Feelings about Frankenstein

 Let me tell you how much I loved FRANKENSTEIN. (Also: Scott loved it even more than I did and kept exclaiming and occasionally whimpering throughout because that boy has the book memorized so he had to just say some lines with the characters and stuff.)

This movie is quintessential del Toro and is beautiful on so many levels. It's frequently difficult to watch because Victor Frankenstein is a horrible fucking human being EVEN IN HIS OWN TELLING and that can 100% be triggering at parts. (But you also get to see Oscar Isaac briefly nekki so there is that.)

Called Adam (as he probably should be, although Mary didn't name him that), the Monster is a Disney princess who makes friends with mice and deer. From one of the trailers I was worried he and Elizabeth were gonna fuck, and honestly I kinda wish they had, it would have been good for both of them.

The real big change is in the ending, where GDT gives us the Xillennial dream of the abusive parent apologizing, which 1) was actually satisfying af and B) Guillermo were you hurt because this explains some stuff if so.

There's also a epigraph at the end that is by Byron, which the more I thought about it the more I like it. 1) Byron supported Mary more than Percy did tbh and 2) Byron also being abused af really lends some thematic something here.

Anyway, so many feels, 10/10, no notes.