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Has anyone watched Guiellermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein"?



It's spiritually more accurate to the Mary Shelly book while tipping it's hat to Karloff and others that have come before.... but..... why was this movie burried? It wasn't released on Netflix until a week AFTER Halloween. I read that it was released in a handful of theatres with no promotion all all. I love Del Toro's movies, this movie is dripping in vibe, and the cast is stacked.

Definitely worth a watch if you dig gothic horror movies.
 
baimun said:
Has anyone watched Guiellermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein"?



It's spiritually more accurate to the Mary Shelly book while tipping it's hat to Karloff and others that have come before.... but..... why was this movie burried? It wasn't released on Netflix until a week AFTER Halloween. I read that it was released in a handful of theatres with no promotion all all. I love Del Toro's movies, this movie is dripping in vibe, and the cast is stacked.

Definitely worth a watch if you dig gothic horror movies.
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It didn't do it for me at all. I just read Shelly's book last week in preparation for watching the movie, so the many changes in the story were irritating to me. The relationship between monster and creator echoing the contentious relationship between Victor and his father just was not in the book at all. Plus the addition of Elizabeth's uncle, the omission of Henry Clerval, making Elizabeth William's betrothed instead of Victor's, a prosthetic leg(???), and Elizabeth being in love with the monster--come on! It was too much. And don't get me started on the monster having Superman-like strength and Wolverine's healing ability. Swing and a miss!
 
micwalt said:
It didn't do it for me at all. I just read Shelly's book last week in preparation for watching the movie, so the many changes in the story were irritating to me. The relationship between monster and creator echoing the contentious relationship between Victor and his father just was not in the book at all. Plus the addition of Elizabeth's uncle, the omission of Henry Clerval, making Elizabeth William's betrothed instead of Victor's, a prosthetic leg(???), and Elizabeth being in love with the monster--come on! It was too much. And don't get me started on the monster having Superman-like strength and Wolverine's healing ability. Swing and a miss!
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I'll admit it's been a couple years since I read Shelly... I interpreted that she leaned into the Alchemist thing like he used dead flesh to grow a new human and give it life moreso than stitch together parts and add electricity. This would be more like the prometheus or gollem grown from clay (which particularly because of all of the comics I've read) triggered "immortality" in my head... so the healing didn't bother me.

I was surprised at the omission of Henry, but I assumed it was Guiellermo's way of trying to subvert the expected and keep the audience on their toes when we've seen so many versions in the past.

One day I'll do a Frankenstein marathon and see which one is my favorite. The Branaugh one from back in the 90's stands out in my memory... other than (of course) Young Frankenstein. :helper:
 
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baimun said:
Has anyone watched Guiellermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein"?



It's spiritually more accurate to the Mary Shelly book while tipping it's hat to Karloff and others that have come before.... but..... why was this movie burried? It wasn't released on Netflix until a week AFTER Halloween. I read that it was released in a handful of theatres with no promotion all all. I love Del Toro's movies, this movie is dripping in vibe, and the cast is stacked.

Definitely worth a watch if you dig gothic horror movies.
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They did a limited release in theaters so that it will be eligible for some awards. However, Netflix cares about their platform and analytics. They want Frankenstein for what they hope it will affect on their platform.

tiger roach said:
Anybody else on board with “Pluribus?” Only two episodes in and I’m obsessed. And I rarely get obsessed with TV or movies any more.
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Two episodes so far. I like it.

smurfco said:
only one episode in (I want to let it marinate before I watch the second one) but I loved it.
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Cool.

Motorik said:
Yeah, I'm loving it. Great acting, wonderfully constructed set-piece scenes, and I really want to see how where the story will go.
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Agree.

pmc100 said:
Sci-fi. Check. Apple TV. Check. Vince Gilligan. Check.

I'm in.
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Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul. Plur1bus. How could I not be in?

micwalt said:
It didn't do it for me at all. I just read Shelly's book last week in preparation for watching the movie, so the many changes in the story were irritating to me. The relationship between monster and creator echoing the contentious relationship between Victor and his father just was not in the book at all. Plus the addition of Elizabeth's uncle, the omission of Henry Clerval, making Elizabeth William's betrothed instead of Victor's, a prosthetic leg(???), and Elizabeth being in love with the monster--come on! It was too much. And don't get me started on the monster having Superman-like strength and Wolverine's healing ability. Swing and a miss!
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Spoiler alert.

It’s a shame it wasn’t to your liking. I think it’s difficult to put everything from a book into a screenplay.

My wife and I found it entertaining. I thought it was visually stunning. I think it could win an Oscar.

micwalt said:
Totally! Loving it!
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:thu:
 
I was impressed by "Death by Lightning". We binged the whole series in one night. Michael Shannon seems to do one character, but he he does it extremely well. Nick Offerman was a hoot - a little over the top, but on brand for Offerman.
 
Flamencology said:
Frankenstein didn’t really do it for me. Very pretty and much of the acting was excellent, though.
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Yeah. I don’t regret watching it and would venture to say I enjoyed it, but didn’t like how black and white the characters were. The moral ambiguity is what has made the story so compelling for so long. I mean everybody knows the doc is really the monster, but to have the creature come out and say it was too ham fisted.

I couldn’t help but think about AI while watching it. Just because we can should we? Are those with the means to make it happen really fit to control it or will they be able to control it? Is it inherently bad for humanity or is humanities reaction to it what will make it bad? Haven’t seen any interviews with Del Toro but have to wonder if he was thinking about any of that when he made it.
 
GomezAddams said:
I enjoyed Don't Worry Darling quite a bit. Kind of a cross between The Stepford Wives and Severance.
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You know, it got quite a critical mauling, but I enjoyed it a lot too. Florence Pugh was really good, and I'm an absolute sucker for that aesthetic.
 
We just got done binging "Malice" on Amazon Prime.... didn't know anything about it and post watch, DON'T watch the Trailer because (in typical Trailer fashion) it gives too much away.

There are 6 episodes about 45-50 min each and the first two you're really trying to figure out the different characters motivations... the middle two goes in some "I didn't expect it to go there" territories (two parts my wife and I just skipped ahead a minute or two each time... :cry: )... but definitely more engaging than many of the short series we've watched in a while. :baimun:

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The parts we had to skip over involved
implied horrific violence against a stray cat and a pet dog
 
IT: Welcome to Derry is fucking terrible. And I say that as someone who liked the recent movies. It's just bad, bad, bad. All the scary moments are unintentionally funny and not at all frightening. But the show is so self-serious that you can't even enjoy it as camp.

I got halfway through episode four and decided I was done. I had a feeling from the first few episodes but was hoping it'd get better as a fan of the book and recent movies. But if anything it was getting worse. It's rare for me to bail on a show halfway through an episode but that's when I had the realization that I didn't care at all what happened next.
 
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