Frenkenstein movie review

 Frenkenstein

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

― Mary Shelley

English writer Mary Shelley is best known for her horror novel "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus." She was married to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Who Was Mary Shelley?

Writer Mary Shelley published her most famous novel, Frankenstein, in 1818. She wrote several other books, including Valperga (1823), The Last Man (1826), the autobiographical Lodore (1835) and the posthumously published Mathilde. 

Writing 'Frankenstein' and Other Works

Mary and Percy traveled about Europe for a time. They struggled financially and faced the loss of their first child in 1815. Mary delivered a baby girl who only lived for a few days. The following summer, the Shelleys were in Switzerland with Jane Clairmont, Lord Byron and John Polidori. The group entertained themselves one rainy day by reading a book of ghost stories. Lord Byron suggested that they all should try their hand at writing their own horror story. It was at this time that Mary Shelley began work on what would become her most famous novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.

Later Years

Made a widow at age 24, Shelley worked hard to support herself and her son. She wrote several more novels, including Valperga and the science fiction tale The Last Man (1826). She also devoted herself to promoting her husband's poetry and preserving his place in literary history. For several years, Shelley faced some opposition from her late husband's father who had always disapproved his son's bohemian lifestyle.

Legacy

It was roughly a century after her passing that one of her novels, Mathilde, was finally released in the 1950s. Her lasting legacy, however, remains the classic tale of Frankenstein. This struggle between a monster and its creator has been an enduring part of popular culture. In 1994, Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in a film adaptation of Shelley's novel. The film also starred Robert De Niro, Tom Hulce and Helena Bonham Carter. Her work has also inspired some spoofs, such as Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder. Shelley's monster lives on in such modern thrillers as I, Frankenstein (2013) as well.

Why books over movie?

Most of the time books are better than movies. Books can let you imagine the setting or events happening in the story. They are also more detailed than movies because movies sometimes leave out some important details.

In some movies, they switch up the characters because in the book they are different and totally the opposite.

           Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, and Aidan Quinn. The film was produced on a budget of $45 million and is considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel.The film received mixed reviews from critics and was not as successful as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, grossing $112 million worldwide.

Directed by  Kenneth Branagh

Screenplay by Steph Lady

                           Frank Darabont

Based on           Frankenstein

                           by Mary Shelley

Produced by    Francis Ford Coppola

                           James V. Hart

                           John Veitch

Starring            Robert De Niro

                           Kenneth Branagh

                           Tom Hulce

                           Helena Bonham Carter

                           Aidan Quinn

                           Ian Holm

                           John Cleese

Cinematography Roger Pratt

Edited by  Andrew Marcus

• Robert di nero 
• as the creature, the product of an experiment with corpses and electricity. Initially kind and innocent, the Creation gradually becomes violent and murderous when it realizes that it will never be accepted as human.
  • De Niro also portrays Professor Waldman's killer, whose body was used for the creature.
• Kenneth Branagh 
• as Victor Frankenstein a scientist obsessed with conquering death, which ultimately destroys his family and himself.Rory Jennings as young Victor Frankenstein.
• Tom Hulce 
• as Henry Clerval, Dr. Frankenstein's best friend from medical school, and later, his trusted partner when he inherits his father's practice.
• Helena Bonham Carter 
• as Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein, Frankenstein's fiancée and adoptive sister. She is resurrected following her murder at the hands of the Creation, but ends killing herself out of self-loathing.
  • Hannah Taylor Gordon as young Elizabeth Lavenza.
• Ian Holm 
• as Baron Alphonse Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein's elderly father, and one of the Creation's victims.
• John Cleese 
• as Professor Waldman, Frankenstein's tutor and colleague who shares his interest in creating life, but fears the consequences of doing so. His brain is later used for the creature following his death.
• Aidan Quinn
•  as Captain Robert Walton, the commander of the ship which picks up Frankenstein in the Arctic Circle.
• Richard Briers
•  as Grandfather, an elderly blind man who is kind to the Creation.
• Robert Hardy
•  as Professor Krempe, a university tutor of medical sciences who condemns Frankenstein's theories of life beyond death.
• Trevyn McDowell 
• as Justine Moritz.