until they were sure they would grow into their teens). In this particular context, by the time the novel was published (1897), a growing movement started to worry about children's welfare and how several were kidnapped with impunity in the dark streets of London just because "that just happened".
Rather than being just a victim or "the flirty girl that dies first", as some sort of punishment for her illicit ways (something that would have allowed a bit better some of her traits to fly in victorian censorship; sorry Lucy, you were too modern for the time), Lucy Westenra has context and purpose beyond being "the first to die".
It could even be argued that (mixing a bit the context of the time and the film) targeting Lucy first was even a logical choice for Dracula (Lucy is adventurous, lively and carefree, open to discovery and the unknown, traits that, at one time, were said to be influenced by blood; unfortunately being so open to the unknown can also be the door to be seduced by dark forces that should not be listened). She is more open to Dracula's influence, and is also a big source of vitality.
"Nosferatu and vampyr"
Both words became part of the vampiric lore thanks to this novel; while "vampyr" is just a translation of "vampire", in the case of nosferatu the first recorded use (as written) appears around 1865 in a German article about Transylvanian lore and it roughly means "undead", "insufferable one" or "offensive one" (and later it was taken as another word for vampire). The word was later used in an 1885 english text about the same topic.
But here the word gets tricky: while there are these two instances in Europe of Nosferatu (hinting in the texts that it comes from Romanian lore), this word (as written) doesn't appear in any period of Romanian history (meaning, at least, that it wasn't written as "nosferatu" and, somewhere, someone made a transcription mistake).
Possible origins of the word have been proposed like Nosferat (from earlier German texts), nosophoros (from Greece, "disease-bearing") or necurat (Romanian, "unclean"). Oddly enough, while coming from different contexts and different time periods, all the words are related to the unclean or sick, the basis of what a vampire is, as a monster.
The film Nosferatu was titled like this because Wilhelm Murnau didn't have the rights to adapt the novel Dracula. While Murnau placed a lot of alterations for the film, Stoker's heirs still sued him for this adaptation. Since copyright was not the same as it is today, Murnau lost the case and the court ordered the film to be destroyed.
Oddly enough (again, mirroring vampiric resilience in many horror films), several copies survived this purge. If you like stories of the paranormal and the occult, they say that the film, Murnau and Max Schreck (the actor playing Nosferatu) hid and used several occult knowledge and symbolism all over the film for those who know where to look and how to decode the signals.
"The Last Voyage of the Demeter"
Indeed, the upcoming film is an expansion/adaptation of Dracula's sea travel to England. But it has a layer on its own, because hunted/ghost ships have big lore that could be linked to every bit of what's described in the novel.
Before XIX century, several pandemics afflicted most countries almost every year, for several years in a row. And, since commerce could not be stopped and there was no way to accurately test who was ill or not, many times the entire crew of a ship got sick or spread disease to every port the ship travelled to (in some cases, lore speaks of ships sailing alone, carried by winds, after all the crew had died). Since vampires are said to spread disease wherever they go, it's easy to imagine a ghost ship transporting a vampire.
The Demeter is also based in a real shipwreck that happened in England in 1885: the russian cargo ship Dmitry. Rather than supernatural happenings (in this case), the Dmitry encountered a gale and ended up stuck in a sand bar in Whitby Harbour, in spite of desperate efforts to guide the ship to port (it became a local show, several neighbors left their homes to watch the events unfold. The ship could not be saved and was sold to be broken up for the damage taken during the gale.
Nice reaction and see you in the next one.