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I was doing karate late one night in an historic cemetery near where I lived with a sparring partner from the dojo. Before we started training he gave me a spliff and totally messed me up; had to basically carry me home. My husband, then boyfriend, was having a boys' night so I sat at home rewatching this. OMG most terrifying night of my life. I tried to crawl to the phone to ring boyfriend to come and get me but unfortunately for me I couldnt even move enough to get the remote control and turn it off. Havent smoked since.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Does it matter when I watch Dracula, Bond?
Isn't, like, Karate in an old cemetery, like, in every martial arts movie, like, ever made?
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We need to address more important matters here, ram my boi.
I’m picturing something like Mortal Kombat.
@Dani8, can confirm?
Isn't, like, Karate in an old cemetery, like, in every martial arts movie, like, ever made?
@Dani8, can confirm?
This thread is better than I expected it could ever be.
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We need to address more important matters here, ram my boi.
I’m picturing something like Mortal Kombat.
@Dani8, can confirm?
Isn't, like, Karate in an old cemetery, like, in every martial arts movie, like, ever made?
@Dani8, can confirm?
I meant more about being in an old cemetery being in every Karate movie.
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Mortal Kombat
And others.
Kickboxer
Mortal Kombat
And others.
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We need to address more important matters here, ram my boi.
I’m picturing something like Mortal Kombat.
Rm@Dani8, can confirm?
Isn't, like, Karate in an old cemetery, like, in every martial arts movie, like, ever made?
Rm@Dani8, can confirm?
We need to address more important matters here, ram my boi.
I’m picturing something like Mortal Kombat.
@Dani8, can confirm?
I’m picturing something like Mortal Kombat.
@Dani8, can confirm?
I was watching this the other day with the commentary on... apparently Oldman had some input on a few scenes, like where Dracula was hanging upside down in the form of a bat, and being a bat creature in other scenes...
Then when Coppola said "We'll get the makeup team to do some measurements for a rubber bat costume", Oldman's face dropped.
Coppola basically said "Well it was your idea, man" and Oldman then agreed to be put in a rubber outfit
Then when Coppola said "We'll get the makeup team to do some measurements for a rubber bat costume", Oldman's face dropped.
Coppola basically said "Well it was your idea, man" and Oldman then agreed to be put in a rubber outfit
One thing I love about the film though, is the sets and photography.
They filmed it as if it was a stage play and in some scenes like when Dracula's eyes appear in the sky outside the train, they used rear-projection so it was all in-camera.
They filmed it as if it was a stage play and in some scenes like when Dracula's eyes appear in the sky outside the train, they used rear-projection so it was all in-camera.
Missed this before, but along with all the strange and wonderful camera tricks like filming stuff backwards and using mime artists to make Oldman's shadow move all weird... they even had moving sets.
The scene where Dracula is helping Harker to shave because the mirror has broken, the camera pans down toward them, and you can see the walls behind them slide closer and closer.
I think apart from Reeves' accent... Oldman's acting, the camera trickery, old-school techniques and the aesthetic choices, the movie close to being a masterpiece.
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Watching again with commentary on
Missed this before, but along with all the strange and wonderful camera tricks like filming stuff backwards and using mime artists to make Oldman's shadow move all weird... they even had moving sets.
The scene where Dracula is helping Harker to shave because the mirror has broken, the camera pans down toward them, and you can see the walls behind them slide closer and closer.
I think apart from Reeves' accent... Oldman's acting, the camera trickery, old-school techniques and the aesthetic choices, the movie close to being a masterpiece.
Missed this before, but along with all the strange and wonderful camera tricks like filming stuff backwards and using mime artists to make Oldman's shadow move all weird... they even had moving sets.
The scene where Dracula is helping Harker to shave because the mirror has broken, the camera pans down toward them, and you can see the walls behind them slide closer and closer.
I think apart from Reeves' accent... Oldman's acting, the camera trickery, old-school techniques and the aesthetic choices, the movie close to being a masterpiece.
It's my favorite Halloween Special.
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Decided to pop this in last night as it had been a while. It feels like a product of that early 90s MTV genre. Everything seems good enough as a whole. I kept trying to get angry at Keanu's accent like I was suppose to but I just went with it. It feels like it fits in with Coppola's work post Apocalypse Now.
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