Anarcho Doggo on Nostr: Been catching up on recent movies worth watching. Holy shit, I thought Guillermo del ...

Been catching up on recent movies worth watching. Holy shit, I thought Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein was very good.

Was definitely not terribly enthusiastic about the virtuous forgiveness arc but he's very Catholic and one can only stray so far from the text (need to re-read it cause it's been far too long and I don't recall if that was a key component of the book).

To me the strongest takeaways were around the hubris of trying to control life, deny autonomy, and inflict unconscionable pain - justifying it all with dehumanization (want a better word here because there are some beautiful scenes where Creature exists in such harmony with many living beings also reviled by man). Also appreciate how much Elizabeth sees through Victor from the jump.

Fuck me, overall thought this was a beautiful film and so worth a watch. A lot of rich layers and visually stunning throughout.