Dracula Dead and Loving It
Added 11/20/2009
This has got to be the funniest vampire movie I've ever seen! Leslie Neilson is a riot! Mel Brooks is amazing as well! I recommend this to anyone who feels like laughing their heads off!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
It has its moments.
Added 11/15/2009
Overall, I like this film, and it has its moments that are pretty funny, but it seems to lag at times and the attempted humor seems forced instead of having a natural comedic flow. I'm a Leslie Nielsen fan, so for me, it's worth watching it just for that. The character of "Renfield", Dracula's right-hand man is also done very well.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
This and Hudson Hawk are the only two movies I have ever walked out on.
Added 10/22/2009
I found this movie to be dreadful. As to the people who say this is a companion piece to "Young Frankenstein" I can only shake my head in complete amazement.
The gags in this are so broad, so old, that you tire of it immediately. It's nothing like the genius that was "Young Frankenstein."
Brooks' problem is that he can't be allowed to work alone. He has to have someone to contain him, someone like Gene Wilder did with "YF."
Otherwise he will go total Borsh Belt and with it lose an audience.
Never watch this. Instead Watch Young Frankenstein, The Producers, High Anxiety, or a Test Pattern (if one could still be found in the age of cable."
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Brooks' vampire spoof has bite...almost...
Added 10/21/2009
When I first heard that Mel Brooks was working on a "companion piece" to his classic horror spoof "Young Frankenstein", I was elated. At the same time, there was a voice in my head saying, "Well, given his recent track record, reserve your enthusiasm until the movie comes out". The result? "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" is pretty much like his later comedies: It has glimmers of the old Brooks comic madness (and genius), but it just fails to be a great film all the way through, as compared to his ultimate Western spoof, "Blazing Saddles". On the other hand, DDALI is actually better than most comedies attempting to spoof movie genres.
As usual, Brooks' art direction is lushly rich in style, much like an old technicolor movie. It "looks" perfect. Brooks got a first-rate cast: Peter MacNichol gets to ham it up as Dracula's crazed bug-eating servant, Renfield; the late Harvey Korman returns to the Brooks fold after fifteen years as the stately Dr. Seward, so assured he is in the role which shows what an old pro he was; Steven Weber showing great comic poise as a suitor; both Amy Yasbeck & Lysette Anthony show verve as Dracula's victims; and even Mel's late wife, the wonderful Anne Bancroft, nearly steals the picture in a hilarious cameo as the village gypsy. And Leslie Nielsen is..well..Leslie Nielsen, the Clown Prince of Silliness who turns in a controlled but typically bumbling performance as the famous vampire count. The film briefly spoofs the recent Dracula remake (with Gary Oldman), but then settles firmly on the classic familiar trappings (garlic, mirrors, mind control & wooden stakes) and the classic story. The film certainly has its moments: Nielsen's transformations into a bat & bumbling seductions; MacNichol's frantic mugging; Nielsen's mind control manipulations backfiring; and a "last word" grudge contest between Brooks & Nielsen. But the biggest belly laugh is a throwback to Brooks' outrageous days: Weber--by way of Van Helsing's (Brooks) persuasion--must drive a stake through the heart of Anthony, which results in Weber getting sprayed full on with what looks like gallons of blood. It's gross but hilariously funny.
DDALI might not be Brooks' best--nor an equal to "Young Frankenstein"--but there's certainly worse ways to spend your time!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
great customer service
Added 10/18/2009
Dracula: Dead and Loving It [Region 2]
Well What can I say I never got the product but the company I dealt with was very professional about it they credit my card back with no answers I would deftinalty use this site again great customer service thanks again Rob
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Dracula Dead and Loving It
Added 11/20/2009
This has got to be the funniest vampire movie I've ever seen! Leslie Neilson is a riot! Mel Brooks is amazing as well! I recommend this to anyone who feels like laughing their heads off!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
It has its moments.
Added 11/15/2009
Overall, I like this film, and it has its moments that are pretty funny, but it seems to lag at times and the attempted humor seems forced instead of having a natural comedic flow. I'm a Leslie Nielsen fan, so for me, it's worth watching it just for that. The character of "Renfield", Dracula's right-hand man is also done very well.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
This and Hudson Hawk are the only two movies I have ever walked out on.
Added 10/22/2009
I found this movie to be dreadful. As to the people who say this is a companion piece to "Young Frankenstein" I can only shake my head in complete amazement.
The gags in this are so broad, so old, that you tire of it immediately. It's nothing like the genius that was "Young Frankenstein."
Brooks' problem is that he can't be allowed to work alone. He has to have someone to contain him, someone like Gene Wilder did with "YF."
Otherwise he will go total Borsh Belt and with it lose an audience.
Never watch this. Instead Watch Young Frankenstein, The Producers, High Anxiety, or a Test Pattern (if one could still be found in the age of cable."
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
