@Zoltar - "...before the woke virus massively spread everywhere..." --- Yep. Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha... all get in the way of letting people like you just hate other people for being different than you. The neve, eh? Imagine that. Getting in the way of your seething hatred.
Honestly, trim about 40 minutes from the run time, and this could have been a far better movie. -- Is it an interesting story? Yes. But two hours to tell something that the synopsis covers (completely!) is just way way way too dragged out.
As the wife said: "More shooting and killing than plot." So, if you like videogames that are first-person-shooters and watch replays of the action, then this flick is for you. If you expect a film that tells a story and actually has a reason for being, then not so much. (PS: Beckinsale has gotten the Mar-a-Lago face lift, with lips like a duck and unmoving botox face... too bad.)
@a5150mex - yes and no. First, Democracy and Republics are both representative governments. In today's USA we are in fact a "democratic republic" which means that those that wish to get off their ass and vote to elect their representatives do so. And that means that the ultimate power is held and flows through the people. (and yet, if they are lazy, stupid, or through propaganda have been convinced that their vote does not matter --- then they don't.) Second -- re: "the word democracy does not appear in the constitution", that is because back in the 1700's "democracy" and "republic" were terms that were used interchangeably. What has changed is our concept of universal suffrage that allows all citizens - the poor, the landless, minorities and women - the right to vote. So yes, unlike Brazil, which is a democracy (as all are required by law to vote), we do not force the people to vote. Because if we did require that, then how would the wealthy ever maintain their grip on power?
OK... you see this coming from a mile away. The wife found the beginning so stupid and off-putting, she abandoned watching it. Honestly, it's an OK watch, but to have SO much buzz (pun intended) about this flick does not make sense at all to me. Kinda dumb now... will still be dumb when it goes to basic cable.
Not really bad, but not really good either. Poor sound editing: voices seem dubbed because it's slightly out of sync (and not due to it being a ripp). In short: it's a good movie to put on while you take a nap.
Watched it, enjoyed it. Clearly, as an independent flick, this is not a film for most, as it could easily be dismissed as stupid & sophomoric, but for the real sci-fi geeks out there, this is great. It never takes itself seriously, and nor should you. While there are so many "Groundhog Day"-type focused films (repeating a day or event until it is right), this is DEFINITELY NOT that at all! I would say that it is right there with "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" (2009), or a mix between "the Dark Crystal" and "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"... but with a working-class British accent.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... the creature lives. Whoop dee do. Nothing new here. And, as they kept it as a period piece to the time of Shelley's writing, it's too gothic for my taste. It seemed to focus too much on Victor's failure as a "father" to the creature, which tells you more about Guillermo del Toro (if you know about the story of his youth) than it does of Shelley's story itself. The creature -- only having a one-word vocabulary while with Victor, and the desire expressed in the creature's voice for acceptance -- was too on-the-nose obvious. The ending is likely representative of the parental acceptance del Toro desired but never had. Apparently, a f'ed up childhood last a lifetime.
It's OK, but you won't miss anything if you don't see it. Milla J had very little onscreen time. The Sci-fi story was ok as well, but the bulk of the film is focused on the father and daughter in the wilderness. (THE BAD; The RGB release has a website watermark in the entire film. If you want to watch, you may want to wait for a better copy.)
