Originally Posted by
Gray Lensman
Double quoting rather than using multi-quote, but bear with me...
No one watches Coppola's Dracula for Reeves - you watch it for Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. And it is somehow the most book accurate theatrical release that's been done - the only competition is from the BBC in a made for TV adaptation (and I'm not sure if that is a TV-movie or a miniseries, I only know about it from reviews, but it is about as accurate as the Coppola film without adding extra stuff)
Much like how no one watches the Kevin Costner Robin Hood film for the main character, you watch it for Alan Rickman in his perpetual sneering voice (no one could do that better than him), and Mike McShane's Friar Tuck. And to understand all the jokes that you might otherwise miss watching Robin Hood: Men in Tights.