tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post6411919760016681961..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Dracula (1979)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-19363922849143710152013-10-25T05:17:19.277-07:002013-10-25T05:17:19.277-07:00Yeah, they all change things around to their conve...Yeah, they all change things around to their convenience. Looking forward to seeing Love at First Bite! I hear good things about it! Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-35180334155219336442013-10-24T14:45:52.671-07:002013-10-24T14:45:52.671-07:00I haven't seen this one in ages, Fran. I only ...I haven't seen this one in ages, Fran. I only remember fragments of it, but it's interesting to note that Browning's version changed things around too. For one, Harker never goes to Dracula's castle. It's Renfield who does so. I barely remember much from the Coppola version, either. Looking forward to your thoughts on LOVE AT FIRST BITE. I'm hoping a new DVD will surface with the original music intact at some point.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-80854158337162085752013-10-24T06:08:04.455-07:002013-10-24T06:08:04.455-07:00There's a couple of directors out there who do...There's a couple of directors out there who don't have a distinctive style of filmmaking, but they do produce quality films, I would say that Badham falls somewhere in there. You can't see a Badham film and recognize it as such, but the quality of the production is there. There's many Badham films I've always loved: Blue Thunder, Short Circuit, War Games, American Flyers, Point of No Return....hell, even The Hard Way which I think you would like by the way, it's a 90s action flick that is often times ignored, it stars Michael J. Fox and James Woods. <br /><br />Badham's Dracula is awesome robotGEEK, a great Dracula adaptation with tons of atmosphere and obvious love for old school horror films. Plus, Langella just eats up the screen, you'll get to feel some sympathy for him even though he is after all, the villain. <br />Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-67050876968820202712013-10-23T09:46:38.357-07:002013-10-23T09:46:38.357-07:00Great job man. Honestly, I've "never"...Great job man. Honestly, I've "never" been a fan of John Badham. I find his style of filmmaking pretty void of any style or substance. Buuuuut, you've sold me on this one so I'll give it a shot. Knowing he made this one as well always kept me away. robotGEEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355070295108163031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-13999973635476599912013-10-22T16:47:42.079-07:002013-10-22T16:47:42.079-07:00Maurice: Yeah, same as Lugosi, such an amusing fac...Maurice: Yeah, same as Lugosi, such an amusing fact.<br /><br />eddie: A pity...the poster for Badhams film is terrible as well...I dont think it does the film justice...it makes Dracula seem so harmless...he is even smiling!<br /><br />By the way I will be reviewing Love at First Bite some time before Halloween is here...Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-21131368657273979322013-10-22T16:30:58.090-07:002013-10-22T16:30:58.090-07:00Francisco, it was interesting when you talked abou...Francisco, it was interesting when you talked about the George Hamilton Dracula comedy "Love at First Bite" from the same year because i think a lot of people have got that film and this one mixed up over the last 34 years. I`m not really sure why the Langella movie initially failed at the box office (because it is a superb film as you so rightly said), but, like i said, in the intervening years its like people almost seem to remember Langella and Hamilton being one and the same person and that that "Dracula" and "Love at First Bite" were one and the same movie. eddie lydeckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-81706972968067125192013-10-22T16:00:46.314-07:002013-10-22T16:00:46.314-07:00That's wild that the film came from his perfor...That's wild that the film came from his performance.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.com