I think you miss the entire point of AH big screen discussions if you think Lugosi's efforts 'sucks' but some filmed-on-video TV production is more cinematic .
I'm afraid you slightly misinterpreted my meaning, whereby the reference to 'sucks' was meant as a fairly tame and predictable pun, something reinforced by the

that followed it in my original post.
At no stage did I say that the BBC version was more cinematic, but rather that it was true to the text and had a very effective gothic atmosphere that would be jolly nice if replicated in an AH
big screen version of Dracula, as the remainder of the description pointed out.
The 1931 picture was extremely good on its own merits, but isn't as faithful to the novel as other versions, which is a quality that would be interesting in an AH film - there could be a lot of byplay around cutting certain elements or adding others in any brief story about an alternate big budget film.
Describing my ideal Dracula flick (and thus a decent contender for an AH Best Picture Oscar) is not belittling the 1931 picture and perhaps it is not deserving of such fulsome deprication.
I think you missed the point of my point by saying I'd missed the entire point.