My issue with the 'Frankenstein should've had a female director' and the 'this is Frankenstein for men' arguments is that they completely erase the cultural elements of Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation, which is based on his personal interpretation of the novel combined with his own culture and upbringing, to a point of being almost autobiographical for him.
There can be multiple Frankenstein adaptations in existence, but to essentially reduce this film to 'Frankenstein For Men', because the film focuses on abuse cycles from father to son, with references to the cultural dynamics that Del Toro himself grew up both in and around, is not... it.
And to also erase the fact that so so many women felt represented by this film, with the implication that the film in itself 'should have been made by a man' is also not it either.
The insistence that this adaptation's existence is 'wrong' is just such a strange thing.
And with the main criticisms of the film being linked to viewers not understanding Del Toro's style of storytelling or even the cultural elements of the film, it makes one wonder sometimes if this 'criticism' doesn't come from a good place.
The film world- especially Hollywood- needs directors, writers, and filmmakers like Guillermo Del Toro for this very reason. Art is a teacher, and the world is its student.
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