Horror Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

[Sawyer]

Blade II was rotten? Blade II was that much lower than the movie GDT hates??

Racist ass film critics.

 

[Drizzle]

This opened up in a few more theaters by me so I'm seeing this bad boy tonight!

 

[Boom]

Saw it in a pretty decently packed theater last night.

A surprise to nobody here, my wife and I loved it. Top three Del Toro movie, and I'd love for Elordi to make a run for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. What a soulful performance.

 

[kguillou]

This was really good. Almost a masterpiece in my opinion. I saw it in a surprisingly packed theater too. I need to see it again to absorb it but its very engaging. Frankenstein’s appearance took me some adjusting but I get what Del Toro was going for.

Del Toro doesnt miss though man. Easily one of my favorite working filmmakers in the biz.

 

[Lily Adler]

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Blade II was rotten? Blade II was that much lower than the movie GDT hates??

Racist ass film critics.

He hates Mimic?

But Blade 2 was like the best one.

 

[kguillou]

Ive seen most of Del Toro’s filmography but missed Crimson Peak…whats everyones thoughts on that one?

 

[AndrewGilkison]

He hates Mimic?

But Blade 2 was like the best one.

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Director Guillermo del Toro disowned the film after constant clashes with Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein. The latter complained that early footage of the film wasn't scary enough, and would frequently visit the set to make unreasonable demands about what should be shot, deviating away from the script. When that did not solve the matter, Weinstein threatened to fire del Toro and replace him with another director. However, del Toro was saved by the intervention of Mira Sorvino, who was a recent Oscar winner for Mighty Aphrodite (1995) (produced by Weinstein's company Miramax). She threatened to quit the film if del Toro's vision wasn't respected, and she received support from her then-boyfriend Quentin Tarantino, who has made several films for Miramax. The Weinsteins finally agreed to let del Toro stay on, but they oversaw the final cut of the film. Since then, del Toro has never worked with the Weinsteins again, but he made his peace with the film after creating a Director's Cut that was closer to his vision.

Part of Guillermo del Toro's unhappiness with the theatrical version of the movie came from the fact that it contained a lot of shots filmed by the second unit crew, which he found inconsistent with his use of colors and camera set-up. He re-edited the film into a Director's cut that was closer to his original vision, stating that if viewers are still unhappy with this version, then at least he is entirely to blame.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[kguillou]

Admittedly i think there were moments, especially towards the end; that were a bit too melodramatic and Del Toro was laying it on thick as to telling the audience how we should feel and i think i wanted a little bit more out of the climax. Just some kind of final punch felt like it was missing.

But again, overall a very very well put together film.

 

[Boom]

Ive seen most of Del Toro’s filmography but missed Crimson Peak…whats everyones thoughts on that one?

It doesn't reinvent the wheel and it's mostly predictable, but the production design is impeccable, the performances are great, and it's a very entertaining gothic ghost movie overall. I would recommend watching it at least once.

Circling back to this, I think my one big nitpick is the Creature having absurdly superhuman strength.

 

[Drizzle]

I saw this on Monday and I'm saving spoilery thoughts until it's out on Netflix next weekend but this was indeed an impressive show from GDT. It deserves better than a Netflix rollout but I'm just happy we're getting to see it at all. I've always thought Jacob Elordi was a solid actor but he blew me away in this. What an impressive performance.

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Babillygunn]

I cannot wait to see this.

My one nitpick from trailers and marketing is that it continues the tradition established in previous films that Victor brings the creature to life through electricity. Unless I remember the novel incorrectly, it was a chemical reaction and lightning wasn’t explicitly involved. Although the reference to “a spark” being used to bring him to being might reference electricity, I feel like it becomes a bit melodramatic when that is what is used in the films.

That’s a silly bee that I have in my bonnet over this.