Fully acknowledging that I'm a petty bitch as I say this but. I get immense joy seeing more and more people start to trash on Coppola's Dracula. I credit this to Dracula Daily, and people who are reading the book for the first time getting annoyed with how mischaracterized Dracula and Mina often are. Don't get me wrong, Coppola's Dracula is not the origin of the Dracula/Mina romance, or the dreaded reincarnated wife trope. However, it popularized those elements so much that for the longest time, we were basically stuck with those for every. single. dracula. adaptation. since. I can't tell you how much this movie has been shoved in my face as a fan of gothic media, and growing up in alternative spaces. It was considered weird not to love this movie. So I'm sitting in the corner of my dark room reveling just a little.