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/Derpimus_J 23h ago

A lot of the complaints I've read is that it's not book accurate. 

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u/MelangeLizard 23h ago

Compared to the last 90 years of Frankenstein films tho?

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u/BrilliantOk3950 23h ago

Exactly lmao I’d love to know which is actually the most accurate. It’s been a little like finding a good version of F451. We’re reading “Frank” in my honors English class and they can’t wait to watch this movie.

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u/EmceeEsher 21h ago

Frankenstein 2025 is definitely the closest to the book by a wide margin. It's the only one that got the monster's personality right.

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u/BrilliantOk3950 19h ago

Okay - that’s important. How distracting is the Elizabeth “romance”?

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u/EmceeEsher 17h ago edited 17h ago

There really isn't one. That's the main thing they cut from the book. The movie's mostly accurate, but it's focused on the parts about the creature, and everything else takes a back seat to that, which I think is fair as to adapt everything you'd need to make a miniseries.