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Mar 17 15 8:24 PM
The Batman of Gotham wrote:Casey62 wrote:I always considered DRACULA as a film that invites me to imagine 'what's going on behind the curtain'. It's part of its mystique for me. I experience a lot of it with my mind's eye as well as with what I'm seeing on the screen, and, as I stated in another thread, this is why I think the film evokes a unique, dreamlike quality. Not everyone sees it this way, but I always did and so I have difficulty attaching to it all the criticism of how it should have shown this, or did that, etc,etc. And frankly, I don't see why I should.So, what you're really saying is.... - GJS : ^ )
Casey62 wrote:I always considered DRACULA as a film that invites me to imagine 'what's going on behind the curtain'. It's part of its mystique for me. I experience a lot of it with my mind's eye as well as with what I'm seeing on the screen, and, as I stated in another thread, this is why I think the film evokes a unique, dreamlike quality. Not everyone sees it this way, but I always did and so I have difficulty attaching to it all the criticism of how it should have shown this, or did that, etc,etc. And frankly, I don't see why I should.
Batman,
I happen to agree with everything Monsterpal and Casey62 said, in addition, DRACULA was a 1931 horror film, the first in the genre, based on the stage play of the same name, not the novel. For film critics, professional and amateur to declare the film "too much like a stage play" and pan it for that reason, is like stating the obvious, duh! It was an adaptation of a successful stage play not an original film, so audiences in 1931 got what they paid for and so do we. The first half of the film with all the extra story was a bonus. Now that being said, I'm not gonna begrudge all the talented computer whiz kids on these boards the fun of playing director and film editor. If that's their bag, then by all means let them go for it. But, for my money the film stands as is and keeps standing on it's own merits. It has done so for 84 years. Not a bad track record for a film that some horror film fans either love to hate or hate to love.
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