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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Oh, it had its faults, for sure. But without the romance it would just have been boring, because there have been countless Dracula movies before it we've already seen. This was also the reason I found the book boring - I already knew the plot. And, in the book Dracula is just your usual moustache-twirling villain. Fine perhaps for the readers more than 100 years ago, but for the jaded audience these days... yawn.
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I'd say drop the opening with the 'there's always been a Wynona Ryder' bit. Dracula is just super horny for Mina works just as well without the Patty Duke identical twin cousins silliness. Also, Mina is hypnotized by Drac works better than 'she loves a bad boy.'
Even so, that movie is fantastic. Just you can see that Anne Rice had almost as much influence as Bram Stoker.