Speaking of Dracula, last weekend I saw the late 70's Dracula with Frank Langella as the Count and Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing.
The tomb confrontation scene with Lucy freaked me right out. That is still the scariest vampire I've ever seen.
Okay, let's hear votes--sexiest movie vampire? best movie vampire? Who and why?
My vote for sexiest goes to Stephen Dorff in Blade because, well, Stephen Dorff. I think Louis Jordan absolutely nailed the role in the BBC Dracula, better than Lugosi or Langella. Lily Taylor in The Addiction did a great job of conveying how horrible it would be to find oneself undergoing that transformation.
I think Louis Jordan absolutely nailed the role in the BBC Dracula,
I really need to track that down. I've never seen it.
It's been a long time since I saw it Jilli, but I recall it being about 95% faithful to the written source. And of course since it was a BBC television production they made it for $3.50, so everything depended on atmosphere and the performances rather than special effects, sets, etc.
Speaking of David Bowie, just got Labyrinth in the mail, courtesy of an amazon.com gift certificate. I forgot i ordered it until it got here, a very nice surprise.
It came with Season 1 of the Gilmore Girls, the latest book in the Gossip Girl series, and a book (hardcover, oddly) called "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things." I suspect I may have been drunk when placing this order, but that's okay. A nice mix.
Not very many sexy female vampires, tho. Gotta give that one to Catherine Denueve.
Unless you watch a lot of trashy Euro-horror movies. Then? There are tons of them.
I saw The Island tonight.
Ewan and Scarlett and Sean and Djimon are very pretty.
I am very glad I saw it for free.
I am very glad I saw it for free.
Did Michael Bay blow shit up? I like it when they blow shit up.
Yeah, shit was blown up. And then more shit was blown up. And then, oh, some shit? Blown up.
Lather. Rinse. Explode.
I don't think I've ever been so bored by a chase scene in my life. (Note: roughly 85% of this movie is chase scene.)
Ewan has one extremely adorable scene. But it was not worth $10.
I saw The Island tonight.
Ewan and Scarlett and Sean and Djimon are very pretty.
I am very glad I saw it for free.
Sigh. I knew this was coming ever since I read this line in the EW feature this week:
Then Scarlett Johansson read the Tredwell-Owen version of the script, loved it, and agreed to do the movie without even meeting Bay. ''I had just come back from London,'' says Johansson, who became the first person in history to go straight from working with Woody Allen to working with Michael Bay. ''I went into Michael's office in Santa Monica and he said, 'Hi! I'm Michael. We're working together! I want you to know that we made a couple of character changes. You're not pregnant, you never meet your clone, and your name is changed from Esther to Jordan.' I was, 'Oh! Ooookkkayyy.'
The fact that the original script was apparently very dark, edgy, different, and interesting was mentioned several times. Also, the fact that Michael Bay
completely changed it.
After firing the original screenwriters. My guess? They didn't want to screw up their baby with too many explosions and a super-long chase scene.
Come on! Ewan! Scarlett! Djimon! Clones! This could've been one of the most interesting sci-fi movies of the last few years, perhaps, given proper handling! So why give it to Michael Bay, Mr. Spielberg? Why?
