Dracula Untold

Fun, entertaining popcorn movie. Why others are complaining about the historical inaccuracy is beyond me. It's just a fantasy movie about blood sucking vampires and it doesn't aim to be anything else.

First and foremost, a film is generally a work of fiction to have a good time, even historic films about important facts like IIWW, The Crusades, etc are most of the time only based upon the real thing which by the way many times we don't have a clue because it happened centuries ago and many times those things are not documented properly.

That said, it is unbelievable how people here put down this film because is not accurate if you compare it with Bram Stoker's novel.

How people is so moronic really is something I can really understand because Dracula as created by Stoker is as fictional as a wooden bank note. Fellas, Count Dracula never ever existed!!! So if some writer wants to approach the myth from a different point of view, who are these "Defenders of the real tradition" or better who they think they are?

As a new approach to the myth, this is a fantastic and entertaining film, being Luke Evans the perfect fit for this role, no matter the others really, Evans and the actor who plays the old vampire are just perfect here and the movie is made to the highest modern standards in terms of special effects, then the script is full of action, romance even suspense, so if you want to have a great time revisiting our old pal Mr. Dracula, do yourself a favour, get comfortable on your favourite armchair and your cup of coffee and watch this one.

If the weather is dark and windy then you are in for a treat.

While this movie pretty much ignores the history, it's still a good movie, great CGI, good acting and the ending implies a sequel.

Many have commented that Vlad was not a good guy in real life, hence the historical figures title of the "impaler". The movie does show this in a few scenes but in a interesting if somewhat brief way.

Good action scenes, battles and some gory images, but then as it's Dracula, what do you expect.

If your looking for a movie to just sit back and have fun watching, Dracula Untold is an enjoyable romp with good actors, Charles Dance is impeccable as always and Luke Evans is good as the main character.

Luke Evans has just the heroic persona to draw us in to this exciting, semi-historic but mostly fanciful prologue to the Bram Stoker horror novel. His performance is the solid foundation for the tough fairy tale elements that permeate the first half hour of this movie. The relationship between Vlad and his young son is nicely depicted and gets the narrative off to an involving start. Colorful, often lavish production values are on full display. Clearly, no expense was spared in the making of this movie.

Vlad's dark deal with the demonic vampire in the mountain cave has a distinct Faustian flavor that seems appropriate here. His fantastical victory over his enemy's hordes of soldiers hints at the supernatural horror his future life as the King of the Undead will become. It's interesting to see him both shocked and excited by his newfound ability to transform himself at will into not merely one bat, but a swarm of the nasty creatures. By rooting Dracula into Transylvanian history and myth, the screenplay stresses the human core of emotions and familial bonds that gave readers and movie-goers excuses to find him to be at least a somewhat noble and seductive character.

A good movie, engaging and under-appreciated.

Did Dracula just peak ? Dracula isn't the greatest franchise, but this movie just maxes out every aspect about Dracula that could possibly get interesting. The tale of seafaring Odysseus who strands on a mysterious island, fights a one-eyed giant, and withstands the singing sirens tied to a mast, has been out for 2000 years. And someone goes: we need another movie about an Undead Bloodsucker. And absolutely smashes it. I love the theme of self-sacrifice (only second to Star Wars: Rogue One), the main actor, the stunning visuals with swarms of bats. When I watched the movie for the first time, I wasn't actually surprised how good it was. I was more surprised that I seemed to have missed a whole franchise. The producers made this movie like naturals. 'Of course, this would be a Dracula. Of course, this is what his existence would feel like. It just hasn't been shown, yet.' So that's the REAL Dracula. Awesome.