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The plot.... (MAJOR SPOILERS!!)

posted 12 years ago by falcon2484
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#1: If I were about to be wrongly convicted and executed, protecting someone's virtue would likely be the last thing on my mind. My attitude would be, "I'll make it up to her later, but right now I'd kinda like to not die." Shame and humiliation are terrible, but not as terrible as losing your squash.

#2: The filmmakers made a mistake in killing off Anton, the ringleader, first. For a truly satisfying sense of justice for Hans (and the audience), the most evil person should also be the most punished. Anton watching Johann and Karl get it first (and knowing he was next) would have accomplished that quite well.

#3: And just how did Hans know that the trio of fops were the real culprits? (I know that a few of you might be getting ready to maybe-this and maybe-that me, but remember: if the movie don't show it, the audience don't know it.) The filmmakers should have given Hans some kind of revelation that they were guilty. You know, Hans looks over at the trio just before his neck is secured in the lunette. Anton is smiling nastily, and the other two are hanging their heads and looking guilty. Cut to Hans's face, perhaps with a CU of his widening eyes, so that we see he understands.

#4: The ending is too abrupt. A Howling (Howling the First, that is) ending would've worked here. Christina throws herself into the raging river. Victor walks away, crestfallen. Fade to black. Next and final scene is subtitled London. Another trio of boisterous and disorderly dandies is raising Cain in a pub, maybe inflicting a little verbal abuse on a not-quite-beautiful barmaid. The camera pans over to a corner booth, and there sits Christina alone, watching the proceedings with a little smile on her face. She and Hans are far from done, it seems. Fin.

If I had the bucks, I'd remake this movie, along with Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things and Psychomania.

The Falcon flies

[–] theFFVIguy120222 11 years ago

I Spit on Your Grave also had a similar flaw with killing off the main villain too soon.

[–] DodgersRule 11 years ago

Falcon, I think you have a good point in all you have said. I did enjoy this movie but a little tightening would have done wonders. Your ending would have been a clever twist too.

[–] ElectricWarlock 8 years ago

Speaking of that, this film kind of reminded me of I Spit on Your Grave which is a good thing. I think this is one of the best of the series.

[–] rayincumbria 9 years ago

Ooohhh .. I like that ending... A good feeling of social justice.. and what an opening for the sequal...

few visible scars

[–] Bullingdon 8 years ago

In terms of the lead character, Barron Frankenstein apparently does not need to conceal his identity anymore despite being a condemned/wanted man and presumed dead in the first and second Hammer Frankenstein films. Everyone knows who he is in Woman and that he has a dark history of "witchcraft" as was stated during Hans' trial. I guess the Barron needed a secret identity was retconned to simplify the narrative.

[–] HorrorMetal (833) 3 years ago

I agree on all points, none of that made any sense whatsoever. I really love that extended ending you came up with too. I do love this movie though.

[–] Wuchak (8108) 3 years ago

#1: Hans knew how difficult life was for Christina being disfigured and partially paralyzed, not to mention she lost her father to murder by the fops while she was away in Ingolstadt. She was already an outcast in the village and knew she couldn't handle ostracization for immorality on top of that plus simultaneously dealing with sudden loss of both her father and Hans. Despite his father's thuggery and execution, Hans was a noble man and died protecting the honor and very life of his one-and-only love, whom I'm sure he regarded as his wife (Christina's father wouldn't allow them to marry because Hans was a reviled outcast himself).

Another thing to consider, Hans was easily railroaded into the murder conviction by a dubious justice system and the loathing citizenry. He no doubt didn't think life was worth living in such a an unjust world of lies.

#2: It's actually more realistic that Hans would coerce Christina (both now within her resurrected body) to execute the ringleader first and foremost. The other two were secondary concerns. In other words, if Christina survived the first execution attempt, Hans would then look to further vengeance regarding the lesser two.

#3: Beyond the fact that 2+2=4, Hans likely had additional evidence that Anton & the other two dandies were responsible. It's very possible that he did see the three smirking while at the guillotine gallows. Bear in mind that movies don't have to show every little detail, but rather just offer enough info for viewers to connect the dots. It's called respecting the viewer's intelligence and keeping the runtime from being unnecessarily bloated.

#4. Frankenstein stories are horror tragedies, not slashers. Look no further than the sad close of Shelley's original story, effectively reimagined in the 1994 film with Branagh & DeNiro.

As for why Baron Frankenstein goes by his real name in this movie, he simply didn't need a secret identity at this particular time in this particular village since it was obviously across the border from Germany wherein he was originally wanted and presumed dead several years earlier. As shown, there were rumors of his questionable history of "witchcraft," but the doctor was free in this specific place & time and too proud to give up his name if he didn't absolutely have to, which he was compelled to do in the other sequels.