I recently watched a video of Charlie Rose asking Ian McKellan, “Do you have specific areas that you think need work?” McKellan immediately responds with, “Yeah. Well, to act as well as Brendan Fraser.”

Not as wild of a statement if he was talking about Oscar-winning The Whale Fraser, but this interview was even pre-Mummy. I had to see what he was talking about. If I watched this having never seen that interview, I would say that McKellan was great and Fraser was fine, but I was looking for that naturalism and “truthful bewilderment” that McKellan spoke of, and it is undeniably there. How neat for the older actor to express admiration for his eye candy/Frankenstein lookalike costar.

I recently watched a video of Charlie Rose asking Ian McKellan, “Do you have specific areas that you think need work?” McKellan immediately responds with, “Yeah. Well, to act as well as Brendan Fraser.”

Not as wild of a statement if he was talking about Oscar-winning The Whale Fraser, but this interview was even pre-Mummy. I had to see what he was talking about. If I watched this having never seen that interview, I would say that McKellan was great and Fraser was fine, but I was looking for that naturalism and “truthful bewilderment” that McKellan spoke of, and it is undeniably there. How neat for the older actor to express admiration for his eye candy/Frankenstein lookalike costar.

That old man is freaked tf out

That old man is freaked tf out

this was a pretty great movie, had a good story and a lot of heart, i loved the end where it faded to black and white. overall, very enjoyable, though sad. never before have i seen such a good fitting title of a movie. as one life ends another begins

this was a pretty great movie, had a good story and a lot of heart, i loved the end where it faded to black and white. overall, very enjoyable, though sad. never before have i seen such a good fitting title of a movie. as one life ends another begins

Gay Tarantino

Gay Tarantino

Ian McKellen. Brendan Fraser. Gay. What else could you ask for? Hanna (Lynn Redgrave) is SUCH a great character.

An overall pleasant/entertaining watch. I went in blind and wasn’t really sure where it was going, but man, where it ended up was poetic. It’s rare that the ending of a movie affects my overall experience so much - makes me want to boost the rating. All loose ends wrapped up & filled with quasi-wholesome melancholy. It couldn’t have gone any other way.

Edit: sat for 2 minutes and upped the rating. The acting. The portrayal of queerness & aging (how often do we see elder queers and in such a way?). The recreated Frankenstein scenes. The empathy-eliciting moral greyness. There are so many stellar, wonderfully accomplished aspects to this movie.

Ian McKellen. Brendan Fraser. Gay. What else could you ask for? Hanna (Lynn Redgrave) is SUCH a great character.

An overall pleasant/entertaining watch. I went in blind and wasn’t really sure where it was going, but man, where it ended up was poetic. It’s rare that the ending of a movie affects my overall experience so much - makes me want to boost the rating. All loose ends wrapped up & filled with quasi-wholesome melancholy. It couldn’t have gone any other way.

Edit: sat for 2 minutes and upped the rating. The acting. The portrayal of queerness & aging (how often do we see elder queers and in such a way?). The recreated Frankenstein scenes. The empathy-eliciting moral greyness. There are so many stellar, wonderfully accomplished aspects to this movie.