Well, we are all more than familiar with the Mary Shelley tale of Frankenstein's Monster, so why would we need another movie depicting that particular tale? Well, the 2015 "Victor Frankenstein" movie is focused on the young medical student that is Victor Frankenstein and his assistant Igor, more than it is on the actual monster. So that makes this movie stand apart from so many other previous movies based on the same story.
While everything in the movie was really nice to look at, and they had crammed so many interesting details into the many frames, then there was just something missing from the movie to make it outstanding. Mind you, that I am not saying that "Victor Frankenstein" is a bad or boring movie, not at all. It could just have been somewhat better in a sense.
I really enjoyed watching James McAvoy in the role of Victor Frankenstein, and he really carried the movie quite nicely. Personally I don't really care much for Daniel Radcliffe or his acting talent, so him cast as Igor didn't really go well with me. But to be fair, then he did an adequate job actually. And it was a great treat to have iconic actor Charles Dance make a brief appearance as Victor Frankenstein's father.
The approach of the Igor character was an interesting one, especially since he wasn't portrayed as a shambling, hunchback of low intelligence as many other movies have done. How they opted to go with the character was really a nice change of pace, and personally I enjoyed that quite a lot.
The effects in "Victor Frankenstein" were quite good, and they helped the movie along quite nicely. The creature designs were rather impressive, both on the chimpanzee and on the actual 'monster' itself. Actually, I preferred the chimpanzee design over the 'monster', because it was just so much more unique and monstrous to look at.
This is definitely a different take and approach on the classic Frankenstein tale, and one that was more than welcome after having been served the same tale in almost the same way again and again over the many years.
If you enjoy the classic Mary Shelley tale, then you should do yourself a favor and sit down to watch "Victor Frankenstein". It is a rather entertaining story, and it is presented in a very nice and visual manner.
While everything in the movie was really nice to look at, and they had crammed so many interesting details into the many frames, then there was just something missing from the movie to make it outstanding. Mind you, that I am not saying that "Victor Frankenstein" is a bad or boring movie, not at all. It could just have been somewhat better in a sense.
I really enjoyed watching James McAvoy in the role of Victor Frankenstein, and he really carried the movie quite nicely. Personally I don't really care much for Daniel Radcliffe or his acting talent, so him cast as Igor didn't really go well with me. But to be fair, then he did an adequate job actually. And it was a great treat to have iconic actor Charles Dance make a brief appearance as Victor Frankenstein's father.
The approach of the Igor character was an interesting one, especially since he wasn't portrayed as a shambling, hunchback of low intelligence as many other movies have done. How they opted to go with the character was really a nice change of pace, and personally I enjoyed that quite a lot.
The effects in "Victor Frankenstein" were quite good, and they helped the movie along quite nicely. The creature designs were rather impressive, both on the chimpanzee and on the actual 'monster' itself. Actually, I preferred the chimpanzee design over the 'monster', because it was just so much more unique and monstrous to look at.
This is definitely a different take and approach on the classic Frankenstein tale, and one that was more than welcome after having been served the same tale in almost the same way again and again over the many years.
If you enjoy the classic Mary Shelley tale, then you should do yourself a favor and sit down to watch "Victor Frankenstein". It is a rather entertaining story, and it is presented in a very nice and visual manner.