1: The Love- The chemistry between the protagonist (I guess) and Princess Elizaveta is amazing. Even though there is a huge lack of other intimate scenes or rather any scenes where we get to see their interaction. Except for the initial bedroom scene, there is no dialogue between them. Sleeping, eating, playing and dancing in the bedroom is great, but i would have loved to see more; chasing after each other on horseback, walk around in their city, sip tea and eat cakes in the palace gardens, sit on their thrones and conduct their royal duties in front of their subjects, play a game of chess or read a book besides the fireplace, stay up the whole night talking about everything only to be disturbed by the sunrise, the princess treating her husbands wounds after he returns from battle; I wanted more. Nevertheless, Caleb Landry Jones plays the role of grieving widower and hopeless romantic perfectly. The image is proof enough; the eyes convey the longing and the shear happiness. You can clearly see the relief on his face after his childish hope has finally come true. I feel as if I have watched love personified, that someone managed to trap it in a bottle and poured it down my throat. 

2: The Power- Never have I see anyone make such a mockery of the powers of the Vampire and Count Dracul. The scene showing him travelling all over the world just to make some perfume. To think... that the great dracula needs to rely on a meagre fragrance to sway the masses, bend others to his will, force the people (especially women); is frustrating. The scenes have a striking resemblance to another novel and movie "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer". And it is my opinion that... it's stupid. The scene in the middle with the introduction of the perfume was the most awful thing in cinematic history that i have ever seen. Moreover, his only other supernatural powers seem to only work in his house. Close and open a few door, like a glorified doorman, and move a few trinkets. That's it? At the point it might have been better to just leave him with nothing but his two hands. At least he can use them well; in the action scenes he fights like a man possessed. I am not an expert in swordfight, but here they feel... raw. Lets move on to the minions, while the idea of supernatural servants is not present in the original Bram Stoker's, it is not unheard of. Having said that, I absolutely hate the way the minions are portrayed here. Everything from their design, to their fighting ability add onto that certain scenes show that they cannot understand basic vocabulary and commands makes me feel as if a child drew them. They do not have any clear origin story, they could have been the Count's loyal soldiers turned to stone or a result of his magic to give life to the dead, but for no apparent reason the writers at the end decided to turn them into the children from Mad Max.

  
Tldr: Decent movie ig, would not watch again tho.

Dracula (2025):- A movie which has left me deeply conflicted. [Spoilers]