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The whole Lisa part of the story was laid out so wrong. By the time you got to her burning at the stake there was no emotional impact. There was nothing built up for us to care about. That may not be possible in the time they had, but even a small montage of her and Dracula's life together, the birth of Alucard, her interactions with Alucard. Any of that would have helped. But what is most missing here, and so very important because we did not have the time necessary to build that attachment with the viewer, is an emotional proxy at the burning scene. WHERE was Alucard?! Why was he not there to hear his mother's last words? A huge mistake. Leaving the entire scene lifeless, and emotionally dry. Dracula doesn't even get to see it happen. He just kinda showed up after she was already ash. It could have been a great moment to SHOW Dracula is capable of sadness as he witnesses the last moments of his wife's life, instead of RAWR ME BAD, YOU KILL WIFE, NOW I KILL YOU! EXCEPT I WONT HARM A SINGLE ONE OF YOU RIGHT NOW! I WILL WAIT A YEAR!
Why didn't Dracula at least slaughter everyone in that room brutally? I get it, he needed an army for destroying the world. But if he was truly that angry, why didn't he at least start with the people in that room? He let the dude who orchestrated it all LIVE for a year or more? Makes no God damn sense if you want to believe Dracula as an actual character and not a giant plot device.
HELLO MY NAME IS DRACULA. I AM DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO BECAUSE PLOT. LISTEN TO MY EXPOSITION, THANK YOU. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
Man, how about hire a writer who gives a shit about Castlevania and can actually string a decent adaptation together... We knew from the get go, from the old interviews, that Warren really doesn't give a shit about Castlevania, and the extent of his experience with the franchise story is about 10 minutes on Wikipedia. Even then, he should have still picked up on Sypha's backstory...
I bet he didn't even watch a play through of the game, let alone play it through himself.