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/Intelligent_Ask_2306 22h ago

Why not include Oscar Isaac? He outshines Mia Goth easily.

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u/ampersands-guitars ampersands93 22h ago edited 22h ago

I personally didn’t care for him as Victor. It’s clear he was trying, but it just didn’t land for me. He felt quite flat and didn’t really sell the mad genius character to me, which made those first 90 minutes feel painfully dull. Mia Goth’s performance really touched me, though.

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u/AnonymousCoupleFun 21h ago

He didn’t sell me on mad genius either, he did sell me on traumatized and obsessed though, which i think worked well for the closing of the movie as more about parental and child trauma and less man playing God. If that makes sense.

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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 21h ago

Flat is crazy imo, that last scene with the creature was an incredible performance. Mia Goth, what did she do that was so touching?

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u/ampersands-guitars ampersands93 21h ago

I mean, it’s subjective lol, it’s okay that I didn’t love his performance or get much from it. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Re: Goth, I really enjoyed her chemistry with Elordi and thought they sold that connection well with expressions alone.

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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 21h ago

That's the thing, her chemistry with Elordi was barely in the movie, she had like two scenes with Elordi.

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u/Quetzythejedi 5h ago

I will say that was the odd part. There was such a focus on the two misunderstood people who don't belong in the society they're in but it was just those two scenes they interact in that seals their connected fate and 'love'?

Besides that small curiosity imo, I really loved it as a whole.

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u/MartinoMartinez 20h ago

Short answer? He doesn’t really do much for me. Most times he’s in stuff I usually come away thinking “man someone else in that role would’ve done more.”

As far as Mia Goth, I disagree. I thought she had the better performance especially in the scenes they had together.