Initially I was sort of thrilled to get to the 2023 take on the classic "Nosferatu" movie, especially since it had Doug Jones portraying Count Orlok.
However, I have to say that I found it really, really difficult to get into the movie. I just had an issue with the visual presentation of the movie. First of all, the lack of color was not pleasing, and the fact that it was mostly shot in front of a green screen just didn't work for me either. It looked too ridiculous, and it ruined the movie for me.
It was, of course, a storyline that I was familiar with, but it had some changes to it, here and there. But the feeling of this movie being a fully and wholly unnecessary remake just permeated too strongly.
Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with Doug Jones. The acting performances in the movie were fair, no doubt about that.
Visually then the movie was a swing and a miss. The laughable green screen sets just didn't work out one bit. And in all honesty, as much as I usually like Doug Jones, then the way they made him as Count Orlok just wasn't menacing or disturbing, it was actually feeling like something a bit of a travesty and a joke. I couldn't really take his appearance serious.
I found director David Lee Fisher's 2023 version of "Nosferatu" to be a brutally disappointing movie, to say the least.
My rating of "Nosferatu" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
