EVA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Is Universal doing a grand Brewster's Millions experiment to see if you can take priceless IP and turn it into as little return as possible? Yeah, but when's the last time there was money in Dracula, really? Vampires, sure. But Big Drac, himself? You've gotta go all the way back to the Coppola movie to find a movie based on him that could remotely be considered a hit. And before that, you're going back to the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 How did the Wes Craven Dracula movie do? From like 99ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 You mean DRACULA 2000? I know it was a dud, but let met look it up... $33 million domestic. Opened #7. Although it was a strange call to open a Dracula movie at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yeah. Could not remember the title for the life of me. Ouch, that is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Is Universal doing a grand Brewster's Millions experiment to see if you can take priceless IP and turn it into as little return as possible? Yeah, but when's the last time there was money in Dracula, really? Vampires, sure. But Big Drac, himself? You've gotta go all the way back to the Coppola movie to find a movie based on him that could remotely be considered a hit. And before that, you're going back to the 70's. Halloween costumes, Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I think a proper horror movie based on the life of Vlad the Impaler could be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Sexy nurse costumes are money, too, but a sexy nurse movie ain't topped the box office yet, Jack! Are we saying Jack because of Hogan? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Sexy nurse costumes are money, too, but a sexy nurse movie ain't topped the box office yet, Jack! I have to think sexy nurse movies have been profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I looked this up: Since 92, the highest grossing film featuring Dracula in a leading role - by FAR - was Adam Sandler's HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA. Nothing else comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I saw Dracula 2000 in the theater, which is rare for me. Not a perfect movie--and I wouldn't necessarily argue against anyone calling it bad. But it has its moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I only have the most vague memories of it. I actually bought it (and it's sequel that I didn't know existed) on a blu-ray disc awhile back when Echo Bridge dumped a bunch of old miramax/dimension stuff out in cheap packages, but I've never gotten around to popping it in. In my defense, I think it was only 4 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 There are two sequels, actually. I haven't seen them. But the third one is supposedly above average, if only slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The third one has Rutger Hauer as Dracula, because of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I love Matthew Mcconaughey as much as the next guy, but I'm not convinced he's a better actor than Hathaway.He is. By a long, long, loooooooooong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 She's one of the best actors in Hollywood today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Wes Craven's Dracula movies are pretty horrible. That being said, Jonny Lee Miller and Jason Scott Lee played fucking awesome vampire hunter characters that deserved to be in better vampire movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Either of you two jabrones going to actually explain why one actor is better than the other by long long ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I think a proper horror movie based on the life of Vlad the Impaler could be awesome. When Charlie Hunnam was on the Nerdist podcast, he spoke of trying to get one developed and it did indeed sound awesome. The way he described his life was incredibly fascinating. Fuck all of the Dracula shit, don't even acknowledge it, just do a hardcore Vlad movie that covers his history, his brother's history, and their father's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Either of you two jabrones going to actually explain why one actor is better than the other by long long ways? Well, I haven't claimed either one is better. I said I'm not convinced one is better than the other, because they are both great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I think a proper horror movie based on the life of Vlad the Impaler could be awesome. When Charlie Hunnam was on the Nerdist podcast, he spoke of trying to get one developed and it did indeed sound awesome. The way he described his life was incredibly fascinating. Fuck all of the Dracula shit, don't even acknowledge it, just do a hardcore Vlad movie that covers his history, his brother's history, and their father's history. I would watch the hell out of that movie. Not enough history movies get made for my taste, and that period of religious wars is interesting, and i don't know enough about it. Among the great historical tyrants(not that that's a good thing), Vlad gets overlooked. I'm not sure where the gold chalice thing(supposedly he put one right in the center of town and no one took it, lest they face the consequences) is apocryphal or not(probably is), but holy shit did this guy brutalize his people. . . would make for an interesting movie to say the least. BTW for those that don't know, "dracula" means son of the dragon in romanian(?). . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 If I've done this right, you can click play it will pick up right where Hunnam starts talking about Vlad's history, which is fucking amazing. EDIT: Damn, didn't work. Jump to 21:32... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 BTW for those that don't know, "dracula" means son of the dragon in romanian(?). . . HISTORY LESSON~! Vlad's notorious nom de guerre is not all that sinister. It notes his father's membership into Ordo Dracul, a chivalric order of knights created by one of the Holy Roman Emperors. It is said that Vlad actually hated the sobriquet because it kept him in his father's shadow. His reign of terror and atrocities are thought of by most scholars as Vlad's way of trying to define his own rule as opposed to the way his father handled things.. Vlad II was a pragmatic if not stern ruler but he was notoriously cautious in his dealings with the Ottoman Turks.. His son, not so much. "Dracula" after much Anglicized bastardization (mostly fueled by Bram Stoker) took on the translation "Son of the Devil," referring to Satan's manifestation as a red dragon in Revelations, the last chapter of the Bible. I wrote a paper on Vlad Tepes for World History class in college. I got an A. I shoulda got an A+. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Either of you two jabrones going to actually explain why one actor is better than the other by long long ways? well, my explanation goes like this: I am unimpressed with Hathaway's work (admittedly, I have not seen Les Mis). On the other hand, I am impressed with a lot of Mconahayhayhay's work. Thus, Matt > Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I wrote a paper on Vlad Tepes for World History class in college. I got an A. I shoulda got an A+. Perhaps it was the grammar that held you back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Either of you two jabrones going to actually explain why one actor is better than the other by long long ways? well, my explanation goes like this: I am unimpressed with Hathaway's work (admittedly, I have not seen Les Mis). On the other hand, I am impressed with a lot of Mconahayhayhay's work. Thus, Matt > Anne I just have an irrational dislike for Anne Hathaway. Maybe because she was in The Princess Diaries movie(s) or I thought she came off kinda bitchy during that breakup with some guy years ago (right around the time her and Franco hosted the Oscars IIRC). Since I hate musicals, I just know her from Dark Knight Rises and Brokeback Mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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