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It doesn't pretend to be historical fiction, so I don't understand people dissing it for not being true to history. Vampires are not exactly historical, are they, now? It does not pretend to follow the literary source - Bram Stoker's famous novel - either. It is a free-form fantasy about how Dracula the vampire could have started. Though the main reason to watch that story is to watch Luke Evans. If you are not a fan, feel free to skip the movie, although it is only 90 minutes and the pace is brisk. It's not really logical within itself either, but it does have interesting fighting scenes, somewhat clichéd family scenes, and it has Luke Evans looking very hot and Charles Dance playing the coolest vampire in decades - cool because it is intelligent, not because it sparkles. I enjoyed it, because I knew what to expect. If someone came into it looking for a serious look at the history of Vlad III, then they better leave after the first few minutes.

I took my Mom to see Frozen over the holidays, and we both loved it. It is visually beautiful in the tradition of Tangled (but better - ice looks stunning in digital!), with great songs - and many non-trivial choices that kept this fairy tale interesting and new and fresh. There were some characters that young kids would appreciate (Olaf the Snowman) and some jokes that hit home with the grown-up girls... All my friends who have seen it - we are all in our 30s - loved it and laughed at it... It's an ultimate feel-good chick flick in a cartoon form, which manages not to insult the viewers' intelligence to boot. Unless you hate (digital) animation or still think that girls have cooties - this movie is probably worth seeing.