Frankenstein

i love the storytelling in this. i can’t say anything bad about the pacing, the execution, the casting. this is beautiful and mind boggling. the juxtaposition between the fulfillment of creation and achievement and the struggle of maintenance and nurturing was perfectly depicted … as humans, we are naturally inclined towards pleasure. as freud says, we are driven by sex (eros) and aggression (thanatos). i don’t necessarily adhere to freud’s concepts completely but you can see this notion so very clearly in victor’s character. he is driven by the pleasure of accomplishment and the aggression to keep trying and trying and trying. god, i love this so much. it’s so propelled by psychological concepts. you can also see how the creature was not inherently monstrous—he was nurtured into one. classic use of nature vs nurture. monsters are not born, they are molded. and speaking of freud, victor also heavily reminded me of him but yk, kind of in their own leagues—the ambition and the drive. i remember watching the series “freud” on netflix for a TOP paper way way back my freshman year, so while watching victor’s grit and determination to prove himself and make a name for himself in his field, it felt reminiscent to some scenes, and some narratives i’ve read about freud in my 3 years of studying psychology. i knew goth would embody her role/s, but i did not expect that i would like elordi as much as i did. going into this, i still saw him as this hs heartthrob handsome jock. perhaps i haven’t consumed enough media from him, the most versatile i’ve seen him prior to this is in his role in priscilla and saltburn, but he was phenomenal, even though at first it was iffy to see him as the creature. life is so beautiful. even when it is produced by an egotistical maniacal surgeon. give my guy, the creature, a friend. “Only monsters play God, Baron.” “WATER!” “victor ><“