Every adaptation I’ve ever seen as a movie watcher has been a brainless groaning zombie type guy. To read the book and find out he’s articulate and actually quite tragic really upsets me. It makes me wonder what other common stories have had their origin misrepresented. I also think reducing Frankenstein to a mad scientist when he’s the picture of self loathing is interesting. I feel like I have been bamboozled by popular culture’s representation.
by Business_Lie_3328
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Floored by Frankensteins monster cock
edit: sorry I’m getting downvoted because I said Frankenstein’s monster cock instead of Frankensteins Monster’s cock
Del Toro’s adaptation is much more faithful to the book & actually has The Monster being intelligent.
You could try the new Frankenstein movie on Netflix. It offers a more book-accurate representation of both Frankenstein and the monster.
Yeah, that Effer just won’t freaking shut up. He goes on and on and on. Like father like son I suppose – both narcissistic monsters. =D
In the documentary I saw, the monster could sing and dance.
There were also large door knockers.
Many (most?) of Frankenstein’s depictions in pop culture are based on the Universal Studios Frankenstein movie from 1931. The book is a whole different beast.
Humans are the real monsters.
But he’s abandoned because he’s ugly.
Learning to read by finding Paradise Lost in a bush makes him a genius in my book
I couldn’t get past picturing him driving a dog sled. That’s a hilarious image to me for some reason.
She wrote it grieving from the loss of a child and a husband who was too busy to care, absentee as her partner. It makes a whole lotta sense as a story written by an abandoned grief stricken mum.
I really hated Frankenstein in the book. “Oh no, I created intelligent and reasonable life, but it’s *ugly*!”
In the Van Helsing movie with High Jackman he’s alright
All of them.
Try Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or the invisible man. Hollywood has been stealing titles and prestige and making their own scrap from the beginning.
Weirdly, the Frankenstein “monster” in Van Helsing is a more faithful depiction than almost any others on film.