Dracula Untold is basically the closest thing to actual history that Hollywood has ever made.
No, he didn't turn into bats in real life - but the battles, their names, the castles, his relationship with the sultan, his brother, his wife and the road of 10.000 impaled turks are all real. His passion (against) the turks is also correctly depicted, and even the actor himself is within reason of what the Romanian people think of when thinking about Vlad the Impaler.
Hollywood turned him into a blood sucking monster so this movie kinda restored a bit of faith in the movie industry - since for 110% of his people, he's still considered the greatest ruler they've ever had, with monuments and statues all over Transylvania to this day.
They also did a great job portraying the Janissaries. The only sad thing about the movie is that most people are just too brainwashed and informed to understand it.
Dracula Untold is still one of the few movies that I can re-watch semi-regularly as I thought it was very good for many of the reasons you stated and others.
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