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Customer Reviews
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Good Movie!
I am an English Teacher, and my students and I enjoyed watching the film. It did not contain excessive violence. The actor playing the creature had a very weak voice. The creature referring to Victor as father was creepy. It was a good movie. I would recommend it to other teachers.
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Frankenstein as Mary Shelley wrote it (almost)
It's a little on the long side and the creature isn't quite as wrathful as Mary Shelley's, but this movie comes far, far closer to the book than any yet produced. Much of the dialogue is word-for-word identical.
Why hasn't the real story of Frankenstein enjoyed the theatrical success of its knockoff versions? Viewers have been reluctant to embrace a monster who is more intelligent and morally aware than Dr. Frankenstein himself--who feels deeply the crisis of his imperfect creation and subsequent abandonment, who compares himself at one moment to Adam and at another to Milton's Satan.
This version portrays all the creature's tragedy, staged amid vivid scenery and sweeping panoramas. The naturalism, drama, and lingering suspense of Mary Shelley's classic novel all appear in this version; look for a PG-13 rating and a meager dose of the grotesque (i.e. no heart ripping) in this production.
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At last, Frankenstein!
I agree with (most of) the previous reviewers: This is a very faithful version of Shelley's novel. There is a big difference between the 1931 Universal film and the book; both are classics in their own right. Kenneth Branagh, although a great director, missed the mark in his version. But this version (by Hallmark, of all companies!) have produced, in my opinion, the definitive Frankenstein. It captures the tortured souls of both creator and creature. Mary Shelley's novel was a 19th century novel that blended the Victorian age with gothic horror. And this film version approaches its story in that same way. It's perfect! Now if only when can get Hallmark to do the same thing with Dracula!
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disappointed
About me, I am a huge fan of Frankenstein. It's my 2nd favorite book behind Paradise Lost.
A lot of people have mentioned how this film is so close to the book...I disagree entirely, but rather than slant their opinions I'll just point out some differences:
1. Henry Clerval does not go to Ingolstadt with Victor until after the creation.
2. The monster's murder of William Frankenstein was malicious and was strangling around the neck, not the accidental covering of the mouth turned suffocation in th is version.
3. Justine does not confess to the murder in the book, and she is put on trial in the book, not just dragged out of the cell and hung by a mob.
4. The monster does not recognize William as a Frankenstein from his eyes...the boy has a locket of Victor around his neck when the creature finds him.
5. Lots of attack scenes in this movie between the creature and Frankenstein that never occur in the book.
There are more, but anyways.
Etc. (I won't go on, these are all in the first hour.)
That being said, the main characters do an excellent job. Luke Goss is the closest monster to Mary Shelley's there is. He does a wonderful job portraying the monster's depressing, lonely side. Victor also does well, nothing spectacular, but a good job.
The extras are a different story...the mob chase scene is hilarious...its about 40 peasants walking next to the creature with rakes waving tools at it. It will make you laugh when you see it, or get mad because it just interrupts any enthrallment you may have had with the movie. The old man that plays the blind DeLacey (to me) is blatantly using his eyes in his performance. The most unbelievable blind man I've ever seen in a movie.
Con: It is a 3 and a half hour movie that doesn't really get you involved.
Pro: Luke Goss is the creature that Mary Shelley created. That being said the movie is a TRAGEDY, not scary at all. Mary Shelley didn't mean for it to be a horror, but if you're looking for a scary movie this is not it.
Thank you.
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A Good Frankenstein Movie
I liked this movie very much. I had just read the book before I saw the movie. It was very close to the book on most factors. It had some gore but wasn't riddled with it (which I am glad of). I'm glad to see a Frankenstein movie that portrayed the monster for what he truely was not just some mindless killer.
