Liveblog on Coppola's Dracula

I love Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and it is because of this love that I've avoided Francis Ford Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula.  I am now, finally, watching it.  My thoughts, as I watch:

Odd, ridiculously cheesy origin story to start us out.  Not auspicious.

This is an odd film.  He's obviously taking cues from silent films like Nosferatu, but h…