Spirit of the River

Why I was dreading the movie and at the same time looking forward to it For many years, Christoper Lee has been my one and only Dracula. I never was attracted to any of the new vampire movies. When I heard that Luke Evans would be Dracula in an origin story of Dracula, I was on one hand very hopeful, and on the other hand I was worried it would destroy my image of Luke Evans as a good actor. He had come into my spotlight with his portrayal as Bard the Bowman in "The Hobbit - Desolation of Smaug". I had not expected to be so impressed by Bard. Luke Evans portrayed Bard in a way that turned him into one of my favourite characters. During one scene, with one look that put so much raw emotion into it, he gave me hope that there are indeed still good young actors out there.  But when I heard he would be Dracula, my thoughts were: "Oh, oh. Wow. That will either make him or break him." When I went to the movies today (in Aberdeen, Scotland), I was very excited. An...