Frankenstein

Full disclosure; I haven't read the book, but I did have some knowledge of the story of Frankenstein. That being said, I really enjoyed watching this movie. Very few movies had made me cry, and I definitely wasn't expecting this movie to be one of them. I just felt so terrible for the Creature by the time he showed up on screen. I wasn't expecting Jacob Elordi to be really, really good in this. I'm sorry, Jacob, I owe you an apology. I wasn't familiar with your game. He was just so convincing at playing a sympathetic character. I just hated seeing whenever someone died, he was blamed for their death. His friendship with the blind old man made me sob, and then at the end when Victor and the Creature forgave each other, that made me sob even harder. I also thought Oscar Isaac was really good as Victor Frankenstein. He was clearly "the monster," seeing how he treated the Creature with abuse, abuse that was much, much worse than his own father. But it was just nice to see both of them reconcile at the end before he died. I also wasn't expecting the movie to so violent. The stuff with Victor dealing with the dead bodies, I was used to, but I was not ready to see the Creature ripping a wolf's skin off with his bare hands. Just seeing him break bones and rip skin made me recoil in disgust. Another thing I loved about this movie is the set design. I just really like the aesthetic of the movie, from Victor's family home, to Harlander's house full of portraits, and even the set of the laboratory is amazing. It definitely made the setting feel like it's on a grand scale. This film was fantastic, and it has piqued my interest into checking out the other adaptations of Frankenstein as well.