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Originally Posted by igran  about the Brom stocker Dracula, i actually liked the book better even though it was long and kinda boring. the movie was nothing like the book. it couldnt convey the sense of horror or frustration of the characters, or the sorrow . . . |
Yeah, you're right, it is nothing like the book, but it is still a good movie in my opinion. It did at least try to capture the story, and it developed a mystical and creepy atmosphere of its own. FF Coppola did a great job there.
Because the book is written in diary entries and letters etc it is kinda hard to convert into a script. The characters in the book spend months wondering and dreading what is happening / has happened so far - a movie has its own time schedule and rules for storytelling - and much less time to tell the story. So it's natural that they have to leave things out and lose a certain amount of details that are crucial for the special atmosphere of the book.