#87- Frankenstein

So. 1931 Frankenstein. Well....

Weeeelllllllll..... it wasn't bad!

It was a little dark. A little boring. A little overdone. A little underdone.

The monster made me think of Boo Radly- a sweet, simple, wretched, lonely creature. HE JUST WANTED TO BE LOVED YOU GUYS. But his creator was all, "No! Even though I brought you into this world, and am therefore responsable for you, I'm gunna let my dumb assistant torture you, then let you escape and run wild while I go act like it never happened and get married." WHAT THE.

So that brings me to my next beef- NO ONE TREATED DR.FRANKENSTEIN WITH THE RESPECT HE DESERVED. Sure, what he did was incredibly immoral. But, regardless of that, what he did was AWESOME. He freaking created life from death! But, instead of people recognizing how awesome/what a genius he was, they were all, "You're not well! You're mad! You just need to calm down, behave, and get married. Silly Frankenstein. Science is for normal people." HE PUT LIFE INTO A DEAD BODY YOU GUYS.

I feel like He is one of the few roles we see on film who is treated poorly by a woman. His fiance is depicted as a beautiful, gentle creature, who just wants Frankenstein to settle down. But don't be fooled! She's a conniving little cat who wants Frankenstein to be her doormat, rather than the hero of science he is becoming. Her accomplice in neutering frankenstein- his father. These two people who claim to love Frankenstein really just can't accept his greatness and potential, and therefore, couldn't love him properly.

So ya.

Also- THE ENDING WAS WEIRD. I think they were trying to fool me into thinking things turned out ok. THEY.DID.NOT.

#88- Easy Rider

WHAT.THE.WHAT.

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Ya. I have nothing to say.

#89- Patton

I LOVED THIS MOVIE.

Patton was the very first war film I have ever seen, and is now one of my favorite movies ever. I was apprehensive to even sit down and start it, having never before seen a war film. I was sure it would hold none of what I want to see in a movie; and that ended up to be true, in a basic sense. It held no musical numbers, romance, "fast-action", or fiery female leads. But, in a larger sense, it held all I could possibly want in a movie. Deep (or not so deep) within the folds of Patton you can find courage, conflicts of morality, what it means to be "good", destiny, and many other things of a similar strain. This movie (and all of the "AFI's top 100") taught me that things outside of what you know can reach you in deeper ways than you might expect or want. It is not good to only learn truth from the things that are familiar to you. That leaves no room for growth.

Also- the camera shots/writing/acting/blahblahblah was INCREDIBLE. But that is true to every movie on this list. So I probably don't have to keep saying that.

(Except for Yankee Doodle Dandy.... that movie was dumb.)