Dracula Untold Movie Review

I had very high hopes for Dracula and I have to say the movie exceeded my expectations.  And that my readers, is not an easy thing to accomplish.  There was one scene in particular where Vlad fights a Turk army as a vampire for the first time which was just thrilling.  Although, truth be told, it was kind of difficult to see what was going on what with the dark atmosphere and quick flashing movements. Still, even considering that it was awesome.  I also liked that they added knowledge of Vlad's background, not just as an adult but the bits about him growing up.  That would make a great story by itself.  Or at the very least someone should write facfiction about it.

Near the end though, and this is a SPOILER, Vlad created an army of vampires.  I don't really see why he needed those people.  People that tried to burn him alive the day before. How could you not expect betrayal in that situation?  I can name one reason Vlad would do such a thing, but even so it was an excessive and unneeded act,  also a stupid and desperate one.  Along with that, I didn't like that he abandoned his child.  Just because he's a "monster" now doesn't mean he can't be a good father.  I can understand his reasoning behind it though.  If Vlad came back for him he'd have been hunted down and treated like a demon.

All in all, Dracula is totally worth watching.  Defiantly a movie to watch again.