Frankenstein
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Alec Newman, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss, Monika Hilmerová, Nicole Lewis Director: Kevin Connor Brand: Lions Gate Producer: H. Daniel Gross Producer: James Wilberger Producer: Kevin Bocarde Producer: Larry Levinson Producer: Lars Erik Řrgersen Writer: Mark Kruger Writer: Mary Shelley DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 204 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Lions Gate |
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Movie Reviews of Frankenstein
Movie Review: disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
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.