| Re: Close to the book?....
Although in many ways different from the book, I felt that James Whale's version of Frankenstein captured the spirit of Shelley's masterpiece. It successfully brought to light the fact that this is not a horror story but a tale of somebody feared and hated because they are different.
On the other hand Branagh's adaptation of Frankenstein was much closer to the novel but failed miserably - a good example why we cannot assume that a fine piece of literature can necessarily be transferred into a cinematic environment and automatically be successful. |