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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
I think I miswrote what I liked about Lucy... Not the acting or writing per se, or even her character development - I was more interested in what happened to her character in the movie (does that make more sense?) - I was interested in how she was directed as she went through the illness to her biting and spurting blood to those ridiculous dresses that she wore...
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I'm sorry, I meant Mina/Ryder, that's who I never understood in the film. Lucy the redhead was done well. I agree with you. I think she was portrayed as sensual & materialistic, thus animalistic, lacking "higher" faculties, and thus easily conquered by Drac. She played that well.
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Originally Posted by Straker
I'd agree with that, but I'd also say its a pretty brutal comparison to make... Dwight Frye is just about the best character actor the genre has ever seen and Browning is up there with the best directors. Its a tough act to follow!
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Definitely, that is a hard act to follow. Dwight Frye stole the show. And Browning shot those scenes really well. I thought Coppola's beginning Harker/Drac scenes (letter scene) were masterful, better than Browning's even. So I think Coppola could have done it better, or cut Renfield out completely.