Frankenstein

Wow… that must have been one of the most beautiful movies of the year. I’m genuinely stunned about what I have just watched ,considering that was a Netflix movie. Genre guru Guillermo Del Toro presents us with the classic story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his “monster”, creating a world full of beauty, horror and above all emotion. The film is not rushed at all, it moves with confidence, knows its strengths and tells the viewer the story at an excellent pace. Personally, my feelings were somewhat mixed until the end of Victor’s story. The film up to that point had built the character of Oscar Isaac very well for me, where he gives an excellent performance, and brought me to the position of questioning my protagonist until then and whether he was really the “good” one in the whole story. Even though the film knew what it was doing and was harmoniously building the real "monster", it still hadn't taken me with it. From the moment the "monsters tale" begins until its last second, it DRAWN ME IN! The way Jacob Elordi's character is built, who gives a career performance, is masterful. How he shows you the purity of the character but also the vanity of his life is incredible... as for the ending, personally, to speak without spoilers, I believe that regardless of the development of the original story, if we didn't have this ending, it would simply destroy the incredible arc of the "monster" that was built almost in the half of the film. In terms of direction, words are redundant, Del Toro is not in a hurry at all, he lets the story breathe, to slowly draw you into it, until you find yourself completely immersed in his universe... impeccable work. In closing, I do not want and must not omit two things, firstly the incredible performance of Mia Goth, where she gives a fairy-tale aura to the film and for this reason it fits perfectly into Del Toro's universe, and secondly the gore features that the film was not afraid to show and this boldness is what balances the film and fully characterizes the artistic identity of the director. Frankenstein is not another wasted opportunity from Netflix, where it put a big name in the direction and did not care about what it will release on its platform. Frankenstein is an absolute cinematic work that deserves everyone's attention. Αυτά