Monstrous
MonsterVision => Classic Horror => Topic started by: Baron Orelius on April 19, 2006, 07:41:48 PM
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I personally can't decide between Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi.
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Good choice, I love his charisma on camera. Although I also appreciate Christopher Lee's portayal of the more vicious and blood thirsty(no pun intended) nature.
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I would go with Bela myself. Even though he only made two appearances as Dracula I liked his version the best.
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I love Bela Lugosi's "Dracula" he was great, but Christopher Lee was the best "Dracula" of them all
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Gary Oldman was good 2 u know. <^>
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Gary Oldman was good 2 u know. <^>
Absolutely! Love that Gary! Christopher Lee is good everywhere...he's got that irresistible dark charm...
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i agree chris lee does it for me every time. gary oldman was good 2 but not quite to lees standard, and ive said it b4 bela lugosi was bloated and awful........sorry
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You people make me sad.
So few votes for Max Shreck's Graf Orlock.
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I've seen some of Lee's film s and they were pretty good. But quite different from the Universal Classic monster films.
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I liked Lugosi, Oldman, and Lee... All of them have their different portrayals and different personas of Dracula...
Lugosi was the "Original Dracula", and had that sinister smile we all come to classify as a "Vampire smile"...
Christopher Lee was definately a good pick for Dracula... Chris always has that Imperious dark aura about him... And that heighten's Dracula's status even further... He also had the most bloodthirsty, dark personas out of all three...
Gary Oldman was good in the way that, he focused on more of Dracula's haunted, heart-broken side, rather than christopher Lee's Bloodthirsty Count... Gary Oldman's interpretation of Dracula is more of a haunting love story... this was clearly shown in the scene where he refuses to bite Mina's Neck, stating, "I cannot... I love you too much..." Also, the ending was a Real Tearjerker for me...
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I personally liked Oldman the best.
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I personally liked Oldman the best.
All of them were great draculas with their own merits
I too like Oldman the best, he is IMO one of the best at being a villian
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For me it depends on which Dracula you are going after. If it is the one who best personifies Stoker's dracula, it would be Max Schrek since that character was the most accurate to the book. if you are looking more for a vlad type Dracula then it is Lee with his quiet arrogance & total lack of caring for anyone in his way.
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it would be Max Schrek since that character was the most accurate to the book.
THANK YOU!
Finally someone agrees with me.
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That is why Schrek's movie is the only one to ever be mentioned in a lawsuit by the Stoker family, they did not have the rights to the story & the only changes made were to certain character names. Stoker's widow won her lawsuit after they made the movie anyway & succeeded in having it banned for a time.
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No wonder I have never seen Schrek's movie... Anyone know if it's still out there?
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No wonder I have never seen Schrek's movie... Anyone know if it's still out there?
Well, since it's a silent film, I wouldn't be surprised if you could find it in a bargain bin at Wal-Mart or some such place. That's where I got my copy.
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Oh darn... I don't think there's a Wal-mart anywhere near where I live... I'll check the night Markets...
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Ok guys, say Im the best, here is the whole Nosferatu movie. Enjoy!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2956447426428748010&hl=en
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*Hugs Nina*
Nina, you are the BEST...
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Ok guys, say Im the best, here is the whole Nosferatu movie. Enjoy!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2956447426428748010&hl=en
Nina, you provide like no other.
That was awesome!
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I know, Im a google freak!!! *<:)
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I have a DVD copy <^>
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good ol classic... gotta love'em...
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I have a DVD copy <^>
You are one lucky mustard! :wink: :wink: :-D
<^>
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I'm just an Unlucky Ketchup then? :?
BTW... just wondering... does anyone here get pissed off whenever dracula's character's thrown around like a rag-doll in certain movies?
*Cough*BLADE TRINITY*cough*
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I'm just an Unlucky Ketchup then? :?
Oh man that made me lol *<:)
Nice little joke there, Morty. :-D
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I have quite a few of the classics
1910 Frankenstien...Made by Thomas Edison
1921 Nosferatu
1931 Dracula with Bela Lugosi
1930s Phantom of the opera
1930s Dr Jekyl Mr Hyde
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Impressive movie collection there, markus.
I'm jealous :-D
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:-D
And that is just ones I remebered off the top of my head, I also have quite a collection of old Hammer films, plus a lot of the Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee Vampire Films
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I also have quite a collection of old Hammer films
Seriously? Where the hell did you get those? I've looked everywhere.
I have a huge stack of old Famous Monsters of Film Land magazines that my uncle used to read as a kid. There are all the ads for Weird-Ohs model kits and Rat Fink soapbox derby decals. Cool stuff :-D
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All of these actors brought their own flare to the character. Lugosi literally defined the pop culture image of Dracula, or any vampire for that matter, with his heavy Romanian accent and high collared black cape. Lee as stated before brought the animal out of the character, made him frightening for a new generation of film goers. Personally I'd like to see him take up the role again in some form, just to see if he can still bring out the menace. Oldman impressed me most with the fact that he plays Dracula from so many angles. From the decrepid funky-haired landowner, the hideous dirt-dwelling wretch, to the broken prince, and the 19th century aristocrat. None of these personalities are ever the same exact character as the other. Shows a versatility on the part of Oldman you don't see with the others.
However, my favorite portrayal goes to Schrek. Though he technically never portrayed "Dracula," his go as Orlock is the most haunting. The rat face and twisted, exaggerated posture of a stiff corpse slinking about the shadows to me rivals the classic pop culture image created by Lugosi. Top it all off, he had no sound to work with. Silent films forced the actors in them to exaggerate their every move to tell the story. To me it makes his vampire more fun to watch. Now heres the obligatory vampire smiley in closing. <^>
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You got to the root of vamps in movies. I bow to you!
<^>
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Lol, I'm watching Nosferatu as we speak...
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I bow before thee also
Very well said Grendelion
Seriously? Where the hell did you get those? I've looked everywhere.
Shhh errrr ...one word....P2P
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Ah, this world would be so different without P2P!!!
Long live P2P!!! :-D
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I'm kinda lost... what's P2P? And man... Schrek creeps me out... It's REALLY eerie seeing his do the stiff, rat-faced, corpse version of Vampires...
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Peer to peer?! Ring any bells?
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Err... Not really... :-(
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Bearshare???
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*Whimpers*
:oops:...
*Sobs*
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Jeez.... here you go, and stop whining: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2P
Now, please, can we get back to topic??? :roll:
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Ah... Thanks Nina... I wonder... they make another Dracula movie every so often... Who do you think will play him the next time? Anthony Hopkins wouldn't be bad... I can see him as a vampire...
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Nah, after he did Van Hellsing in Coppolas Dracula, I cant pic him as one... maybe there wont ever be a Dracula as good as those guys above in the pool???
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They made a biography like movie for Dracula a while back. Not the vampire, but Vlad, the person. I don't know who the actor is, but he would be awesemundo for the vampire.
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If there was a new Dracula made with the same storyline as the book
A actor that I think would play the part good would be James Nesbitt, who played in the 6 part series titled "Jekyll" that aired on BBC America
http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/260/gallery.jsp
I was so impressed by Nesbitts performance I hope to see more shows with this actor in it
This guy is a great actor IMO
Jekyll is a British television drama series produced by Hartswood Films and Stagescreen Productions for BBC One.
It was written by Steven Moffat and stars James Nesbitt as Tom Jackman, a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll, who has recently begun transforming into a version of Mr. Hyde (also played by Nesbitt). He uses modern technology in an attempt to keep Hyde in check and the two for a while have a peaceful co-existence until it is revealed that they are the key to a secret-organisation's one-hundred year old plot.
The series is described by its creators as a sequel to the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, rather than an adaptation of it, and the Robert Louis Stevenson tale is used within the series as a backstory
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I have to admit that the book was kind of disappointment after watching the Coppola´s one.... I felt like it seriously lacked any emotion, all those bureaucracy letters... really booooring.....
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They made a biography like movie for Dracula a while back. Not the vampire, but Vlad, the person. I don't know who the actor is, but he would be awesemundo for the vampire.
I saw that Movie... It was called... "Dracula : The Dark Prince"... and The same actor DID play dracula for 30 minutes... It was in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode... It was where Buffy and Dracula met... She staked him through the heart, but he reformed, and she had to stake him again... eventually, he gave up, turned into mist form, and escaped...
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LMAO!!! I saw that one!!!
Dracula starts to reform, "I saw the movie!!!" He turns into mist & flees. *<:)
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Vlad to Xander: "you are strange & off putting, go now." Don't know why but I loved that line.
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I agree that James Nesbitt would make a good Dracula. To answer the question that started this thread, I like all of the choises, but, IMO, Christopher Lee is the real thing as Dracula.
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Lol. "Where is he, The guy that turned me into his spider-eating man lady!" Good old Buffy humour. MAX SCHRECK RULED! Just to get back to the point.