This is terrible.... - Frankenstein (2007) Discussion

Not very good is it?

Another pointless remake.

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it's a shame, but i gotta agree. I only joined an hour before the end, but what the hell?!

Didn't see that guy getting shot at the end

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[–] Thats_Racist 17 years ago

The ending was unintentionally hilarious, the whole beach thing...

Listening for your love, I don't hear a sound...

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[–] factualfiction 17 years ago

What can I say...was pretty naff wasn't it.
What made them think that another version was neccessary?

Funny- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187512/board/flat/20545598?d=20545598#20545598

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[–] FeelGoodHit-OfTheSummer 17 years ago

First hour was OK, but I lost interest after that. What the hell was the ending about? Talk about an anti-climax.

Little gingers death was a tad disturbing if you ask me though

"Flatly My Dear, I Don't Riverdance"

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[–] badgerking10 17 years ago

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Well, I didn't turn it off... Some good ideas... Liked the super-volcano / climate-change thing. But, they didn't stick to it very consistently... In one scene, they're all outside during the day in winter coats. But, a minute or two later, we see her merrily going out to the shed at night in short sleeves... Some excellent actors, but mediocre writing... The "monster" was decent enough, I thought. [Though, as with the Dalek / human hybrid in "Doctor Who", Radio Times had photos and did away with any element of surprise.] But, generally, fairly predictable and inconsequential and didn't really bring anything particularly original or new to the story... I have to say, I think BBC1's "Jekyll" - an enjoyably cheesy romp - explored many of the same themes more intelligently and definitely more entertainingly... The little girl having her neck snapped was very disturbing. [I bet there's going to be plenty of complaints about that..!] A drama needs to be significantly better than this was to earn the right to show something that disturbing.

I just got done taming a wild honeymoon stallion for you guys.

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[–] pdmarsay 17 years ago

Spoilers. Yes it was very disappointing... sad really. Could've been so much more interesting, what a wasted opportunity. It had a couple of pretty decent moments though, such as the first time that Dr. Frankenstein had to be 'rescued' from the monster after trying to play with it...

.Peter.D.Marsay.

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[–] DJ-Chojin 17 years ago

na it was good i enjoyed it the ending was understandable. being modern day and lab orientated it was either gona die or be locked away never to leave. yeah the beach bit was a bit cheesy but they/the writers needed a scape goat for the murders to tie up the lose end. if they had it escape to live happy in the highlands or brecon becons then i whould complain.
that bit with the kid had to be in it because in the 1931 he killed a kid and in the book he killed a kid victors brother in book and some peasents kid in the movie after runing out of petals to throw in the lake he threw her in insted.
it was much better than other versions that have come out over the last 10 yrs.
but we do need a faithfull to the book version that mary shellys frankenstein faild to deliver even tho it was brill.and we need a faithfull remake of 1931 movie.

JOHN LYDON FOR YOUNG CAPTAIN KIRK
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[–] SickGirl2 17 years ago

Yup, the ending had me laughing out loud. I *love* James Purefoy - what on earth possessed him to do drivel like this?

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[–] j-cusick 17 years ago

i tried to watch it. but it was so badly done

It was boring, bad science, silly story and terrible acting and poor effects imho

something i have come to expect from most tv dramas

and as others have said the ending was laughable.

I didnt find the scenes of the girls neck being broken disturbing only laughable at the cornyness of it trying so hard to be shocking

And on many documentarys these days show real natural life without human intervention can create some terrible deformities in humans more scary than the monsters design yet they still have a decent soul

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[–] gary-byrne1 17 years ago

I was trying to find a place where I could air my disappointment of this drama from ITV.

Comparing it to Jekyll, I was expecting it to be as good if not better, considering the current issues of stem cells and cloning etc. But it failed to impress me. It felt rushed, no depth to the characters, the editing.

I think this presentation would have been better shown over 2 maybe 3 episodes, so we as an audience can get to grips, with characters and the story, 90 mins was way too short to give this a chance

Phew.. glad I got that off my chest.. can sleep easy now..

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[–] LaymoniteGB84 17 years ago

It was pretty bad, but there were some good elements. The angle of stem cell research was a pretty good approach to it, making it modern and relevant. The design of the creature was good, though some dodgy CGI for his facial movements. And I actually liked the scene on the beach, specifically for the way the creature looked and appeared child like in his excitement to be by the sea. And when those assassin blokes turned up I liked the look of bewilderment on his face and that he was in the background. Nice that Henry tried to protect him, too.

I also liked when you saw the creature rip that doctor's head and spine out, too.

But overall I wasn't impressed. It just wasn't very interesting or exciting. Especially once they caught the creature and had him locked to that chair. It felt like an attempt to cash in on BBC's Jekyll, but fitting it into a one hour episode. Whereas Jekyll could have doen with being an episode or two shorter, this could have done with being expanded into a mini series.

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[–] warren-1976 17 years ago

Just saw this last night as well... have to say, it was pretty dire. Felt very much like those recent remakes the BBC did of A for Andromeda and Quatermass. They just lacked any drive or flow, and lacked any characterisation to make you actually give a **** what happens.

And the hour and a half running time (Even with adverts) is more than enough if something is written and edited well enough. There really isn't any excuse for this kind of poor effort. Especially after we've had character driven but still exciting and fun stuff like Jekyll (Even if it did unfortunately fall down a bit in the last episode).

Time enough for the earth in the grave!

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[–] DJ-Chojin 17 years ago

(( It just wasn't very interesting or exciting. Especially once they caught the creature and had him locked to that chair. It felt like an attempt to cash in on BBC's Jekyll))
the idea of him chained to the chair comes from the 1930s frankinstein. when he got caught by the mob they put him in a cell and chained him to a frankinstein sized chair.
it was a reworking of shellys frankinstein and a hommage to the 1930s movies.
if you look theres lots of refrences to the 30s movie like the nuts in his neck, the chair,the bit with the lighter (fear of fire),dr protorius the girl getting killed (windmill)as refrence to the windmill at the end of the 1930s movie where the monster went out in a blaze of glory.
i realy did like it :)

JOHN LYDON FOR YOUNG CAPTAIN KIRK
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[–] LaymoniteGB84 17 years ago

"the idea of him chained to the chair comes from the 1930s frankinstein. when he got caught by the mob they put him in a cell and chained him to a frankinstein sized chair."

You mean the 1930s one with Boris Karloff? I don't remember that bit. Was it in Bride of Frankenstein? I've not seen that. Anyway, that was just the feeling I got while watching it. If it wasn't intended as a rip off, then fair enough.

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[–] GayMessiah 17 years ago

I just got around to watching this yesterday afternoon (recorded it on SKY+) and I couldn't disagree more with the negative comments, I thought for a TV production it was surprisingly good. Plus, it actually freaked me out - I thought the monster was creepy and the whole notion of it being a part of her son slightly disturbing. Plus, as someone else has mentioned, you knew what was going to happen to the little red-haired girl but it was shockingly brutal for TV.

What impressed me the most though was some of the shot compositions, e.g. towards the end, there's a shot of a helicopter light and it looks like an embryo and that final shot of Frankenstein with the circular shape behind her head, which could be read on some religious level or as a literal level - the monster's head was oval shaped and she/it are part of each other.

Also, I had no issue with the beach scene - it made sense the monster playing with the sand/pebbles (I forget which it was!), because it has part of her young son's DNA in it's genetic make-up and therefore had a childlike mentality.

The R2 DVD is out 29th October in a Director's Cut (and the ITV1 version is included aswell). I don't buy that many TV one-off productions but I think I might make an excpetion with this one.

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