baal666
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<big><big>I, Frankenstein</big></big>
Before the movie :
When i first heard about this movie i thought "ok, it's Van Helsing meets Frankenstein meets Underworld" so nothing to be really excited about. Today i wanted to see a movie that was no brainer and i found it in I, Frankenstein.
Movie Plot :
In 1795, Victor Frankenstein creates his monster but then tried to kill it, the creature survived and kills Frankenstein's wife, the doctor chases it all the way to the Arctic butdies because of the cold weather.
The monster buries the Dr and is attacked by demons while doing it, two Gargoyles come to rescue him and brings the creature to their queen. She tells him that a war between Gargoyles created by the archangel Michael and the demons is taking place and asks the monster to join her army but he refuses and leaves.
For two centuries he tryed to go away, hoping to be left alone by both parties but keeps being chase by demons, he decided to live back within the human population and during an attack a policeman is killed.
Gargoyles want to punish him for the death of a human and demons keep trying to capture him or the notebook written by Victor Frankenstein.
The monster will have to chose his side between the Gargoyles and the Demons, his hope that the scientist Terra Wade could help him having a partner will force him to fight.
My impressions :
+ The movie is only 92 minutes long. It knows what it is and doesn't try to be an epic 3 hours movie while it's a simple entertainment.
+ The gothic look of the city.
- You can't make a simpler story, Good vs Evil with a protagonist who has to chose his side
- Bill Nighy and Kevin Grevioux enhance the feeling that you're watching an Underworld copy
- The demons face made me think i was watching an old episode of Buffy the vampire slayer. I think with a budhet of 68 million $ they could have done better.
To conclude, even if I liked to see Eckhart, Strahovski and Courtney in something else than respectively : The Dark Knight, Dexter and Spartacus (let's forget about Die Hard), I Frankenstein lacks of imagination. Visually it's enjoyable but the story is flat, is a bit dull.
Without being awful, the movie doesn't deserve to be seen in cinema and has nothing special. At least the movie is without pretensions and knows it's just an entertainment without trying to be epic.
<big><big>4/10</big></big>
Before the movie :
When i first heard about this movie i thought "ok, it's Van Helsing meets Frankenstein meets Underworld" so nothing to be really excited about. Today i wanted to see a movie that was no brainer and i found it in I, Frankenstein.
Movie Plot :
In 1795, Victor Frankenstein creates his monster but then tried to kill it, the creature survived and kills Frankenstein's wife, the doctor chases it all the way to the Arctic butdies because of the cold weather.
The monster buries the Dr and is attacked by demons while doing it, two Gargoyles come to rescue him and brings the creature to their queen. She tells him that a war between Gargoyles created by the archangel Michael and the demons is taking place and asks the monster to join her army but he refuses and leaves.
For two centuries he tryed to go away, hoping to be left alone by both parties but keeps being chase by demons, he decided to live back within the human population and during an attack a policeman is killed.
Gargoyles want to punish him for the death of a human and demons keep trying to capture him or the notebook written by Victor Frankenstein.
The monster will have to chose his side between the Gargoyles and the Demons, his hope that the scientist Terra Wade could help him having a partner will force him to fight.
My impressions :
+ The movie is only 92 minutes long. It knows what it is and doesn't try to be an epic 3 hours movie while it's a simple entertainment.
+ The gothic look of the city.
- You can't make a simpler story, Good vs Evil with a protagonist who has to chose his side
- Bill Nighy and Kevin Grevioux enhance the feeling that you're watching an Underworld copy
- The demons face made me think i was watching an old episode of Buffy the vampire slayer. I think with a budhet of 68 million $ they could have done better.
To conclude, even if I liked to see Eckhart, Strahovski and Courtney in something else than respectively : The Dark Knight, Dexter and Spartacus (let's forget about Die Hard), I Frankenstein lacks of imagination. Visually it's enjoyable but the story is flat, is a bit dull.
Without being awful, the movie doesn't deserve to be seen in cinema and has nothing special. At least the movie is without pretensions and knows it's just an entertainment without trying to be epic.
<big><big>4/10</big></big>
. I'll try to go watch it and write the review on the release day (Wednesday)