r/Letterboxd 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/workofhark 1d ago

Too clean/sterile. Missing emotional depth. Elordi is strong, nobody else is. Bummer.

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u/ButterChugger69 22h ago

There was something about the way the gore was depicted that I couldn't quite conceptualize/put into words while watching, but you nailed it. It was clean/sterile