Castlevania (2011)Symphony of the Night was unintenionally funny becuase of the horrible voice acting...which thankfully they changed for the upgrade two years ago. of course the voices are legendary campy now but a film cannot be this bad.Also- there have been far too many "campy" Dracula movies than serious ones...look at the Universal one, Bram Stoker's Dracula could be considered campy and Van Helsing is the ultimate cheese-fest with the campiest Dracula i've ever seen.This movie needs to take it seriously.
Isn't the screenplay being written by Warren Ellis?
>>19387For an animated version, yeah. Is that one still being made? It seems like it's in development hell.
>>19389It's just shy of being canceled.
>>19391and then guess what will happen, or favorite game movie hack will get it.
So whatever happened to the movie directed by Paul W. S. Anderson that got picked up by the dude responsible for Stomp the Yard and would've had Simon using a sword instead of the Vampire Killer and lots of other series continuity ignoring horribleness anyway?
>>19411that was thrown out the window when, I think, some horror director got an interest in it...Eli Roth? Or the original Saw guys? Some dudes like that. I can't remember. I just recall that they wanted to bring back the whip because of the kind of weird "bondage" aspect to it. Brrr.
>>19413Simon wrapping it around leather clad Vampires and thrusting?
I think the problem with taking Dracula seriously has more to do with Drac being stuck in this pop culture rut where people are more likely to remember Lugosi's and Lee's take on the role than anything else. Despite its flaws, Coppola's take on the tale was probably the most legitimate attempt of recent memory to give him dramatic weight. Van Helsing could be excused since it was pretty much an out and out summer action flick.