#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.