Frankenstein (2025) Guillermo del Toro

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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 10:53 PM)

Just started it, and the opening looks like a video game.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 10:54 PM)

Where he's rocking the boat?
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:00 PM)

That and before. When he's
throwing people around.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:09 PM)

That's the prelude I think. The second part is where you'll see what I was talking about with Jacob Elordi. Also, I'm sure you're there already or close…
does anyone play a complete prick better than Charles Dance?

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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:10 PM)

A few actors are really good at that.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:33 PM)

As Sophie pointed out on my thread, Mia Goth is also really great here. I assume you've watched the Pearl trilogy?
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:37 PM)

Yep but they were a bit hit and miss for me. I like her though. She does crazy really well.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:41 PM)

Well, she's
probably the most mentally stable character
in this movie
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:43 PM)

Well there was a spot of unhinged from Oscar Isaac earlier. So here's hoping!

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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:16 PM)

Claes Bang is incredible at playing a complete ****. You should see the Irish series Bad Sisters. You'll see what I mean.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:17 PM)

I think I only know him from The Northman.
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:34 PM)

Ooooh you HAVE to watch Bad Sisters. It's dark comedy. And Claes Bang was perfect.

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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:40 PM)

It's weird. I both like the aesthetic, but at the same time the set design looks….cheap. like the sometimes 2 dimensional pillars. And still, sometimes, video game style movement.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:46 PM)

Is he conducting the experiments yet? (I don't think that's a spoiler ) Anyway, the design of his lab is super cool. Very dilapidated though.
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 11:47 PM)

Just got there. Ok that was pretty cool.

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Loki — 4 months ago(November 08, 2025 12:08 AM)

He's such an arsehole to his creation. And obviously manic af.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 08, 2025 12:12 AM)

One of the other major subtexts of the book is fatherhood. Mary Shelley's mother died in childbirth and she didn't always have the greatest relationship with her father. So a lot of that made it into the characters and Victor is repeating the cycle with his "child."
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 08, 2025 12:44 AM)

I didn't know that.

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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 08, 2025 12:56 AM)

One thing I really appreciated here is that it
really delves into Victor's childhood in a way that other adaptations haven't. He wasn't some well-meaning but short-sighted "mad scientist" who unleashed a "monster." He was an egomaniac and the "monster" is the most sympathetic character.
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Loki — 4 months ago(November 08, 2025 01:01 AM)

Didn't the Robert de Niro one also depict the monster as being the most sympathetic?