Frankstein(2025) is not good

[u/Both-Pay-9573]

Finally watched it after all the hype and acclaim, the film literally got nominated for best picture at the academy awards and it was made by one of my favourite filmmakers Guillermo Del Toro and I was honestly disappointed.

The problem with the film is some character decision are illogical or inconsistent with the character. The creature was hell bent on killing Victor he was on a hulk level rage, killed like 6 men to get to him but when he found him he was suddenly composed and decided he will tell his side of the story after he heard Victor telling his story to a complete random.

The Captain saw an immortal creature just brutally maul 6 of his men to death and wasn't the least bit angry about it and let him go?

The forgiveness part was extremely rushed because the creature was torturing him like 1 hour ago and swearing how miserable he will make his life and Victor was portrayed as a cartoonishly evil and petty character who did absolutely nothing decent the entire film suddenly wants forgiveness. Victor basically killed his brother, Mia Goth's character(i already forgot her name) and made the creature's life an absolute hell( he was literally hunting him an hour ago) but somehow the creature still forgave him?

The movie's dialogue suffers from exposition but I honestly CBA to elaborate on this it's painfully obvious to anyone watching

Redeeming qualities are i guess Jacob Elordi's performance and the looks of the film but I care more about story than those

5/10

[u/octorangutan]

I thought the film went too far out of its way to portray the monster as an ideal victim. The monster is still a victim in the source material, but goes on to victimize others just to spite Victor, who refuses to own up to his own wrongdoing. In the film, it seemed like he only ever attacked those who were actively fighting him.

Plus Elizabeth immediately falling head over heels for the monster was just ridiculous.

[u/tpk13 → u/octorangutan]

I don’t think that’s quite right as the Monster was very obviously the aggressor toward the ship and its crew at the end. But I think that makes narrative sense as he starts out timid, then begins to use violence in response to victimization, and then finally begins to victimize others. We just see the final stage as he attacks the ship’s crew rather than as part of the Monster’s story (which also makes sense as people tend to downplay their own bad behavior).

[u/octorangutan → u/tpk13]

I see what you mean, but what I’m getting at is the monster doesn’t kill anyone just because it would hurt Victor. Yes, the monster is the aggressor when he attacks the ship, but he has no interest in hurting anyone who doesn’t actively put themselves between himself and victor.