Comments on: Dracula: Year Zero Plans To Keep It Real http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jack Hart http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-159177 Jack Hart Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:12:52 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-159177 "Steaks through the heart are essential" Really? I didn't know you could kill a vampire with a thick hunk of tasty meat... “Steaks through the heart are essential”

Really? I didn’t know you could kill a vampire with a thick hunk of tasty meat…

]]> By: Paul Kelly http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158507 Paul Kelly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:37:30 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158507 Aside from this, what has anyone heard regarding the actual sequel to the original Bram Stoker novel that producer Jon de Bont was supposedly going to do? John Heard I believe was attached to it as Van Helsing.....taking pl;ace 20 years after the original book...???? Aside from this, what has anyone heard regarding the actual sequel to the original Bram Stoker novel that producer Jon de Bont was supposedly going to do? John Heard I believe was attached to it as Van Helsing…..taking pl;ace 20 years after the original book…????

]]> By: sfsilver http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158502 sfsilver Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:15:29 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158502 I see Vampire movies on principle. I love them even when they suck (no pun intended). The best and most interesting vampire projects for me are the ones that fuck with the traditional myths. As much fun as some of the traditional mythology can be, I do always enjoy the stories that approach the mythology with less hokum, and more character driven stories like the Anne Rice stories, or "the Hunger", or even CBS' "Moonlight". The idea of vampires among us as an alternate immortal version of ourselves, a reflection of our dark sides, an expression of our anxieties about sex, death, disease. A dangerous threat to us, but also dependent and inherently linked to us too. And yes throw in some sensuality and sexuality (I think it's intrinsic to the whole idea of vampirism anyway) and you've got entertainment. I see Vampire movies on principle. I love them even when they suck (no pun intended). The best and most interesting vampire projects for me are the ones that fuck with the traditional myths. As much fun as some of the traditional mythology can be, I do always enjoy the stories that approach the mythology with less hokum, and more character driven stories like the Anne Rice stories, or “the Hunger”, or even CBS’ “Moonlight”. The idea of vampires among us as an alternate immortal version of ourselves, a reflection of our dark sides, an expression of our anxieties about sex, death, disease.
A dangerous threat to us, but also dependent and inherently linked to us too. And yes throw in some sensuality and sexuality (I think it’s intrinsic to the whole idea of vampirism anyway) and you’ve got entertainment.

]]> By: Jeremy http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158487 Jeremy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158487 I am all for it, although I would prefer it to be more about being dramatic than horror. Sort of like what they did with Interview with a Vampire. Focus on the immortality and sensuality. This being destined to live forever with a lust for blood, a creature that uses seduction as a means to fulfill this hunger, all the while trying to maintain the "masquerade". In the midst, perhaps, finding a piece of humanity through love causing a colliding of two worlds to take place. Immortality and blood lust is all that is all the supernatural needed to make a good vampire movie. There is no need for shape shifting, crucifix, and so on and so forth. I am all for it, although I would prefer it to be more about being dramatic than horror. Sort of like what they did with Interview with a Vampire. Focus on the immortality and sensuality. This being destined to live forever with a lust for blood, a creature that uses seduction as a means to fulfill this hunger, all the while trying to maintain the “masquerade”. In the midst, perhaps, finding a piece of humanity through love causing a colliding of two worlds to take place. Immortality and blood lust is all that is all the supernatural needed to make a good vampire movie. There is no need for shape shifting, crucifix, and so on and so forth.

]]> By: Letodan http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158472 Letodan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:12:49 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158472 I used to be a big fan of vampires... I love what Anne Rice has done with them (except in some of her later books). But, lately, all you see of vampires are young teens with their face changing in some king of monsters (as seen in Angel and Buffy) and I'm kinda tired of that kind of vampires. Proyas might have something here!! Hopefully, he'll bring back what made vampires scary and interesting. Having a face with an angry look is not what is scary to me... The mystery... the sounds... The teeth... The blood... That's what makes Vampires, and Dracula, scary... I used to be a big fan of vampires… I love what Anne Rice has done with them (except in some of her later books). But, lately, all you see of vampires are young teens with their face changing in some king of monsters (as seen in Angel and Buffy) and I’m kinda tired of that kind of vampires. Proyas might have something here!! Hopefully, he’ll bring back what made vampires scary and interesting. Having a face with an angry look is not what is scary to me… The mystery… the sounds… The teeth… The blood… That’s what makes Vampires, and Dracula, scary…

]]> By: Dragonslayer http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158460 Dragonslayer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:29:52 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158460 Whatever Whatever

]]> By: Mr. Chris http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158429 Mr. Chris Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:40:53 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158429 I agree with Gavin's above suggestion that they make a Vlad the Impaler movie if they really want to try a realistic take on Dracula. And I don't see why wooden stakes would make it in anyway, since the symbolism of stakes has supernatural implications too. Why can't you just stab them with anything? I agree with Gavin’s above suggestion that they make a Vlad the Impaler movie if they really want to try a realistic take on Dracula.

And I don’t see why wooden stakes would make it in anyway, since the symbolism of stakes has supernatural implications too. Why can’t you just stab them with anything?

]]> By: Audioout http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158414 Audioout Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:38:17 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158414 A correction to my statement about mosquitoes: They don't avoid the scent of garlic so much as it blocks their ability to smell your blood. A correction to my statement about mosquitoes: They don’t avoid the scent of garlic so much as it blocks their ability to smell your blood.

]]> By: Audioout http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158411 Audioout Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:26:37 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158411 Actually the garlic thing makes absolute sense. Garlic thins the blood. Even mosquitoes avoid the scent of garlic. Actually the garlic thing makes absolute sense. Garlic thins the blood. Even mosquitoes avoid the scent of garlic.

]]> By: Johnny Boy http://themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158404 Johnny Boy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:49:52 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/08/dracula-year-zero-pland-to-keep-it-real#comment-158404 Go Alex Proyas! I love vampire films. Go Alex Proyas! I love vampire films.

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