Rio Bartholomew

After reading all the negative reviews and agreeing with the absurdness of some of the scenes, not one review I saw mentioned the ridiculous part where she can see perfectly underwater. You can’t see underwater like that. It’s blurry snd out of focus, it’s salt water. Human eyes cannot focus underwater like that without a mask. And she can see vividly that Captain Shark McShallows doesn’t like stinging coral or can see 30 feet away when she kills him in the dark waters? Another thing I don’t like which some find often in films, is not allowing the audience to think or imagine. There is no need for voiceovers spelling out every danger. Real suspense comes from letting the audience observe and infer by letting the characters express fear or strategy naturally, without turning into a walking exposition machine.

Great actors, and I love Liam Cunningham because of Dog Soldiers and Game of Thrones. I have to say I was a little disappointed in this Dracula portrayal. I was trying not to expect Gary Oldman and I liked this Dracula version however you guys did way too much CGI to the point it looked almost like some cheesy anime character. Very little realism and detail. He was actually scarier when you only saw a glimpses of him throughout the film. I miss the way movies used to be made. Maybe Francis Ford Coppolas Bram Stokers Dracula ruined it for any future productions on Dracula because that was more scarier and dreamier yet still allowing you to fear Dracula. I miss the way we did costume and makeup. Even though it was probably more work, it was more memorable. Spoiler alert ‼️ Can we just have a beloved pet make it in the end, I knew you were going to kill Huck. You all do this. It is so predictable and I had to close my eyes because I knew you were going to do it and be horrible with it. I like the story line, the acting, the characters etc. But it was missing something. There wasn’t enough fear. I feel like Dracula seemed weak (not literally because he was thirsty and weak) but it just didn’t scare me enough as I would have liked. There was a part that scared me when he repeated in a mocking way when Olgaren was pleading with him not to essentially kill him. I just think the actors didn’t have much to work with and they did their best with what they had. Not a bad movie though! Just wish it had what it was missing!