This past week, I watched two Frankenstein movies that my ex-roommate Jessica gave me last Christmas.
Both movies were entertaining and were different takes on the characters. I had never seen these movies before. Until now.
The first one I watched was Victor Frankenstein (2015).
Here's the Rotten Tomatoes summary:
While searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman (Daniel Radcliffe). Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance to work with him on groundbreaking research that could change the world forever. When Victor's experiments with life and death go too far, only Igor can bring him back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
The second movie I watched was I, Frankenstein (2014).
Here's the Rotten Tomatoes summary:
Two centuries after Dr. Frankenstein assembles and reanimates his creature, Adam (Aaron Eckhart) is still living. He becomes embroiled in a war between two immortal races: gargoyles, the traditional protectors of mankind, and evil demons. Since Adam is neither human nor demon, gargoyle Queen Leonore (Miranda Otto) and demon Prince Naberius (Bill Nighy) each want him for their own purposes. It is up to Adam to discover his inner humanity and the reason for his continued existence.
Of the two, I enjoyed I, Frankenstein more, but both are worth a viewing.
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Two things I have recently come to wonder about the Frankenstein story:
1. Why is it logical to think that a bolt of lightning will bring someone back to life when it's known that a bolt of lightning actually kills living things?
and more significantly,
2. Why would Dr. F go to all the bother of collecting parts from different bodies and then through the difficulties of sewing together (reconnecting) all the nerves, muscles and blood vessels? Why didn't he just use one body for his experiments, like someone that had been hanged (or smothered), so that there would have been "no damage" to the body in the first place?
Obviously, Mary Shelley wasn't well versed in the medical field.
A couple of things that made me wonder over the years:
Why would a brain in formaldehyde or some other chemical (in the Karloff original) be useful to Frankenstein instead of the brain from the hanged man, even though the neck was broken?
Why would Frankenstein use a brain marked "abnormal", unless Fritz took the label off?
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