Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 Movie)

This Dracula movie is very true to how Bram Stoker told it in his novel. what i thought that movie did so well, was the characters. Character's and their story are very important in both film and literature. Without it, you can't get a clear image of who the characters is, what they see, feel and desire. This movie showed everything that we know (or may think we know) of vampire. The story of Dracula's life from when he was human to becoming the famous vampire we know and fear.

    The characters in Dracula were all very moving and convincing, especially Dracula (played by Gary Oldman). Dracula's character seems to be a combination of both villain and a desperate soul wanting to be with his love. His love interest is Mina Harker (played by Winona Ryder). Mina is a reincarnation of his once beloved Elisabeta. When Dracula comes to London and spots Mina in the streets, it was the start of his plan to make Mina come to him. When he introduces himself to her, he says his name is Prince Vlad of Szekely. The more time Mina is being around him, the more her feelings grow stronger in love for her new prince friend. The love between Dracula and Mina becomes so passionate and real. You can tell that these two share a strong feeling towards one another , it looks so believable and real than any other kind of love that two people share. Even near the end of the movie when Dracula tells Mina who he really is and that he was the on that killed her friend Lucy. She is angry at first, but she still has feelings for him and tells him that she want to be part of his world, to "be what he is, see what he sees, love what he loves".





    The movie there is some narrations from the characters. They are reading their letters or journals of the events that they have seen or were occurring. It's a good idea to switch the narrations during the movie, it helps to put the viewer in that view point of the character reading their letter or journal. The parts where Jonathan Harker (played by Keanu Reeves) is trapped in Dracula's castle (while Dracula is in London). You hear how desperately he wants to tell his beloved Mina why he hasn't returned and the dangers he and she may be in, but he knows he can't. So he writes in his journal all that is going on in Dracula's castle and try's to escape. When we hear Mina's journals, they show that she is both worried for Jonathan, and also starting to have feeling for Prince Vlad. She try's to figure things out with her feelings. We also hear reports from Dr Jack Seward and Professor Abraham Van Helsing (played by Anthony Hopkins). They both narrative their experience of the the events in a scientific term.

  At the end of the movie, there is a final battle at the castle between Dracula and Jonathan and his men to finish Dracula once and for all. Even though they have almost killed him, with a sword in his chest. Mina rushes over and stops them from killing him more and takes Dracula inside the castle to be with him alone before he dies. When they are inside the castle's chapel, Mina kisses him and it is with her love that changed him from his monstrous form back to the man he was. His last words to her was to "give him peace". She takes the sword and pushes it down through his heart, and then cuts off his head. Mina had to do this out because she loved him and wanted to release him. Watching Dracula's death is both a victory but a sad at the same time, because even though the world is safe from vampires like him. That beautiful and strong love that Dracula and Mina had is gone.
  
   This movie stayed true to the original story, and everything was prefect. The character are great as well as the actor that played them. This is a perfect vampire movie that anyone will enjoy and definitely deserve the title of being a classic horror and romance story.