I saw this last night and i have to agree with most of what you said. The script really could have used some work because there were several times when it really took me out of the movie. Luke Evans was awesome in this as was the vampire guy. Vlad's wife was pretty hot although her acting was only alright(maybe due to the script). The action scenes were all well done, and everything to do with the costumes and cinematography was amazing. Overall im curious to see how this will do in muslim countries, the ottoman empire was the high point of there power and the movie makes them to look like douchebags. Overall its a decent movie and intrigued to see what more they will do with the universe. I'll give it a C+
My sister really enjoyed it although she is a big fan of these types of movies, like Van Helsing