Dracula 2000

I just saw a preview for this movie? Looks awesome, anyone else want to see it?

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Looks good to me, i like my horror films, although lately not much good's been coming out. somehow it seems kinda unlikely that im gonna see a new mainstream vampire movie and like it, but then again, Wes Craven...

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I like Wes Craven movies. They are pretty entertaining. I also like the fact that he has little or no nudity in them, which is rare for slasher films.

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I'm just not sure if there is room for another Dracula film yet. There were a ton of Dracula/Vampire movies out in the 90's. It'll probably be good though. We'll see.

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Oh James, call it a hunch, but I think Dracula 2000 will have nudity.

Well, I saw this flick today (I've seen a movei 3 days in a row now!)...

...I had to look away now and then...there was a second or two of a woman flashing her top (or lack thereof) above a crowd on a balcony (it takes place in New Orleans during Mardi Gras...how convieient), and a sexual scene at one point - didn't see it, but I don't think it was all that explicit...I think the actress involved seems, well...not the type to do anything explicit.

Anyway, the two reviews I read gave it 2 out of 5 stars, and that's my rating as well - maybe 2 and a half. The religious implications were interesting (it's kind of cool in that respect), but other than that, it didn't frighten me or make me cringe, or anything like that.

Very "okay" - I was with 3 other people who all described it as "okay".

Quick question..... Why don't you look?

It all depends: in this case I was there with my parents...they say look away, I look away. As simple as that. When I'm 17 I'll have the right to go into an R-Rated movie on my own - until I do, I'm going by their rules.

No big deal - most movies are just fine anyway. Thankfully, there are no rules against violence - I can watch the bloodiest movie I want.

Chris, that is a very healthy attitude to have about your parents. I figured out pretty early on that when I disagreed with my parents about something, I usually turned out to be wrong. It was like they actually had more experience in life than I did. LOL!

No really, it is much more fun to get along with your parents than to always be fighting them on things.

I get tired of all of the useless nudity in movies. It is possible to portray New Orleans without boobs.

My wife was talking about Hitchcock's Frenzy. It is about a guy who rapes and murders women, but they never show anything nasty. It's possible to make very good, suspenseful movies about even the nastiest topics without being nasty.

I'm very surprised that Wes Craven made a movie with nudity in it. It seems like his last five or six had none. Weird.

A future movie y'all might be interested in (I know I am) is American Horror, directed by Clive Barker (oh yes) ...

I'm anticipating this one cause the boy did good with the first Hell Raiser and he knows what he's doing. When he directed his own story it just came out scrumptious. I can watch that movie again and again. Sick but oh so deliciously dark. So I'm counting on this next one to be just as wonderful.

It's (obviously) going to be set in the US.

From hsx.com:

Written and directed by Clive Barker, American Horror is set against the westward railroad migration of the late 1800s. Since the film is still in the early stages of developemnt, Barker has kept the specific plot details under wraps. To date, no actors have been cast in the project.

There wasn't much - I get the impression it was just the one flash - and maybe some flashing of shots back and forth in bed - you know what I mean. Nothing blatant.

However, being a movie about vampires, you can expect a lot of sensuality - a highly odd amount of female vampires as well.

Thanks for the kind words - we actually had some arguments later in the day, but overall I do realize what they say goes until I'm out. Something tells me I'll be listening to them even after I move out, but I'll worry about that later.

lol, Well my parents actually would rather I see nudity, than violence. But they don't particularly care either way. They know if they tell me not to watch something, I'll be a little mischievious teenager and go watch it behind their backs, and they'd rather not have me doing that.

Has anyone seen the movie Embrace of the Vampire. I saw it, wasn't really expecting Alyssa Milano to get naked, but hey, I guess vampires are "sensual".

Heard about it - yeah, that's the deal with vampires apparently. If you ask me it's another shameless exscuse for such crap. I understand that it can add to it (Bram Stoker's Dracula did a good job of displaying the sensuality of being a vampire (or a vampire's victim) without being overly gratoitus (sp is wrong, I know).

You see, that is what's wrong with our society. We can't make up our minds about what is and isn't right/wrong. So it's ok to portray violence in a movie? I guess it's ok for you to watch violence, but not ok to perform acts of violence, right? Some parents don't allow their kids (even their teenagers) to watch violent movies. Fine....they don't want their kids to become a violent person, right? So not letting them watch violence will solve that problem? Maybe. Maybe not. So what about nudity? If your parents don't want you to watch nudity, then that means they don't want you to walk around being nude?? I mean....do they think we were all born wearing pants!? No. Nudity is a part of Human life. It may not be appropriate in some places (only because some people feel uncomfortable). So it's ok to show bloody murder, death, and war (all the most horrible events in humanity are surrounded around these three)?? Has nudity affected humanity or the way it functions? Thinking pornography is wrong is a logical argument. But showing a woman get out of a shower and rubbing her A$$ dry is a part of life. If a director wants to portray that in his/her film, you should respect that. But then you may feel that you should respect your parents wishes. What a tricky subject! I just watch everything possible, because in life, you can be forced to watch and participate in almost everything imaginable. Film is merely a depiction of people's lives.

Film CAN be that - but we all know (let's be honest, here) that the girl gets out of the shower because it'll sell more tickets, not because the Director things it will make the film seem more "real" - I think this is obvious. I can respect capitalism, and realize these people are ought to make money - more power to them! Just don't expect me to do things like that, or be happy when others do.

But yes, people seem more comfortable with violence as opposed to sex. Why? Who the heck knows. I sure don't.

For the record: I've been allowed to watch as much violence as I've wanted for several years - considering I'm a Christian, *AND* homeschooled, that's downright amazing.

I'm more "exposed" to life than most other people - I think that's the way it ought to be. They're going to see it: so don't fight it kicking and screaming the whole time.

However, there have to be standards. With nudity, it's going to contribute to my sin - with violence, I'm grounded enough not to imitate it...besides, we like to play up the "guy movie" thing - and saw "Awww man...that was great" when someone's head blows up in an Arnold movie, and bask in the glory of the bad pun that will inevitably follow.

I don't want you take this personal Chris, but I don't think you are "exposed" to life much at all. I think your sheltered. You may know what the real world etc is like. But thats not my point. I think your being homeschooled has denied you the right friendships, and rivalries, one needs to be exposed to life.

Have you ever directly had to say no(or yes) to drugs. Have you ever had to decide whether or not you want to do certain "things" in a relationship. Have you ever had to find your way home in a strange city? Have you ever been muged? Have you ever had to do something you didn't want to do, so that you would prosper? Have you ever seen death first hand? Have you seen a birth first hand?

Don't want to offend you, I'm not trying to assualt your life, I'm just curious. I know you have an exposed life, but I wouldn't go as far to say a more exposed life than most others.

I think I am - just not in the ways you might expect. There are many different ways to learn about life.

I've been on my own in strange places before - I was in public school for a year, and had some crap to deal with there as well. I have not been offered drugs, or mugged - and ya know what? I'm glad.

I'm exposed in such a way that I havn't had any real trouble handling anything life has thrown at me so far - as in: little shocks me or surprises me the way it would someone who has been highly sheltered. To me, that's what really matters.

I don't want this to turn into a "who's more grizzled" contest...I think there are different ways to be exposed, and I'm doing just fine: I can handle things thrown at me better than your average person - a lot of people panic in lots of situations...as a small example.

I hope you understand what I mean by this. As for the right friendships and rivalries: I don't fully understand. I hate to say this (do not be offended): but I don't know if you know exactly what friendships and rivalries I've had. Don't take that the wrong way - you know me fairly well, but I havn't really told you much about this aspect of my life.

Ok, I guess I was thinking of being exposed to life as something else. You are pretty exposed to life. And yea those sheltered people who never experience anything like that are the people who develope problems in society.

Yea I didn't want this to turn into a contest either, I was just curious as to an insight into your life. I kinda want to be a psychologist when I grow up.

No that doesn't offend me at all. Hell I only know the basic stuff about you, maybe more. You could of killed a man for all I know. Doubt that, but still.

By those friendships and rivalries, I ment the every day crap that people you either like, or don't like put you through. Which I'm sure you have had dealings with.

It depends. I don't have as much social experience when it comes to friendships as I'd like - but I've got enough to be comfortable with things. I'm a workaholic.

Killed a man - LOL.

I've made more of a point to try to get used to office/work relationships. I'm sure I'll learn a few things I didn't know about the world when I move out. I hope I'm not coming off as trying to be above that.

Anyway: I have talked with some very sheltered people, and they say goofy stuff. They really do. Bad jokes, things like that. They're almost always very friendly, but just a little goofier than other people.

I'm not sheltered in THAT way, but yes, when it comes to nudity and stuff, I am compared to your average child - just not for your average Christian.

Arn't I a freak?

I would also like to say that I very much respect the views your parents have of letting you do pretty much what you want - I wouldn't go that far, but overall me and my family believe in letting the children do things on their own once they're old enough, rather than hold their hand and force a bunch of rules on them all the time.