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Post by ModdedCentipede on Jan 18, 2021 13:34:20 GMT
This week, we meet a story that's been rebuilt and reanimated various times over the 20th century. But here's two of them.   Year: 1931, 1994 Chosen by: PimpjiraStarring: (1931) Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff (1994) Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter Directed by: James Whale/Kenneth Branagh Written by: Mary Shelley, L John Balderston/Steph Lady |
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Post by Cervantes on Jan 18, 2021 14:42:49 GMT
I like the 1994 version and De Niro does quite a good job updating the monster, but it's hard to top the 1931 film. They're both classics anyway, so you can't go wrong with either.
Bride of Frankenstein is also a good surprise, I wasn't expecting it to live up to the original.
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 18, 2021 23:04:41 GMT
Boris Karloff and Colin Clive together, that's honestly hard to beat. With Frankenstein we have another Dracula scenario here, where Christopher Lee is still boss, but Bela Lugosi will always be the one.
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Post by Bogard on Jan 18, 2021 23:26:08 GMT
The 1994 version was a response to Bram Stoker's Dracula and it has a lot of problems. I really didn't like the dead end plot changes with the main one being how Dr Frankenstein regrets the creation of the monster instantly for no real good reason. it was over acted and over dramatised. But i guess it's an ok movie if you don't look too deep into it.
Can't say much about the 30's Universal film but if you like films of that era and style it's pretty good.
My favourite Frankenstein is the Hammer movies which cemented Peter Cushing as one of my favourite actors. He was amazing as Dr Van Helsing in Dracula but there was never a better Dr Frankenstein IMO.
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Post by Pimpjira on Jan 19, 2021 2:51:22 GMT
Boris Karloff and Colin Clive together, that's honestly hard to beat. With Frankenstein we have another Dracula scenario here, where Christopher Lee is still boss, but Bela Lugosi will always be the one. I would disagree here as I didn't think Christopher Lee's performance as the monster was anything special, Peter Cushing was great though. As for the Universal movie being discussed(I haven't seen the Deniro version), I actually like the sequels Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein more. I haven't seen the original movie in 5 years or so. |
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Post by Bogard on Jan 19, 2021 8:50:40 GMT
Boris Karloff and Colin Clive together, that's honestly hard to beat. With Frankenstein we have another Dracula scenario here, where Christopher Lee is still boss, but Bela Lugosi will always be the one. I would disagree here as I didn't think Christopher Lee's performance as the monster was anything special, Peter Cushing was great though. I actually prefer the Christopher Lee monster to Boris Karloff. Christopher Lee actually looked like a zombie and a corps brang back to life and actually looked scary. Where as the Karloff version has become a Halloween icon for kids which is something you can't do with Christopher Lee's monster. |
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 19, 2021 11:16:15 GMT
This thread makes me nostalgic to one of my favorite handheld games of all time next to Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters, the always forgotten Dr. Franken on the original Game Boy:
Those two next to Belmont's Revenge will always be the authentic "Monster Trilogy" in my mind, as they are very nostalgic to me, even though I played them around 1998 years after they actually came out.
Plus they have some of my favorite game soundtracks too, all three. I mean, you can't beat Moonlight Sonata.
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Post by Bogard on Jan 19, 2021 19:12:19 GMT
I bet it's Jill Valentine playing that song in one of the rooms of that castle.
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Post by centipede on Jan 19, 2021 22:49:48 GMT
I wouldn't say it's entirely forgotten. My brother had it for his original game boy, but the cover was more cartoony than that ugly thumbnail on the video. And I remember the platforming was finicky at times. I only made it as far as the maze.
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Post by Balder on Jan 20, 2021 10:57:48 GMT
I've only seen the 1931 version, but that one is pretty damn good. It's been almost ten years since I saw it, but it will live on for the end of time. That depiction of the monster is so iconic, it became what the Frankenstein monster is in people's minds, even for those who never watched any of the films. Almost all of the iconic moments like the castle, the lightning bolt strike, "It's alive" and much more were never in the book. It's a true testament to how much better a movie can be than the book. I'll catch up and watch the modern remake as well. The sequel to the original, The Bride of Frankenstein is just as good as the original too. For now I'll give it 4/5 until I rewatch one day.
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Post by scipioafricanus on Jan 20, 2021 11:12:06 GMT
Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" is a good send-off of them all.
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Post by Bogard on Jan 20, 2021 17:19:48 GMT
I've only seen the 1931 version, but that one is pretty damn good. It's been almost ten years since I saw it, but it will live on for the end of time. That depiction of the monster is so iconic, it became what the Frankenstein monster is in people's minds, even for those who never watched any of the films. Almost all of the iconic moments like the castle, the lightning bolt strike, "It's alive" and much more were never in the book. It's a true testament to how much better a movie can be than the book. I'll catch up and watch the modern remake as well. The sequel to the original, The Bride of Frankenstein is just as good as the original too. For now I'll give it 4/5 until I rewatch one day. I thought Bram Stoker's Dracula was better than the book also. |
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Post by Balder on Jan 21, 2021 9:21:26 GMT
I've only seen the 1931 version, but that one is pretty damn good. It's been almost ten years since I saw it, but it will live on for the end of time. That depiction of the monster is so iconic, it became what the Frankenstein monster is in people's minds, even for those who never watched any of the films. Almost all of the iconic moments like the castle, the lightning bolt strike, "It's alive" and much more were never in the book. It's a true testament to how much better a movie can be than the book. I'll catch up and watch the modern remake as well. The sequel to the original, The Bride of Frankenstein is just as good as the original too. For now I'll give it 4/5 until I rewatch one day. I thought Bram Stoker's Dracula was better than the book also. The 1930's Dracula is more iconic though than the Coppola movie, although the Coppola one is pretty good too. We'll see about this Frankenstein movie whenever I watch it. I see it's up on the Canadian Netflix if anybody has a VPN. |
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Post by Balder on Feb 13, 2021 22:55:03 GMT
Watched the 90's version, and I can't say I'm impressed at any level:
"There was a trend in remaking all of the Universal Classic Horror movies of the 30's and 40's in the modern 90's and instead of creating something iconic that would last for centuries and actually reshaping our views of these classic monsters, these new movies would try to do the books "justice" by sticking as close to the source material as possible. The result of this is that we got some generic and boring movies that would soon become totally irrelevant and forgotten. There is a lot of talent attached to this film, but almost all of it is completely wasted. The monster looks awful and it is just a rerun of old ideas that were executed much better in the past. Watch Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein instead of this and you would get such a better experience. Those two movies are even better than the original book as essentially every iconic moment is an original idea presented in those movies and those are the parts people remember. Not like this movie." 2/5
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