| Re: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Branagh did try to make a version closer to the story...but he also ended making IMO a very stodgy and dull film on the whole.
In Hammer's Revenge of Frankenstein, the 'Creature' is basically a scientist's brain transplanted into another body (not the trademark jumble of glued-up appendages) and, as portrayed by Freddie Jones, comes across as a tragic eloquent figure who hates Frankenstein for having alienated him from his wife who does not recognize him anymore and is repelled by his obviously mutilated visage. It's by far the most brilliant and touching interpretation of the creature I've seen. |