i know i’ve already talked about it but i’ve taken some time to think more about it so i want to share my thoughts about the new movie again and rant
if you enjoyed the movie, that is completely fine!!! i don’t think it’s an awful movie and a lot of what i am about to say i would not care as much about if i hadn’t been a die hard frankenstein fan going into it. i think GDT is a good director and has made great films i just don’t consider frankenstein 2025 to be up there
the new movie has caused me to see a bunch of stupid fucking frankenstein takes that PISS ME OFF!!!!!!!! no but like actually it’s infuriating and almost all on tiktok and twitter
The movie was fine, but if I see one more person say that it’s better than the book I might delete tiktok for good,, Saw a comment saying essentially “yeah no the book was worse because elizabeth was shallow and the story and plot was bad and not well written or interesting” you are the shallow one i’m afraid
Elizabeth’s character in the movie was fine, but she was just about the opposite of Elizabeth in the book. Elizabeth Lavenza is an incredible character because it oftentimes will take more than one read of the book to truly grasp her character. She’s idolized(along with the rest of the frankensteins+henry) by Victor but his view of her is more like some sort of concept rather than a person. When she’s actually seen in the story, she isn’t truly as Victor described and we see that she’s a real person with agency. The movie gave her more agency, an attitude, and interest in bugs, which I see many use as a reason as to why she has ‘more depth,’ but I find her writing was more shallow. In the book, her role as a woman makes her ultimately helpless, yet still tries to go against the unjust system to save Justine, while Victor stays silent out of fear of shame. I personally don’t find her character in the movie to have been very interesting because it felt to me like a cheap attempt to give her personality when an integral part to her character in the original novel was based on her lack of individuality because she was a woman in that time period. Another reason it felt shallow to me is because ultimately her only role was to make Victor jealous and be a mother figure to the creature. Apologies if what I’m saying sounds disconnected I’m writing this while out for dinner,,
Victor’s character suffered the most in the new adaptation. He was a completely different person, and while I think it could’ve worked, the execution made him end up being a comically evil man which erased the morally grey aspect from both him and the creature. Victor is not supposed to be a villain. The creature is meant to be sympathetic, but you’re never meant to root for him and antagonize Victor. The entire tagline of the movie was ‘Only Monsters Play God,’ which while it fits the movie, I disagree with it in regard to the book. Victor is absolutely not a good person, but I find it unfair to say he’s just as monstrous when his biggest crime is negligence and being self absorbed, while the creature is responsible for the death of 5 people whose only crime was having loved Victor. I get he had a sad backstory, but I don’t think it can justify child murder. That’s more of a personal gripe, though.
Victor’s childhood being sad I do think could’ve been an okay change to his character, considering the movie was made to be about generational trauma, but I found it wasn’t executed well. His mother is shown to be so important to him, and I think it would’ve been cool if they showed more of Victor’s compassionate side and the impression his mother left on him through his relationship with his brother, but oh my god bro don’t even get me started on William. His character had so much potential but not only was it complete nothingburger, but it ended up being genuinely bad when they used his death to scream at the audience “Victor is the real monster!!!!” as if it wasn’t already so obvious to literally everyone watching. It came out of nowhere and it completely tore me out of the immersion in the movie theatre and reminded me that it was a netflix movie. Jacob Elordi did a great job though I thought his acting was fantastic. The creature was too sympathetic but he just balanced out Victor’s wickedness I guess
A lot of the movie’s symbolism just seemed very shallow to me, if that makes sense. “Victor is constantly wearing red gloves to symbolize the blood on his hands!” wow.. really…. I also kind of found the thing with him and his mom kind of weird. He’s in love with Elizabeth who has the same actor as his mom, Mia Goth, and I get it’s meant to be a reference to Victor and Elizabeth’s like pseudo incestuous relationship in the book but see it actually seemed to matter in the book. It didn’t really like add anything to the movie in my opinion, especially since Elizabeth didn’t look a lot like his mother, and she didn’t act anything like her either. It felt kind of pointless to me. (this point is more open to interpretation) Victor’s subconscious discomfort with his engagement is very likely due to his familial bond with Elizabeth and part of why he pushed his family away as being with them was a constant reminder of his promise to his mother that he had to fulfill and how he only seemed to recover in the presence of Henry, someone outside of his family. A lot of the storytelling is just very blunt and obvious in my opinion… it isn’t like bad per se, I just find it baffling that people genuinely believe that it’s better than the book.
holy yap ok i’m done ranting
Actually one more thing I’m sick of people saying the creature is actually named “Adam.” No he isn’t stop spreading misinformation…. it’s killing me… There’s nothing wrong with the headcanon I just find it really annoying when people confidently say “ACTUALLY he prefers Adam☝️” NO HE DOESNT!
I liked the laudanum reference though in the movie.. Victor why did you just mention in a single paragraph that you were dependent on opium and never mention it again
Yeah whatever I’m actually done now. I was ranting in my head this morning and it sounded a lot more precise and cool and smart but now I just sound like a hater
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