Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

I absolutely loved this book! Great to read.

I watched this movie in a sci-fi and horror class at my college. At first I dreaded that we had to watch this movie. I’ve read the book and watched the original film, but for some reason I could never get invested into the monster. This movie changed all of that. The way that the monster was humanized in this movie made me feel a connection and compassion for the creature that I never felt before. In this movie he became so much more than a mindless being of stitched flesh. The monster was a wandering bastard. He was hated, unwanted, and struggling with his identity. The monster was longing for the simplest of human needs, the need to be loved. The film brought that to life for me and I highly recommend giving it a chance.

Ambitious but fails monsterously.

Me and the gals get together with a nice glass of vino. This film is really great, and Robert was just sensational as superman.

This movie is about as good a film interpretation of such a complex classic novel as any movie can be. Considering that this version captures the mood, develops the characters, and explores the themes of this fascinating novel to an extent we have never seen from Hollywood, I think that this movie accomplishes the task of doing this book justice quite well. I have noticed that the reviews given by Rotten Tomatoes for legitimately good movies are misguided and misinformed to be polite. I have to conclude that the people writing reviews for this site are dolts of the highest order. Anyone who criticizes this film as being "boring" is clearly too stupid to appreciate the novel and therefore its excellent movie adaptation. Because Branagh had the artistic integrity to do a novel like this justice, and you are too stupid to see this, you have apparently demonstrated that your integrity as a movie reviewer is nonexistent and you therefore have no business reviewing movies at all. I detest ignorant, misinformed critics, and wish there was a system of integrity in place in which credible authorities on these matters could vote to have their comments removed from public forums such as this one. Anyone who agrees with me reply to this post with an impassioned "Hear Hear!". The people that disagree with me I'm sure will continue to vomit their uncouth comments all over the internet, so do me a favor and keep your worthless version of an opinion to yourself. I, for one, thank Mr.Branagh for making this treasure for those of us who actually read good books. (or read at all for that matter).

In the traditional Branagh styling, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is over the top. Which is not necessarily bad. The costumes are lovely, the special effects are remarkable, and the acting is generally quite good considering some of the ridiculous lines that were to be said. Robert De Niro was a very interesting choice for Frankenstein... he did very good but always felt a little out of place. Kenneth Branagh was successful as Frankenstein and, as always, manages to find the time to take his shirt off. Elizabeth was much more prominent and independent than in the novel. In the hands of a lesser actress the role of Elizabeth would seem gratuitous and unnecessary, but Helena Bonham Carter made her worth watching and more importantly worth caring for. Even with the all star cast, this movie can't overcome its cheesy script and plot. Nonetheless, check it out. There are some heart dropping sequences and real flames.... and a tree gets struck by lighting and it looks very cool. Avoid the birth scene.

Takes too long to get to the action

Goooood

funniest thing i think iv ever seen

The role that Robert De Niro will regret until his dying day....