Should I watch Bram Stoker's Dracula? I'm just in it for that god tier armor design

Should I watch Bram Stoker's Dracula? I'm just in it for that god tier armor design

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The armor never made any sense to me
Even kid me knew plastic didn't exist during that time

neither did Dracula

it's fucking amazing

wtf is that a lobster?

Watch the intro sequence then stop

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I don't know why some people don't like this. I've always loved it. Gary Oldman is probably my 2nd favorite Dracula after Christopher Lee (I like him even better than Lugosi).

its phenomenal. especially considering all the effects are taken from early film techniques

Stay for the Keanu

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Yes you fucking should

You could also watch Chronicles of Riddick and some Dr Who episodes from that one arc in the 80's.

That twizzler armor gives me the creeps, probably because the point is to look like muscle and sinew

Great understated design though

yes, it beats sitting here wondering

Bears beat Battlestar Galactica

Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins is great, but god almighty is it overrated.
Not terrible but disappointing for Coppola standards.
Keanu Reeves was painfully miscast too.

He is not the only actor in the movie. Keanu gives probably the worst performance I have ever seen in a movie with a budget above $1 million. Winona's acting is only slightly better but she's hot so it kinda balances out.

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Who's best for a female Dracula lads?

I nominate Dracula's daughter herself.

Question. What kind of bear is best?

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no. watch warhol's.

it's supposed to look like skinned flesh
good idea i guess, kinda bad in practice

watch the criterion version with roman and francis' commentary. they tried to do everything like an early silent film and they explain every gravity shot and the mechanical effects. the film itself isn't great, but their treatment of the source material and dedication to period effects is fantastic.

warhol's monster movies were like confusing soft porn.

it really didn't benefit from being shot entirely on a soundstage. francis complains about that a lot and he has compelling arguments for locations.

some of the passing composite shots like the train's shadow over text are really subtle but tasteful. you barely notice it but it really adds to the film. the shadows behaving strangely and perfume dripping upward seem almost invisible. basically just watch the criterion commentary instead of the theatrical release.

As a movie trying very very hard to reproduce old tricks and oldschool visual effects, it could be argumented that soundstages were actually preferable than location.
As in this is what a Dracula movie would look like in 1992 if hollywood didnt evolve after Harryhausen.
It gave us a very interesting cinema exercise that would have not felt the same way at all if it was shot on location. and it would have been much more difficult to control the shoot.

Besides Coppola is always bitching about stuff in any of his movies, it doesn't mean he is always right about his complaints. He's a perfectionist in that sense, never fully satisfied. I love him, but I do disagree with him on this one.

maybe it's painted metal.

BOLTON ARMOR??

It's boiled and painted leather, and it was quite effective.

It's basically the same thing as samurai armor.

Did Mignola draw that?

that's Gary Oldman

That was incredible

there is barely any of that armor, but the film is fantastic. i remember watching it and loving it and to my surprise finding francis ford coppola directed it.

keanu reeves is terrible in it though, but i mean he's always terrible.

yes, my love

Keanu is in a similar league to nick cage

He's terrible but you sort of like him specifically for that

I'll endorse it.
It's got plenty of '90's cheese on it, and the armor is only in the opening scenes. But I watch it every time around Halloween.
>Based Coppola, Oldman, Hopkins, and mutha' fuckin' Tom Waits as Renfield.

Also, bonus points for Monica Bellucci Dracula Bride titties.

I'll be disappointed if Anthony Hopkins doesn't have some kind of role in the Universal Monster movies universe they're getting ready to crank out.

I mean the mans been Van Helsing and a Wolfman

Topps comics had a 4 issue miniseries comic book version of the movie all drawn by Mignola

>it's a Dracula wears latex fetish armor into battle (and it's super effective) scene.

It's very good, watch it user

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Trying to cash in on the cinematic universe shit is a blunder on Universal's part for the sheer fact nobody really knows or gives a shit about their 'classic' monsters. Frankenstein and the Gillman are never going to have the pull that Marvel has for general audiences. Nobody has seen these movies in decades.

I met a guy once that didn't like this movie because he considered the presentation to be "pretentious". I didn't agree with him. It's a very flashy movie, very visually appealing, but its also pretty close to the book from what i remember.

It is indeed, watching him play Sirius Black after growing up with this film was surreal. Proves his greatness that i do not associate the characters except through him.