Frankenstein - 2025

★★★★★★★★★

This version of Frankenstein gives us an adaptation more akin to the original story written by Mary Shelly. In her version, Victor Frankenstein is in love with the idea of beating death and makes his creation with excitement, but once it is done, he then regrets his decision, realizing he has instead created a monster.

In most adaptations nowadays, Victor loves his creation and even protects him from outsiders, but in this version, he hunts his monster and sees him as something to be exterminated. 

The movie is told from two points of view. That of Victor and that of his monster, which they actually never name so just for simplicity, when I'm talking about Victor, I'll say Victor, and when I'm talking about the monster, I'll say Frankenstein. 

Victor, played by Oscar Isaac, begins the film talking about his childhood, giving a little more insight into his mind and what shaped him into the man he became. Then time skips, and we see him as an adult showing off his brilliant invention that will bring the dead back to life. Of course, as we know, he is shunned for this, although a lot of the other people around actually found it quite incredible, and this display catches the attention of Henrich Harlander played by Christoph Waltz (amazing fuckin actor), who asks Victor if he can fund his scientific endeavors, and this leads to Frankenstein being made. Of course, I'm skipping a lot, like the introduction of William Frankenstein and Elizabeth Lavenza played by Felix Kammerer and Mia Goth respectively, but that's because I do not wish to sit here all day and explain the entire plot of the movie.

The second half of the film is told from the perspective of Frankenstein, played by Jacob Elordi, which I really love because it gave his character so much more depth. Usually, he's just a monster that can barely speak like the Hulk, and is a little stupid, runs from fire, the works. But here he's humanized because that's what he's supposed to be. He was supposed to be a human or at least something similar, because the point was to show that death could be beaten and that humans could live forever. Guillermo Del Toro really made it just about impossible to not feel bad for Frankenstein and really love him. His character came with so much pain as a being who didn't ask to be made yet was now forced to live with the burden of immortality in a world that would never accept him. His relationship with the Blind Man, played by David Bradley, was so heartwarming, but it also showed the sad truth that the only way anyone would love Frankenstein was if they couldn't see him at all. 

This realization made Frankenstein wish to have a partner, a companion, maybe even a lover, but just someone that he could share his cruel life with so that it could be a little easier to live. 

All around this movie was just great to me, from the cinematography to the fashion (Mia Goth had the best dresses of all time), everything was just perfect. The thing I loved the most was the set design. I just wish I could be in those sets and chill out for a while. Maybe listen to music and drink a coffee. It was just truly beautiful stuff.

But I must say I did have one problem with this movie, which is why I gave this movie 9 stars instead of a 10. 

WHY DID THEY HAVE SUCH ASS CGI ANIMALS? 

It completely threw me out of the movie. I was immersed like fully, and then all I saw was this fuckass deer that looked so clearly CGI, and then other animals as well, and it took me out. I know it would be messed up to use real animals, that's a no-brainer, but I swear I feel like I've seen CGI animals in other films that didn't look so obviously fake, but hey, maybe I'm just crazy if I am then fuck it and change my score to 10 stars but if I'm not then its staying a 9.

Another thing I feel like I must talk about is the hate I saw online for Jacob Eldori being Frankenstein. I'm pretty sure most of that was just the average incel not being able to see an attractive guy play a character that to them is supposed to be ugly because they can relate to people not wanting to look at or be around them. I totally get that Frankenstein is supposed to be grotesque. I mean, he's literally called a monster, and there has to be a reason for that. But Victor is supposed to be an amazing doctor, one who has real passion, especially towards his goal of creating life from death, and because of this, he also strives for perfection. There's literally a whole sequence in the movie where he looks for the best possible parts for his creation, so why wouldn't it make sense that his perfect creation also actually looks perfect? 

Also, I personally don't even think Jacob Elordi looked good in this movie. I mean, he definitely makes Frankenstein look cool, but he was still super skinny, and the patches of different skin and scars did not make him fine shyt. He was dope but still very ugly.

I don't have anything to say about the individual acting everyone did. They were all great. I just wish we got more Mia Goth because her character was really interesting to me, but to be fair, the movie was not about her character, so I get it.

Anyway, that's all I have to say. For more reviews click this link right here.

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