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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Heartbreaking but beautiful
I have to say this is the best vampire movie I have seen. Not as good as the book, though. But i don't hold it against it. The book is always better so this isn't a reason not to like it even if you have read it.
The cast was excellent. I can't believe how Lestat was Tom Cruise. Kirsten Dunst and Brad Pitt were marvelous Louis and Claudia.
This is the shorter, simpler version, of course. You don't get much of it. If you want depth, the story at its wholesome, stick with the book. I ask you not to decide if you are going to read it based on the film because they are very different.
However, this is about the film itself. It's a romantic, Gothic tale of love, passion and looking for life's meaning. Of course the "life" seen trough vampires's eyes. I liked it. It was a good adaptation of Anne Rice' 100 percent AMAZING novel. Still, if it's important to you to be as good as the book itself, you shouldn't watch it. I myself watched it out of curiosity and i thought it was all right. I hope you enjoy it too.
Esther (1999)
I love it!
I have to say i really got exited by this movie and i am not a model Christian. I am not an atheist but i haven't read the bible, I don't go to church, I don't keep lent, I don't pray. I don't even watch Bible movies. But I am really glad I saw this one. It speaks very well of it since it can excite even someone like me. There is faith, there is history, there is romance. It feels like a fairy tale for adults and I mean this in a positive way.
The actors have done a wonderful job and what really pleases me is by the words of the other reviewers the film is faithful to the the way it is depicted in the Bible. I have always thought "When you film a book, be accurate" and I think this should be considered especially for the book of books.
Marvelous, powerful movie. 10/10.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Horrific and epic masterpiece
First, I have to admit that i haven's read Bram Stoker's novel so i won't be comparing this excellent movie to it. I can't say to such extend it's faithful to it. But from what i've seen in other reviews, there is one basic difference. The love story between the count and Mina/Elizabetha. I think that when you film a book, you have to stay faithful to it as much as possible. But, god, am i glad F. Coppola didn't in this aspect? I think Dracula presented with more human, romantic and vulnerable side along with the face of a dark, cruel, merciless killer is great decision. It makes his character much deeper and i like it that way far better than the one-dimensional blood- thirsty psychopath many of the viewers prefer and weirdly dismiss Coppola's Dracula as "dull".
Winona Ryder was perfect as his lost and then rediscovered true love. She was much more then damsel in distress here as some of you have tried putting it. Mina is a great character and very well developed in my opinion. And the scenes between her and Dracula (fantastic performance of Gary Oldman) were so passionate, so raw and heartbreaking...Enough said about that. :)
Anthony Hopkins's performance was classy and brilliant as always and no matter how much i loved Gary and Winona's characters, the movie wouldn't be the same if the role of the infamous vampire hunter had been given to somebody else.
So my final conclusion is: intricate,dark,eccentric, sensual, epic, romantic. A great horror movie and a great love story. A film you should not miss. 10/10.