A good movie

I can remember it as if it was yesterday. There was indeed a huge buzz before this movie was released but, unfortunately, it didn't turn out to be the masterpiece that so many of us hoped for. Basically, there is one major issue with Francis Ford Coppola. Indeed, the guy ruled the 70's but it was as much a blessing as it was a curse as, basically, for each movie he made afterwards, the audience was expecting another 'Godfather' or another 'Apocalypse now'. Anyway, this movie was his last big production and, in my opinion, there were still many things to enjoy here. First of all, the directing was really good, the whole thing looked terrific and the cast was also pretty good, above all Gary Oldman was just awesome. The only issue was probably that it tries maybe too much to be faithful to the original source and since we all know the story, there was not many surprises when watching this. To conclude, I'm aware that there are many more and even better remakes of 'Dracula' but still, I think this one was actually pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Coppola's work.

7/10