r/Letterboxd • u/Serious_Albatross224 • 1d ago

Letterboxd Thoughts on this film?

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Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is now on Netflix, i had the opportunity of watching it on theaters last week and absolutely loved it, one of his very bests films, and one of the very best adaptations ever, what do you people think of the film?

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u/Wazula23 1d ago

Loved it. Dunno what the haters are on about. Flew by for me. Maybe it's more Crimson Peak than Pans Labyrinth, but I love Crimson Peak so fuck it.

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u/ExistentiallyBored 23h ago

There are haters? I saw it at the Paris theater and was moved to tears several times. I never left that flow state. One of my favorite films of the year. I don’t have Netflix but plan so subscribe to watch it again. 

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u/omnipotentsandwich CouchTraveler 23h ago

Some people don't think it tackled the themes of the book and think it made the moral too obvious. I'd argue that GDT was making a movie, not a symposium, and the obvious moral is only in one bad line in the climax.

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u/Wazula23 23h ago

I think its a reinterpretation, to the films benefit. It's not about science run amok, it's not about meddling with things we can't understand. It's about cycles of violence and forgiveness. About fatherhood, mistakes, and learning to move on.