"I saw-with shut eyes, but acute mental vision-I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world."
My class watched this because we read the book for summer reading....the excessively long naked Robert di Niro and shirtless Kenneth Branagh rolling around in which I believe was amniotic fluid was......really odd.... And then end, where the movie violently spun off from the book into a very strange and creepy scene. Still it was pretty good despite minor digressions and the one major one at the end. I enjoyed it.
this is the best frankenstein film i have ever seen it was really great and it follows the book closely from what i have heard i havent read the book yet though but i really want too since its an english book and not american
This film is the closest adaption to the book so far. I really like it. If they make a remake of Frankenstein to go with The Wolfman remake, it should remain faithful to the book and not the 1931 film. I mean they should have references to the others films in little moments in the film, but it needs to be faithful to the novel. They should try to make it more frightening to.
This is the worst film I've ever seen in my life. Kenneth Branagh wants tying to a tree and flogging for his acting in this comedy. I got the film on video just after it came out and I actually burned the video.
@mockerlancs Oh come on. What was so bad about it? I thought it was a pretty good adaptation of the book. I me, I thought it was weird when Frankenstein went topless when he brought the creature to life, but it wasn't that bad.
Another great variation of Frankenstein and his legendary Creature. Kenneth Branagh directed this film plus he was the leading actor here - perfect job in both departments. Robert De Niro was brilliant as The Creature. Every single scene was very well done. It was nice to see Ian Holm too - loved his work in 'Alien' and 'The Fifth Element'
I admit it took awhile for me to accept the Universal Frankenstein movies when I was reading the book in high school. It annoyed me how far they strayed from the book. They did get me into classic horror and then classic films though and now despite not being great adaptations persay, I look very highly on them. I like this alot too. It still takes liberties and I don't think Deniro was top-notch as The Monster, but it definately tried more than any other studios (major studios anyway) did.
does the movie really match mary shelley's original novel (frankenstein-the modern prometheus)?can someone tell me please. i have to read it for my english class, but i would understand it much more if i saw the movie...
@wizardofboogieland You ae so right about that. I read the book and was very surprised at how obvious that the doctor was the real monster in the book who only cared out himself and his ego and was willing to sacrifice evrything including his family for his experiments.
@6banana9 Read the book is a masterpiece of English literature. The film is a very free adaptation..... Watch the film after you've read the book and you can compare.
A 'masterpiece' that hasn't aged well at all. The 1931 film and its surrounding lore is what most people now know as the story of Frankenstein and rightly so. The book raises distracting questions that would become an issue on film. Also, the moral of the book does not hold up in this day and age. Only in the days when people died of ptomaine poisoning and blamed it on ghosts was it wrong to attempt what Frankenstein did. Today it would be a breakthrough that would save millions of lives.
This story is about two twisted minds, Victor Frankenstein who is very obsessed about creating an immortal being upon his mother's death. The being, isolation of man has made him cynical and revengeful.
The plot is very complicated, the being renown Victor as his "father" yet hated him. Victor is remorse and compassionate toward the being.
The story ends with Victor's death and being's suicide. It is a sad story about overambitious and karma. This is the closest movie that follows the novel.
@kburnout Me too, though really I don't think she considers herself to be beautiful (though of course she is), and she often says how she loves not looking like herself, so I imagine she enjoyed it.
@efren3391, to satisfy the Creature's request for a companion. The Creature kills Elizabeth because Frankenstein ignores his request, and The Creature makes good on his threat that "If you deny me my wedding night, I will be with you on yours" (a line from the novel).
this version is a lot closer to the novel than the Karloff version (or any other adaptation, for that matter). Kenneth Branagh did a spectacular job with this movie. Like its predecessor, "Bram Stoker's Dracula," this film is very faithful to the source material (PLEASE DO NOT contest my opinion).
The Frankenstein in this movie is actually closer to the description Mary Shelley gave it in the book...Elizabeth looks like Chucky when shes brought back to life lol
Yes, but that's irrelevant here. The monster, or rather "Mr. Bates" is addressed throughout the 2nd half of the story by his first name "Jimmy".
It's also interesting to know that prior to the book's first publication, Mary Shelly actually had the monster coined as "Terry Morgan", but she changed it because she thought Terry sounded too androgynous.
It's all true. The bride of Frankenstein also was given a name. She was called "Isabel Knox". At one point of the film when Jimmy meets her, if you pause it, you can faintly see a heart scrawled on the wall behind them. Inside the heart it says: "Jimmy loves Isabel". It wasn't in the original script, but it's rumored that Boris Karloff himself wrote it on the wall for a joke and it was left in because everyone thought it was funny.
I think their is 2 books accoriding to my frieind, a long and short version. I'm reading the book and I dont see where it says Jimmy T Bates who gave him that name?
The creature's name is revealed in the same chapter when Dr. Frankenstein is appying the creature's penis (refered to in the book as: "the golden limb"). Another interesting little detail is that Marry Shelley wanted to mention somewhere in the book how big the creature's dick was. The problem was getting a publisher who would be willing to publish the story with that detail. Ultimately, the creature's peinis size (a foot long) was edited out of the story before the first publication.
Yes, but I doubt you've read the "limited edition" first publication. Only 916 copies were ever printed. They are considered the Guternberg Bibles of science fiction novels. Only a few private collectors and rare book stores in the US have copies. Ask your nearest book dealer about it. Just mention "Frankenstein's penis edition" to the and they should know what you're talking about. (Then get back to me and tell me what they said).
I dont get why your so obsessed with the idea of frankenstein's penis?
You really need to get a life.
your probably 30, on the doll and watch videos on youtube all day. Oh, and reply to people who point out your stupidity and you try to defend your self.
@ShakespeareHamlet indeed but they have given him the name because he truly does not posses any name, thats why he should just be called, "Frankestein`s monster"
Terrible movie, except for Tom Hulce's understated performance. When the electric eels swam down to energize the "Monster" I laughed out loud at the shear ridiculousness of the idea!
I'm half way on this movie. Shelley didn't tell how the monster came to life. On one hand, that's good because then you don't have to justify it - i.e. you don't get eels. On the other hand, it sucks because it leaves you unsatisfied.
Although I don't quite understand what you said, I give my views on the matter. I read the book - loved it. Way different from the Karloff movie. This movie is the closest adaptation I have seen of the book, but yet changes a few scenes.
If I understand what you are saying, I agree that the book was better.
The movie is good, don't get me wrong, but some books just don't fare well in the movie industry without change. In terms of the movies, I prefer the Karloff one. And I love the book
Actually, this film was the closest I've ever seen to the book. The 1931 movie was fabulous, but it hardly stayed faithful to the book at all. Honestly, I didn't like Robert DeNiro as the creature, though.
why is it that everyone watches it in english class?. i read the book and it was great so when i found out there was a movie i watched it and i have to say you couldnt believe how far from the book it was although it wasnt bad.... ooh btw rotfl about the naked men
EvilDeadFan, I just listened to Branagh read (abridged version); loved it. I read the full version twice now; it's that good. I think this follows the book to some degree, better than other versions, still has some decrepancies. Best one out there; acting's superb. Afterall, it's a horror film; that's the point; director made it 'his' art; that is what movie making is all about; freedom. I think Branagh did a fine job and he deserves an huge applause for this film. The ending is stupendous.
I own it and watch it all the time. I love the film. I do have some qualms with the parts that deviated. I adore the book and have read it 2 times and now listening to Ken Branagh's fine narration of the Abridged book on CD. That too is just great. I don't know why this boomed. I lent it to a friend and he hated it also. He didn't get it at all. I 'got it' because I read the novel; a masterpiece of literature! Highly recommend both - novel and this film version.
Definitely, I read an abridged version of this and Dracula when i=I was little and got it perfectly. I've seen the Coppola Dracula and can't wait to see this. It just goes to show hom much reading can be fun and help.
I watched this film in english at school and LOVED it! It's not really gory but it still managed to have half my class going "eurgghhh" and turning away. A film you have to see before you die! 5 stars!
I'm pretty sure Coppola directed Dracula and Branagh directed Frankenstein- Coppola's name is in the credits as a producer on Frankenstein and it is referred to as a "Branagh film". You can also spot the different styles in directing. While both are superior films, I would say Dracula wins because it just has soo many good things going for it, including amazing sound editing and the fact that its eroticism was so compelling.
Dracula is great - a fairy tale, based on "Beauty and the Beast". The sets, the costumes, the soundtrack - it is a masterpiece. Frankenstein made me feel ill. It was disgusting. I never want to watch this movie again.
Why did it make you feel ill? Was it the violence, the thematic content itself, or could you not decipher the thematic content? Personally, I really like the sort of games that Frankenstein plays with our comfort zones(even though the story is quite dated).
I did not like the whole atmosphere, the colours, the sets and costumes: Everything seemed to be insane. And then the scene, where the mob kills that girl - although I have watched it years before, I still remember it in detail. Or the scene with the heart and Bonham Carter's look before she burns herself. That was too much for me. Everything was so mean and cruel. Never again!!!! Same feelings I have had by watching "Silence of the lambs".
oh hell yes!!!its amazingly done.the actors are amazing,its beautifully done.its romantic and scarey and keeps you on the edge of your seet the whole time,i lovett!you should go rent it like RIGHT now!!!:D
This follows the book better than Karloff's (I mean no disrespectm I love that movie)
But it doesn't follow it perfectly, the biggest diffrence is the Bride. In the book she never came to life, and the Bride was not Dr. Frankenstien's wife. It's a good movie, but it's sad.
"Gory and bloody" my ass. there were only 2 or 3 scenes which had any blood and only one which makes the viewer cringe (it's a crucial scene, so I won't give it away).
"So gory and bloody," my arse. This film version of the Gothic tale penned in 1818 is very faithful to the book and only has, like, 2 to 3 scenes with blood, only the last of which is cringe-inducing. Branagh was very faithful to the novel and (SPOILER ALET!!!)the plot twist served to make Mrs. Shelley's point: DO NOT PLAY GOD. So why this movie was a flop is beyond me.
"I saw-with shut eyes, but acute mental vision-I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world."
-Mary Shelley
simpsonman956 1 week ago
that creature just killed Helena how dare you hideous filthy creature killed the beatiful Elizabeth :C
HannaBiancaAntonio 1 month ago
Branagh directed it. Coppola produced it. Shelley wrote it. Full title : Mary shelleys francis ford coppolas Kenneth branaghs Frankenstein. Phew :)
Trickster127 1 month ago
Has anyone read the old version of 'Frankenstein' by "Mary Shelley" as I need help with understanding it? Cheers.
Emza241 1 month ago
does any one know anything about a tv darama or a two day tv serires about this movies the frank was not de niro tho ?? anyone ??
MoonKeepa 1 month ago
Favorite DeNiro line in this movie:"Do you wanna piece of me?"
longsightdeo 2 months ago
Can i ask a question?in imdb director sayskenneth branagh.....not coppola
FanDezi 2 months ago
Wait, Francis Ford Coppola, the director of The Godfather Trilogy, directed this movie? I wasn't aware of that.
killer92173 3 months ago
@killer92173 he didnt direct it.
Fantomas612 3 months ago
@Fantomas612 Oh yeah, he produced it.
killer92173 3 months ago
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lovelovelovelove helena bonham carter.!
soundXofXaXguitarxox 3 months ago
My class watched this because we read the book for summer reading....the excessively long naked Robert di Niro and shirtless Kenneth Branagh rolling around in which I believe was amniotic fluid was......really odd.... And then end, where the movie violently spun off from the book into a very strange and creepy scene. Still it was pretty good despite minor digressions and the one major one at the end. I enjoyed it.
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My favorite horror movie of all time.
TheGuyThatExplodes 4 months ago
the 1931 film is terrible!!!
narutofan9tf 5 months ago
@narutofan9tf how can you say the 1931 frankenstein is bad? it is awesome,bride of frankenstein is even better
SuperTestfreak 3 months ago
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Wait, was that Helena Bonham Carter?!?!?! MUST WATCH THIS FILM!!!
LizTheFreakiKid 5 months ago
@LizTheFreakiKid Yes, it is her! She's wonderful in Frankenstein, as always :D
RNSpicey 4 months ago
this is the best frankenstein film i have ever seen it was really great and it follows the book closely from what i have heard i havent read the book yet though but i really want too since its an english book and not american
kallemick 6 months ago
@25Mike25Mike25 In the book the monster is never given a name, he is just referred to as "the monster".
XxTyroClaireyxX 7 months ago
he pulls out elizabeths beating heart and shows it to Frankenstein Lolz, this movie was lulz.
Blazing234 9 months ago
@Blazing234 you cant even spell a word that dosent even exist
kallemick 6 months ago
This film is the closest adaption to the book so far. I really like it. If they make a remake of Frankenstein to go with The Wolfman remake, it should remain faithful to the book and not the 1931 film. I mean they should have references to the others films in little moments in the film, but it needs to be faithful to the novel. They should try to make it more frightening to.
sgauden02 10 months ago 2
what's the song in the background?
TWICEfan3125 10 months ago
@TWICEfan3125 Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem.
BellaPrincipessaRosa 10 months ago
@BellaPrincipessaRosa Thank you!
TWICEfan3125 9 months ago
helena bonham carter is in literally every movie
MeTsRoCkMySoCk13 11 months ago
@MeTsRoCkMySoCk13 I'm glad she's not, otherwise I'd spend a lot more money that I can afford on films X3 She's wonderful!
RNSpicey 4 months ago
Frankenstein is the creator of the monster
sorena7lor 11 months ago
its amazing that mary shelley thought of the idea of frankenstein when she was 17 or 18.
5671ah 11 months ago
Horror novel see video book trailer
dltanner99 11 months ago
This is the worst film I've ever seen in my life. Kenneth Branagh wants tying to a tree and flogging for his acting in this comedy. I got the film on video just after it came out and I actually burned the video.
mockerlancs 1 year ago
@mockerlancs Oh come on. What was so bad about it? I thought it was a pretty good adaptation of the book. I me, I thought it was weird when Frankenstein went topless when he brought the creature to life, but it wasn't that bad.
sgauden02 11 months ago 4
AHAHAHAHAHAHA RATED 'R'! HAHAHAHAA
AndreasZimmerman 1 year ago
Great original novel that gets a faithful adaptation for the big screen.
bobgrantsbus 1 year ago
can someone please upload the deleted scenes of this excellent film?
BibleJoker2Face 1 year ago
The novel by Mary Shelley was brilliant. Highly doubt the film is as good.
kirarox99 1 year ago
The novel by Mary Shelley was brilliant. Highly doubt the film is as good.
kirarox99 1 year ago
This movie had a ridiculously fast pacing.
Frankenstein: 'It's alive!'
Monster: 'Yes and I'm pissed off. I'll kill you and get revenge!'
Frankenstein: 'Revenge? For what?'
Monster: 'I don't know but this movie needs a plotline!"
Frankenfurter: 'So aren't you gonna kill me?'
Monster: 'No. Now I want to change the plotline entirely by having you create me a wife!'
Frankenstein: 'This isn't Bride of Frankenstein!'
Monster: 'You made me one in the original story!'
Frankenstein: 'Well alright'
Berrylaff 1 year ago
when was ophelia in frankenstein?
Quarker99 1 year ago
@Quarker99 The same time Hamlet was :D
JessieFaye92 11 months ago
I whatched the hole movie and I can say that it's better than Titanic!!!!
Jacko02mj 1 year ago
i heard de niro didnt need any make up
twizy123 1 year ago 2
@twizy123 FACT!!!!!!!
pulnulsh 1 year ago
Although it wouldn't be fair to say that this horror is entirely absent, you could miss it if you blink.
tfman31 1 year ago
Another great variation of Frankenstein and his legendary Creature. Kenneth Branagh directed this film plus he was the leading actor here - perfect job in both departments. Robert De Niro was brilliant as The Creature. Every single scene was very well done. It was nice to see Ian Holm too - loved his work in 'Alien' and 'The Fifth Element'
Magnolia296 1 year ago
I admit it took awhile for me to accept the Universal Frankenstein movies when I was reading the book in high school. It annoyed me how far they strayed from the book. They did get me into classic horror and then classic films though and now despite not being great adaptations persay, I look very highly on them. I like this alot too. It still takes liberties and I don't think Deniro was top-notch as The Monster, but it definately tried more than any other studios (major studios anyway) did.
balrog13571 1 year ago 2
Excellent movie.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 1 year ago
i want to read the book but i only have the unabrdged version that i cant read worth crap
erty1800 1 year ago
simply a great movie!
xStalkerxx 1 year ago
does the movie really match mary shelley's original novel (frankenstein-the modern prometheus)?can someone tell me please. i have to read it for my english class, but i would understand it much more if i saw the movie...
6banana9 1 year ago
@6banana9
No read the book first, then watch the movie, it isn't very long and is far better.
wizardofboogieland 1 year ago
@wizardofboogieland You ae so right about that. I read the book and was very surprised at how obvious that the doctor was the real monster in the book who only cared out himself and his ego and was willing to sacrifice evrything including his family for his experiments.
novusmundi 1 year ago
@6banana9 Read the book is a masterpiece of English literature. The film is a very free adaptation..... Watch the film after you've read the book and you can compare.
UnchartedFilmsltd 1 year ago 20
A 'masterpiece' that hasn't aged well at all. The 1931 film and its surrounding lore is what most people now know as the story of Frankenstein and rightly so. The book raises distracting questions that would become an issue on film. Also, the moral of the book does not hold up in this day and age. Only in the days when people died of ptomaine poisoning and blamed it on ghosts was it wrong to attempt what Frankenstein did. Today it would be a breakthrough that would save millions of lives.
SolidSnakeRules 7 months ago
What's the song name?
Lelem2 1 year ago
@Lelem2 Missa Da Requiem, Dies Irae by Verdi
vereno1986 1 year ago
@Lelem2 the "song" is the Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem.
slinkyfun 1 year ago
Helena <3
missHelenaLestrange 1 year ago
can someone please upload the deleted scenes?
BibleJoker2Face 1 year ago
Poor thing :( sad movie. People think looks mean everything
wisheye 1 year ago
Frances ford coppla is a genius
dim432 1 year ago
This story is about two twisted minds, Victor Frankenstein who is very obsessed about creating an immortal being upon his mother's death. The being, isolation of man has made him cynical and revengeful.
The plot is very complicated, the being renown Victor as his "father" yet hated him. Victor is remorse and compassionate toward the being.
The story ends with Victor's death and being's suicide. It is a sad story about overambitious and karma. This is the closest movie that follows the novel.
HeartLocker 1 year ago
Very good film, having a hard time finding it in store.
MrSirinkalot 1 year ago
De Niro and Copplola at their best:)
edgoatheart 1 year ago
mabye both for the creature and the doctor
jessgetsnoluv 1 year ago
i8 watched this movie on encore mystery just yesterday it's really close to the book and was a creepy and excellent movie.
AidanCecile 1 year ago
i love carter for taking the brvery of looking that hiddeous at the end, yet shes beautiful in reality
kburnout 1 year ago
@kburnout Me too, though really I don't think she considers herself to be beautiful (though of course she is), and she often says how she loves not looking like herself, so I imagine she enjoyed it.
RNSpicey 4 months ago
Wow! Coppola did the Movie dracula with bram stokers name on it and now Mary shelley's frankenstein. That is AWESOME.
ThePizzadude93 1 year ago
@ThePizzadude93 Kenneth Branagh directed this movie not Coppola, he just Produced. Dracula was a much better made movie.
jac6995 1 year ago
the creature is called victor's creation.....he has no name
adesh1997 1 year ago
this is rated R? we are watching this in my english class. lol
qwertyESquirt 1 year ago
That was Frankenstein looks like.
dim432 1 year ago
Mary Shelly is the athor of the book
cnlo2002 1 year ago
This movie is a real masterpiece,
CorneredWord 1 year ago
@CorneredWord a master piece of shite
theburlystrapper 1 year ago
frankenstein it's good for a book, but good movie too:D
halaheroiini 1 year ago
R rated? wow nice
dont u think Frankenstein is portrayed more feminine than other characters in the book?
ouinonyes 1 year ago
If avgn saw this, fred fuchs is in the credits of this trailer!!! lol
rorschach281 1 year ago
@rorschach281 OMG IS FRED FUCHS !
ROFL DUDE !
Painmore 1 year ago
Saw this movie today, pretty good.
Sizzonz0r 1 year ago
must be a great woman to love such an ugly man, haha
SuperEhehehehehe 1 year ago
why does he bring elizabeth back to life?????
efren3391 1 year ago
@efren3391, to satisfy the Creature's request for a companion. The Creature kills Elizabeth because Frankenstein ignores his request, and The Creature makes good on his threat that "If you deny me my wedding night, I will be with you on yours" (a line from the novel).
ShakespeareHamlet 1 year ago
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Im reading the book.. I dont see why its such a classic
smokenfly514 2 years ago
this version is a lot closer to the novel than the Karloff version (or any other adaptation, for that matter). Kenneth Branagh did a spectacular job with this movie. Like its predecessor, "Bram Stoker's Dracula," this film is very faithful to the source material (PLEASE DO NOT contest my opinion).
ShakespeareHamlet 2 years ago
which verison is this movie?
YamiYugi1121 2 years ago
The Frankenstein in this movie is actually closer to the description Mary Shelley gave it in the book...Elizabeth looks like Chucky when shes brought back to life lol
shreddedbeats 2 years ago
Frankenstein is the name of THE DOCTOR, NOT THE CREATURE.
ShakespeareHamlet 2 years ago 162
Oh yeah..My bad
shreddedbeats 2 years ago
The name of the actual "creature" was Jimmy T. Bates. It says so in chapter 7 of the book.
JohnQRandom 2 years ago
are you fucking crazy?
ShakespeareHamlet 2 years ago
@ShakespeareHamlet
Yes, but that's irrelevant here. The monster, or rather "Mr. Bates" is addressed throughout the 2nd half of the story by his first name "Jimmy".
It's also interesting to know that prior to the book's first publication, Mary Shelly actually had the monster coined as "Terry Morgan", but she changed it because she thought Terry sounded too androgynous.
You can google all of this.
JohnQRandom 2 years ago
interesting, but good thing Mrs. Shelley decided NOT to name The Creature.
ShakespeareHamlet 2 years ago
@ShakespeareHamlet
It's all true. The bride of Frankenstein also was given a name. She was called "Isabel Knox". At one point of the film when Jimmy meets her, if you pause it, you can faintly see a heart scrawled on the wall behind them. Inside the heart it says: "Jimmy loves Isabel". It wasn't in the original script, but it's rumored that Boris Karloff himself wrote it on the wall for a joke and it was left in because everyone thought it was funny.
JohnQRandom 2 years ago
@JohnQRandom
I think their is 2 books accoriding to my frieind, a long and short version. I'm reading the book and I dont see where it says Jimmy T Bates who gave him that name?
zuleyma4 1 year ago
The creature's name is revealed in the same chapter when Dr. Frankenstein is appying the creature's penis (refered to in the book as: "the golden limb"). Another interesting little detail is that Marry Shelley wanted to mention somewhere in the book how big the creature's dick was. The problem was getting a publisher who would be willing to publish the story with that detail. Ultimately, the creature's peinis size (a foot long) was edited out of the story before the first publication.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom
I doubt you've even read the book.
I have, and I'm doing an assignment.
I've read it back to front.
Just no
pinkpinkpink30 1 year ago
Yes, but I doubt you've read the "limited edition" first publication. Only 916 copies were ever printed. They are considered the Guternberg Bibles of science fiction novels. Only a few private collectors and rare book stores in the US have copies. Ask your nearest book dealer about it. Just mention "Frankenstein's penis edition" to the and they should know what you're talking about. (Then get back to me and tell me what they said).
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
PS, you mentioned you've read the book "back to front". Did you really read that entire book backwards?
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom
I dont get why your so obsessed with the idea of frankenstein's penis?
You really need to get a life.
your probably 30, on the doll and watch videos on youtube all day. Oh, and reply to people who point out your stupidity and you try to defend your self.
Get a life.
Read some books.
pinkpinkpink30 1 year ago
@pinkpinkpink30
I am also obsessed with the Bride of Frankenstein's clammy vagina. Have you ever read Marry Shelley's "Big Titty" series??
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet
Well his last name is Frankenstein the "Doctor" name is Victor.
zuleyma4 1 year ago
@zuleyma4, that's Victor's last name. The Creature does not have a name.
ShakespeareHamlet 1 year ago
seriously
tunarollmaster 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet for real
crazynick66 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet the creature is his ersatz son. ergo: frankenstein.
hugeackman 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet indeed but they have given him the name because he truly does not posses any name, thats why he should just be called, "Frankestein`s monster"
ThomasAndersonNeo1 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet i know but in the movie the monster named himself Frankenstein too
luigiblox 1 year ago
@ShakespeareHamlet yes one of the most common misinterpretations :\ liked the book more tho
Hatakeryu12 11 months ago
most accurate to the book. we're watching in my brit. literature class while reading the novel and they are both incredible.
guitarkid1124 2 years ago
Elizabeth,say my name....this movie is one of the best!!!
golemaw 2 years ago
what is name of the music in the background.
woollybully100 2 years ago
Terrible movie, except for Tom Hulce's understated performance. When the electric eels swam down to energize the "Monster" I laughed out loud at the shear ridiculousness of the idea!
kissfool 2 years ago
I'm half way on this movie. Shelley didn't tell how the monster came to life. On one hand, that's good because then you don't have to justify it - i.e. you don't get eels. On the other hand, it sucks because it leaves you unsatisfied.
CMNoobslayer 2 years ago
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This movie is a shit =P
don0t care if F.F. Coppola made this :P
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I saw a french film made in the 50 that was the closes to the book but the karloff one is still the best
nickic272 2 years ago
I saw a french film made in the 50 that was the closes to the book
nickic272 2 years ago
this is the son of grunt 68-69 . "Sucked"
Grunt6869 2 years ago
indeed, helena bonham carter IS awesome.
lizbug27 2 years ago
The story was never about a quest for immortality. The story of Frankenstein was commentary on Victorian England and modernity.
TheHolloway1983 2 years ago
Careful about confusing plot with themes.
thobern 2 years ago
There is no mistaking the fact that the plot of the movie does not match that of Shelley's novel.
TheHolloway1983 2 years ago
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swayedHEADstudios 2 years ago
helena bonham carter is awesome!
PutrescentSoul 2 years ago
i saw this movie i liked it
arrow2300 2 years ago 2
We watched it. This ones the nearest to the novel, and we didn't have time to read the book, were pressured for time.
HazHorrific 2 years ago 12
I finished reading the book today!
HarisMaster 2 years ago 8
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WTF you see the movie lazy bastards i'm in 8th grade and i just finish read the book
but the school have to promote reading instead o seen the movies
because reading is so much cultural because the price to make it is less than a movie so if is not comercial and not gonna sell well doesn't mater
unlike movies where you an stusdio telling you waht to cut and what to show
patorocker5 2 years ago
have no idea what you just said.
sterm01 2 years ago 17
@sterm01, dumbass.
BibleJoker2Face 1 year ago
Actually if a book doesn't sell well IT DOES MATTER
1paperrobot 2 years ago 5
Although I don't quite understand what you said, I give my views on the matter. I read the book - loved it. Way different from the Karloff movie. This movie is the closest adaptation I have seen of the book, but yet changes a few scenes.
If I understand what you are saying, I agree that the book was better.
The movie is good, don't get me wrong, but some books just don't fare well in the movie industry without change. In terms of the movies, I prefer the Karloff one. And I love the book
spyder1138 2 years ago
i love this movie! And the book of course
Oli93ilO 2 years ago 4
Actually, this film was the closest I've ever seen to the book. The 1931 movie was fabulous, but it hardly stayed faithful to the book at all. Honestly, I didn't like Robert DeNiro as the creature, though.
Bleedblack13 2 years ago 9
i love this film. this movie is why i love helena bonham carter! shes hot in this!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago 4
why is it that everyone watches it in english class?. i read the book and it was great so when i found out there was a movie i watched it and i have to say you couldnt believe how far from the book it was although it wasnt bad.... ooh btw rotfl about the naked men
Ancvz 3 years ago 5
watched it in english today... funnieest shit ever, that bit where he's like rolling around in the slime with the other man, naked, hahahaha
tashtbh 3 years ago
just finshed watching it in my english class
knexfoller94 3 years ago
haha lol i watched in my world lit class!
hawkassass 3 years ago
Amazing film. So overthetop, it makes it such fun to watch.
Jabberwooki 3 years ago 2
Medicine isn't what it used to be
McQuackor 3 years ago
Not many people know that this movie was more like the book than any other Frankenstein adaptation.
thingy12345678 3 years ago 4
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didnt the 1931 film come out before the book?
Trav1sP 3 years ago
...The book came out in 1818... That's 113 years BEFORE the 1931 movie!!!!!!!!!!
thingy12345678 3 years ago
glad you did the math cause i probley couldnt do math myself... stupid
Trav1sP 3 years ago
Thankyou Francis Ford Coppola :D
Finally know the name of the guy who made these two brilliant remakes!
EntertainmentIsGood 3 years ago
i watched this in my english class, since i'm not used to horror films this scared the hell out of me! its good just kind of traumatic... -.-'
CheeryChibi 3 years ago
OMG, me too...but actually i found it sad in some scenes,I actually thought thatI was going to tear up
justbiteme3 3 years ago
i gotta watch this shit in my english class on tuesday lol
TheAImightyBeAsT 3 years ago
haha I just finished watching it in my english class! took us like 3 classes to watch it all
syriangamer 3 years ago
EvilDeadFan, I just listened to Branagh read (abridged version); loved it. I read the full version twice now; it's that good. I think this follows the book to some degree, better than other versions, still has some decrepancies. Best one out there; acting's superb. Afterall, it's a horror film; that's the point; director made it 'his' art; that is what movie making is all about; freedom. I think Branagh did a fine job and he deserves an huge applause for this film. The ending is stupendous.
artj22850 3 years ago
amazing
mikisaikano 3 years ago
I own it and watch it all the time. I love the film. I do have some qualms with the parts that deviated. I adore the book and have read it 2 times and now listening to Ken Branagh's fine narration of the Abridged book on CD. That too is just great. I don't know why this boomed. I lent it to a friend and he hated it also. He didn't get it at all. I 'got it' because I read the novel; a masterpiece of literature! Highly recommend both - novel and this film version.
artj22850 3 years ago
Definitely, I read an abridged version of this and Dracula when i=I was little and got it perfectly. I've seen the Coppola Dracula and can't wait to see this. It just goes to show hom much reading can be fun and help.
EvilDeadFan1995 3 years ago
I watched this film in english at school and LOVED it! It's not really gory but it still managed to have half my class going "eurgghhh" and turning away. A film you have to see before you die! 5 stars!
bonekicker123 3 years ago
the film is well done even without to much gore. I love Robert de niros Version of Frankensteins munster.
derblicker 3 years ago
by this time after making brams stoker's dracula , coppala wanted to do franky next , so which is best coppala's dracula or coppala's frankensein?
a1ez11 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure Coppola directed Dracula and Branagh directed Frankenstein- Coppola's name is in the credits as a producer on Frankenstein and it is referred to as a "Branagh film". You can also spot the different styles in directing. While both are superior films, I would say Dracula wins because it just has soo many good things going for it, including amazing sound editing and the fact that its eroticism was so compelling.
wardlemike 3 years ago
Dracula is great - a fairy tale, based on "Beauty and the Beast". The sets, the costumes, the soundtrack - it is a masterpiece. Frankenstein made me feel ill. It was disgusting. I never want to watch this movie again.
KnusperhexeRosmer 3 years ago
Why did it make you feel ill? Was it the violence, the thematic content itself, or could you not decipher the thematic content? Personally, I really like the sort of games that Frankenstein plays with our comfort zones(even though the story is quite dated).
wardlemike 3 years ago
I did not like the whole atmosphere, the colours, the sets and costumes: Everything seemed to be insane. And then the scene, where the mob kills that girl - although I have watched it years before, I still remember it in detail. Or the scene with the heart and Bonham Carter's look before she burns herself. That was too much for me. Everything was so mean and cruel. Never again!!!! Same feelings I have had by watching "Silence of the lambs".
KnusperhexeRosmer 3 years ago
The monster in this movie looks like Uncle Fester.
MacDragard 3 years ago
i havent seen it yet but i want to. i just want to know from others opinions, is it worth watching?
ShadowsEverywhere 3 years ago
oh hell yes!!!its amazingly done.the actors are amazing,its beautifully done.its romantic and scarey and keeps you on the edge of your seet the whole time,i lovett!you should go rent it like RIGHT now!!!:D
harrysfan101 3 years ago
The part of the monster is played by Robert d'Nero, Nathan Lane, Sylvester Stalone and a bit of Jim Carry at the same time.
I know it's a horrible joke but I love it
echoingheads 3 years ago
This follows the book better than Karloff's (I mean no disrespectm I love that movie)
But it doesn't follow it perfectly, the biggest diffrence is the Bride. In the book she never came to life, and the Bride was not Dr. Frankenstien's wife. It's a good movie, but it's sad.
spyder1138 3 years ago 2
the movie is really good but its so gory and bloody compared to the other old versions
slovic1 3 years ago
So it should be!... It's realistic and cutting up bodies is not the job which involved cute bunnies ( unless your going to cut them up ^_^ ) .
echoingheads 3 years ago
"Gory and bloody" my ass. there were only 2 or 3 scenes which had any blood and only one which makes the viewer cringe (it's a crucial scene, so I won't give it away).
ShakespeareHamlet 3 years ago
"So gory and bloody," my arse. This film version of the Gothic tale penned in 1818 is very faithful to the book and only has, like, 2 to 3 scenes with blood, only the last of which is cringe-inducing. Branagh was very faithful to the novel and (SPOILER ALET!!!)the plot twist served to make Mrs. Shelley's point: DO NOT PLAY GOD. So why this movie was a flop is beyond me.
ShakespeareHamlet 3 years ago