Went out in the rain today. Always feel lethargic these days. Maybe a lack of vitamins. Could be sleep deprived. My energy level just feels incredibly low for some reason. Maybe I am just burning myself out from not having my life quite in order yet.
I watched Dracula today. The Universal classic from 1931. I thought I'd pop on a movie.
The Wi-Fi in my guest room is very, very bad. I left my sister tons of voice messages yesterday to moan about the terrible signal. I asked for the upstairs password, then the guy said he would issue it some other time. I had the downstairs one saved on one phone, but Netflix wouldn't play as the phone cannot get any updates due to its age, and I couldn't add the password to any devices as it did not display in my settings. And I did not have a note of the password. So I decided trying to watch WWE SummerSlam last night would be pointless with such a weak, pathetic signal.
Dracula does feel a bit dated. I never understood the continuity with this series either, if there is meant to be a link. A few movies seem to be proper sequels, but then Count Dracula somehow returns in the crossovers, now played by John Carradine. His son Robert sadly passed away last year. RIP.
But the continuity doesn't make sense. I don't think Christopher Lee thought highly of Bela Lugosi's portrayal of cinema's most famous vampire, despite how keen he was to see the film. He said he didn't look menacing enough, and his nationality wasn't suited for the part. He acted stiff during the scene where he attempts to use his hypnotic powers on the professor.
I love their accents, but the acting is kind of wooden. No pun intended, giving the guy uses a stake. They also shot a Spanish version using the same sets, for a lower cost in general, as they felt that English films being shown to international markets were perhaps going to be deemed as less appealing if nobody knew the language. And funnily enough, the runtime is somewhat longer than the well known version. It is around 100 minutes.
