THE FRANKENSTEIN
Major Actors
- James Whale
- Robert Florey
- John Russel
- Garret Fort
- Edward Faragoh
Director
- James Whale
Director of photography
- John L. Balderstone
- Producer
- Carl Laemmle
Screen Writer
- Edward Faragoh
Introduction
The Frankenstein film, which is directed by James Whale, is a horror movie, which is based on the Mary Shelley novel, which was released in 1818 ‘The Frankenstein’ with the Script written by Edward Faragoh. The cast of the film includes several characters, including; John Boles, John Russel, and Edward Van sorn. The film revolves around a scientist who is obsessed with dead bodies. He assembles body parts to try to create a living thing out of the body parts Coline Olive stars in the movie, and he is the character, Frankenstein.
Literature Review
The film Frankenstein is evolving around the subject ‘Monster.’ Kenneth Branagh’s in this film tells us every tale relating to the novel that was produced by Mary Shelley understands what is needed to present a perfect movie to the audience. Though the beginning of the film does not represent the actual expectations of the audience.
As the movie starts, there is a massive expectation as we move from one scene to another Robert Niro in this film appears to be misguided or lacked progression. When finally we come to encounter the creature in the film will lose a taste of the mysteries it had created. The soundtracks and the background movie don’t last for long; it only lasts for one minute. Through repetition of the same soundtrack acts as a bother when watching the film. The choice of the song is okay and presents the actual characteristics of the film.
The audience are exposed to a monster, which in other horror movies should elicit emotional responses to the audience, which they should never have to worry about. The characters are supposed to make the audience to replicate the emotions in the movie and create the desires that present an occasion to confront the realities that are presented. The personification of Frankenstein in this film is lacking in showing these emotions. The film does not trigger certain emotions that would rather be explained.
The chills which are presented by the quite nights and lightning storm depicted in the scenes tend to bring the movie towards a high fever is thoughtful for the creators, but this is immediately followed by quitter and imaginative scenes that destroy the center of the film.
The monster escapes from where it has been tamed and wonders throughout the farms and creeps through a young family in the middle of the night. The night I cold and chilly. The creature is invited in by an older man who provides shelter from the cold night. The family though they realize that something could not be right outside as the big are rattling outside. From here, the audience is caught between questions as to whether Frankenstein created a human being or a monster. These surrounding scenes are not satisfactory. The director who is known for shooting high octane films with a lot of hyperboles here in this film he goes overboard.
Throughout the movies, we were taken through some epilogue and prologue, which are unwarranted and uncalled for. We are not taken to understand the contest of the most important scenes. The movie doesn’t make any point as the creature and Franke stein are caught wondering in the dark far from home presenting unusual scenario in the movie if the lesson from this movie was to show us how disastrous it is to indulge someone own will then it has proven a point to the audiences. The Frankenstein movie creates a lot f mysterious scenes from a movie which the audience can clearly see that is responsible for the attacks that we are observing in the movie. When we look and observe the plot in this movie, we see very little differences. It is like the whole scenes were created identical with very little new blind scenes available.
The sequences that follow for the creature to be brought to life is exceptional though blunt. It depicts a child who has been trapped in the body of a grown up, not knowing what is going around him and doesn’t have the same understanding as man. This follows overproduction as the real feelings for the movie get lost.
Conclusion
The obsession with some characters is misguided, when the monster confronts its maker we don’t feel the level of sadness that it supposed to bring by this time the lyricism has faded providing very little remorse. The movie seems to have a general target audience, but seems appealing to men more than women. There is supposed to be a level of departure from remorse especially during the confrontation where the creature asks why he was abandoned. The film was okay but never meet the expectations I had. I would love to give it a higher rating but will leave it just like that.
References
Hurlbut, William, John L. Balderston, and Mary Shelley. The Bride of Frankestein. Universal Studios [éd., 1935.
Senn, Bryan. Golden horrors: an illustrated critical filmography of terror cinema, 1931-1939. McFarland, 2015.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Lloyd Balderston, and Peggy Webling. Frankenstein (1931). 1931.