Frankenstein was in theaters for only three weeks and made less than half a million dollars in ticket sales. To be fair, that limited run in select theaters was just enough to make the movie eligible for awards, because it's a Netflix movie. Guillermo Del Toro spent years imagining a Frankenstein film that stayed closer to Mary Shelley's original story, and this is it. Still, "closer" is a relative term. As this Honest Trailer points out, the philosophical questions of life and death and playing God are contemplative in the book, but screamed out in the movie, because who has time for subtlety these days?
Frankenstein looks closely into Victor Frankenstein's background and upbringing, but doesn't try to make him into a sympathetic villain. The creature he creates is sadly immortal. And the one woman in the main cast has romantic connections to three of the men, including the creature. Screen Junkies finds plenty to pick on in this Honest Trailer, but it still leaves me wanting to see the movie. Just not enough to pay for Netflix.
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I like Mr Del Toro's movies but - as a boomer, perhaps? - I grow weary of trying to watch movies that are so dark that I can't really make out what's going on in some scenes and I cannot appreciate the sets and scenery when it's so dark. I understand that darkness creates a spooky atmosphere but come on! 2 or 3 shades lighter might make all the difference for some movies.
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