Review of Dracula Untold (2014) by Everett J — 17 Dec 2014

I love all the old Universal Monster movies, and whenever a new one comes out I get excited, but usually end up disappointed. I wasn't too amped for this based on the previews. Too much cgi and Luke Evans to me doesn't have the charisma of a Bela Legosi.

But, I still wanted to watch it because I believe you can't complain about a movie without seeing it. While it's not a complete waste, it is exactly what I thought it would be. It's an origin story of how he becomes a vampire, and his thirst(see what I did there) for revenge.

Just like "Maleficent" and other recent villain origin stories, they turn Dracula into a hero. Which to me, is absolutely horrible. Dracula is one of the most iconic villains ever, why try to make people sympathize with him? I just don't get it.

I know they are rebooting all of them(Mummy, Wolfman, etc) and this is the first movie in that "universe" reboot. I'll check em all out because I'm a gluten for punishment. I hope they replace Evans though.

He just isn't "Dracula" to me at all. Good actor, but not right for this character.