Early Access: Movie Catch-up - Frankenstein (2025)
Added 2025-11-16 17:17:06 +0000 UTC
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I liked it but had the same reservations about some of the writing. Del Toro is very hit or miss for me Also technically the bride is in the original novel but she never comes to life. The creature asks Frankenstein to make him a mate and just when he finishes putting the body together, Frankenstein destroys it because he doesn’t want the two to make monster babies.
Emily Stephan
2026-01-12 21:42:11 +0000 UTCI remember hearing about the “Netflix-approved cameras” for the first time when Spike Lee made Da 5 Bloods with them. It was only because of his clout and his insistence did they finally relent and let him shoot on film. But that one had a much lower budget, so they probably a little more strict here.
The Film Smith
2025-11-18 20:29:20 +0000 UTCI think Christoph Waltz starred in a decently big German mini-series/tv thing in the early 80s, like about a double agent spy rouge in ww2 era? I l looked him up before, because I have a British mini-series on DVD from the 80s starring him and Sir Ian Richardson in the main roles called "The Gravy Train" that's like a spoof or commentary of yuppie-era politics in Britain opposed to continental Europe? It's wild to see him really young there speaking English, and then he just shows up in Inglorious Basterds decades later.
Thomas Bishop
2025-11-18 09:52:14 +0000 UTCOmg, something thats been common in films is where the protagonists have to always rely on the system or luck or law enforcement to save the day, instead of intervening themselves. A perfect example is that movie "Free Guy" with Ryan Reynolds: Towards the end of the movie, the "villain" is trying to wipe out the whole video game build as well as cover up proof of the protagonists coding and copyright to it, and the protagonists friend is just following the villain around obediently and trying to reason with him, instead of just punching him in the face. So the day is saved pretty much just by luck, and also just having faith that something else will intervene. And I cannot stand that trope, and its exceptionally prevalent in stories that deal with corruption, crooked cops, and crooked capitalism. Almost as if Hollywood is carefully writing around it to brainwash us into being obedient and following all the rules and not intervening and trusting that some incorruptible element of our system will always be there to step in even at the last second. Bad cops? Don't worry, cuz good cops! Bad capitalists? Don't fret, cuz GOOD capitalists! Your boss is exploiting you and your coworkers? DONT UNIONIZE, its not necessary, cuz...uhh...magic and karma will solve everything!
Louie Caponecchia
2025-11-18 07:04:48 +0000 UTCIm going to post this again in the hopes the boys see it. The perfect movie to do for a future episode has gotta be "Short Cuts" from Robert Altman. Short Cuts is the film Magnolia tried and failed to copy, and although Short Cuts is in the criterion collection, for some reason it did not get a bunch of new releases and its not anywhere to stream, so the film seems to have gotten forgotten over the decades. Luckily you can watch it free on YouTube or InternetArchive. https://youtu.be/44-89oEvg4g?si=8S5IGBXg43ripcZx I cannot stress enough how this is a must see film, right up there with Goodgellas or Godfather! Altman won best director for it, and because it's been largely forgotten, I think it falls perfectly into the type of film for Almost Cult Classics
Louie Caponecchia
2025-11-18 06:47:16 +0000 UTCWeirdly enough Christoph Waltz was also in a Dracula movie this year, directed by Luc Besson
Kyle Reitenauer
2025-11-16 23:41:05 +0000 UTCI believe it's on Hulu btw Joe, at least it was. Still might be.
John-Paul
2025-11-16 20:50:35 +0000 UTCThere's the Steven Knight version of "A Christmas Carol" with Guy Pearce which is very edgelord-y from the first scene onwards but at least he was trying something a little different.
John-Paul
2025-11-16 20:40:08 +0000 UTCI genuinely don’t think we can have actual villains in film anymore and it’s even worse with kids stuff where every issue has to be talked through and we have to sympathize with everyone. It’s such a dishonest view of the world because not everyone is sympathetic, some people are just irredeemable.
Luke Gordnier
2025-11-16 19:39:40 +0000 UTC
