Frankenstein

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I still need to watch that one. I rewatched his first movie Antiviral the other day because I haven't seen it since it came out, and it's still pretty good. Thanks for reminding me of his other movie.

Also I signed up for stupid Netflix cuz I thought the Frankenstein movie was coming out this weekend especially with it being Halloween, God damn thing isn't coming out till the 7th, the fuckers. Why wouldn't you drop it on Halloween weekend.
 
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Probably because of the theatrical release?
It's a Netflix movie, last I checked that shit didn't get a theatrical release.

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It's a Netflix movie, last I checked that shit didn't get a theatrical release.

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I know you are slow, but they have been doing that for a decade or so for awards qualifications.

Netflix has won 26 Academy Awards across various categories since its first wins in 2018.
 

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I know you are slow, but they have been doing that for a decade or so for awards qualifications.

Netflix has won 26 Academy Awards across various categories since its first wins in 2018.
I honestly wouldn't know because I haven't been to the theater since 2020 and even before that I was only going maybe twice a year, and it sure wasn't to go see a Netflix movie when you can just watch it at home.
 

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Man I may be about a quarter of the way through this, and I read some article the other day that had quotes from del Toro, and the article was talking about how faithful it is to the novel and I had some quotes by the director yada yada.

It's been a little bit since I've read it, maybe a year or two ago, but other than following loosely so far the general direction of the novel, he's taking some pretty goddamn goofy liberties to be faithful.

The movie looks great but I think he's more concerned with his stylized BS and having spectacle versus just telling the damn story.

I know the stupid drinker guy said it was good but he probably never read the damn book, plus he's kind of a tool, I don't think he even drinks.

I'll report back, but it's not turning out to be my favorite adaptation so far.
 
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Done somehow...fuck....

This is a stinker, a nice looking one with a few decent moments, but it's bad. Given the director, it's basically in some parts like a Hellboy version of Frankenstein, but it's basically Frankenstein for modern audiences, like that gay drinker dude says, except it's not woke. It really is just meant for people that don't have any prior knowledge to the source material. It's just dumb and really doesn't explore the heavy themes of the novel to any degree. It pulls some of the lines from the book for dialogue, but then when you splash a scene with just retardedness, what the hell does that matter.

The trailer was wonderfully deceptive on what the movie was going to end up turning out to be. Do not waste your time, you're better off going and watching The Hallmark miniseries, or the Kenneth Branagh film with Robert de Niro.

It sucks because I was really looking forward to this, and I even resubscribed to dumbass Netflix for it. Should have known better.

Del Toro hasn't exactly made any really amazing movies other than from a visual perspective. I mean didn't he make that stupid ass film where the lady fucks the Creature from the Black lagoon or something? I think that movie won Best picture because Hollywood is filled with degenerates. Thank God he never got in the mountains of madness off the ground, no telling how he would have shit all over that with his paella infused turds.

That's my retarded review, thank you for tuning in! Tango and Cash is apparently free on YouTube, I think I'm going to go watch that to cleanse my palate.
 
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Del Toro hasn't exactly made any really amazing movies other than from a visual perspective.

Yeah, I'm sure its a mediocre epic with great visuals. Thing is, you've seen one Del Toro movie, then you already know exactly how he's going to approach it. Flipping through a few reviews on RT, and I can already see the entire movie without even reading plot spoilers. Del Toro is that predictable.

I passed on this for that reason. Del Toro was the right guy to direct a script like this-- but that doesn't mean I'm interested in seeing it.
 
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Yeah, I'm sure its a mediocre epic with great visuals. Thing is, you've seen one Del Toro movie, then you already know exactly how he's going to approach it. Flipping through a few reviews on RT, and I can already see the entire movie without even reading plot spoilers. Del Toro is that predictable.

I passed on this for that reason. Del Toro was the right guy to direct a script like this-- but that doesn't mean I'm interested in seeing it.
Yeah, your right. I just was hoping for the fact he maybe has gotten older and wanted to do something serious, but nope.

Guess I'm still in the camp of him being over hyped. His only strong suite is his artistic direction, but who cares if the movie sucks. It's a one trick pony.
 
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I thought it was dumb. Opening scene was okay but how the fuck is he surviving all those gun shots? What the fuck? The blunderbuss would have ripped him in half.

Then after the pretty cool looking but questionable action shots in the opener we get probably the most boring Charles Dance scenes ever. How do you make Tywin Lannister boring?

And that's when I changed the channel.

You can tell this crap was written by a dumb broad. Should NOT have stuck to the source material.
 
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Some of the visuals are really cool and a lot of the reason why I watched the entire movie. A few holes in the sfx department, but for the most part I was able to accept it as a stylistic choice than being outright cheap. However there was one green screen scene that jumped out at me as a lol wtf.

Campy at times, but I didn't mind it. It was like reading an old school horror comic or something.

I half expected this to be fagged up with the monster being a troon or some shit, but there was none of that really. Frank shows his ass and his brother, William, is questionable, but other than that this isn't getting any DEI awards.

With a 2h32m run time I did take a break which probably helped me get past the pacing.

Frankenstein is a dick.

Overall it wasn't completely disappointing like a bunch of other shit I've attempted to watch recently.
 
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Just finished it. It's not bad but it's not good either. The monster was well played and it included some lines from the book but other than that... For a monster movie it's average. For a Frankenstein movie it's pretty bad.
 
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Just finished it. It's not but it's not good either. The monster was well played and it included some lines from the book but other than that... For a monster movie it's average. For a Frankenstein movie it's pretty bad.
Yeah, that pretty much some it up.
 

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I thought it was great. I found the first act I was getting a bored but it really sets the stage for the rest of the movie, which I thought was terrific. Big props to the guy playing monster.

4.5/5 titties

I'll note that I've never seen any other Frankenstein movies
 
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I thought it was great. I found the first act I was getting a bored but it really sets the stage for the rest of the movie, which I thought was terrific. Big props to the guy playing monster.

4.5/5 titties

I'll note that I've never seen any other Frankenstein movies
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No wonder you liked this shit. It's probably one of the worst Frankenstein ever movies made apart from that Thomas Jaine or Aaron Eckhart movie.
 

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I thought it was great. I found the first act I was getting a bored but it really sets the stage for the rest of the movie, which I thought was terrific. Big props to the guy playing monster.

4.5/5 titties

I'll note that I've never seen any other Frankenstein movies

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GdT needs to fucking retire. I understand what he was getting at with this, but he's far too maudlin and heavy handed to pull it off. Actors kept it from being complete trash, even though they probably would have been better off ad-libbing the entire thing. Art direction was far too Disney Princess for this. WTF was he was thinking.
 
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