Flyerplesys
Perfectly adorable
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Delight
Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Prometheus-Covenant
So Jonathan spends 4 weeks to reach Count Dracula's house so he can sell Count a new house but when Jonathan finally arrives, he sees a bald, pale white guy with long claws and Jonathan has zero reaction to those long claws on Count's fingers. Hmm, interesting.Jonathan is sleeping in Count's house and Count walks inside the room and tries to... scare Jonathan? Or something. Their acting is HILARIOUSLY awful. They act with zero emotion. I was not buying anything they were doing.Oh and you got to give credit to the makeup artists. I love how Count's face is pale white but his neck is much darker than his face.And when Count is inside a coffin, how the fvck does he get all those men to transport all the coffins when Count is inside one of the coffins the entire time? After Lucy gets bit in the neck by Count and Count dies from sunlight, Van Helsing goes upstairs with a stake to make sure Count is dead and Jonathan shouts out "Help!" inside the house and some cop shows up. Hmm, I guess that cop had some super hearing ability or something. The cop says to Van Helsing "Did he kill the Count?" Van Helsing says "Yes." Cop says "Arrest this man." LMAO! That is some top notch acting right there.And omfg, that short guy who would laugh nonstop like a goddamn retard is so fvcking annoying. I really wanted to stop watching the film because I could not stand his laugh. I really don't know why this movie is considered to be a "classic" or even "beautiful" lol. I guess people have weird tastes.
Eric Stevenson
I realize that I don't have many remakes as some of my favorite movies. I feel kind of bad for not remembering the original 1922 movie that well, because it is one of my favorite silent movies. It's just great to see a new version of this story without any need to update it. Well, it wouldn't work out any way because they simply didn't change the time that it took place. It's great to see everything being kept from the original movie and seeing it in color. It's still not quite as good as the original, probably because the original just broke so much new ground for cinema in general.This is quite faithful to the original movie as best as I can remember. The atmosphere is just beautiful here. The weird thing is that in the original half hour, it comes off as kind of clichéd. It's not until Nosferatu appears that the film really gets its own style. I realize that even back then, the film was great because it really did show off a unique style and a great setting even if the story itself wasn't that original. Now, he was referred to as Dracula in this version and not Nosferatu or Count Orlock. It doesn't matter because it's a great movie whatever his name is. ****
Nigel P
The original 'Nosferatu (1922)' remains one of the greatest early films. However, possibly feeling that some aficionados might be put off by the understandably scratchy quality, German director Werner Herzog set about recreating the atmosphere original.For the pivotal character of Dracula, or Count Orlok, Herzog cast his friend, the mighty Klaus Kinski, who brings an incredible haunted intensity to a role that seemed to be made for him. Whether staring longingly at Harker's bleeding hand, or his bride Lucy, or snapping into inhuman speed due to his blood-lust, Kinski shines like a beacon in every single scene. It truly is an unearthly performance, he is probably the creepiest vampire of them all.There were two versions shot of this; an English and a German version. Perhaps because English is not the actors' native tongue, only Kinski emerges with a believable performance. Other members of the cast do well to sustain the slightly 'removed' atmosphere vital to such a dreamlike horror, but the acting does occasionally stray into wooden territory.And yet everything else is wonderfully ethereal. Harker's journey, Dracula's arrival by boat at the Varna seaport, the infestation of plague rats, the vibrant but desolate town, the choice of location and architecture
all these things come together to make a truly spooky film. Happily, the ending doesn't strive to placate the viewer, as Harker – one of the few survivors of the story – begins to look a little unwell.
KhurramAtta
This movie is simply amazing. Bruno Ganz and especially Klaus Kinski did an excellent job acting their parts. One can even argue that Kinski was born to play this role. Atmosphere is chilling, imagery is brilliant and performance are really good. What's not to like? OK, only one thing: That laugh was so annoying, like REALLY annoying but it was a minor character anyway. Did I mention that cinematography was excellent? This is one of the most visually beautiful movies I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of movies, let me tell you. Nosferatu, the Vampye is for anyone who likes to watch a good-acted brilliant movie. Not for someone who watches movies for their stupid jump scares and explosions. All in all, this is a brilliant effort by Werner Herzog (Director) and Klaus Kinski ( But you already knew that!)