The only way to enjoy this is to have your mind erased of the last 40 years of movies. Then it'll appear fresh and original and awesome. Rather than just checking off the clichés.
Maybe one day there'll be a drug that knocks out your hippocampus, so every movie will be like Star Wars / LOTR for the first time.

Last edited by avatar (2014-01-25 18:27:20)

So do we.

I don't know. This is exactly in keeping with everything Hollywood has done lately. Recycle an old property, take it in a different direction, Americanize it with guns and California accents, tart it up with effects.... Is this any different from Hansel & Gretel?

"Frankenstein's monster, named Adam and having taken the surname of his creator, becomes involved in a war between two immortal clans in an ancient city."

Also we shouldn't forget, this is based on the graphic novel, hence some of the more comic book elements.

Honestly I'm excited to see what it's actually like, watching the trailer it feels like one of those things that they just didn't know how to make a trailer for and just tried to cram it into the usual sci-fi action mold. Could be wrong, but there's nothing that screams it'll be downright atrocious to me (using the modern scale of hollywood action movies).

This is one of the most cynical pieces of product I've ever seen, like you can practically imagine the computer algorithm that came up with the pitch. And being based on a comic doesn't excuse anything, everything is based on a comic these days, that's the fucking problem. Aaron Eckhart, you are better than this crap

I never said it could get away being shit because it's a comic book. I said it's based on a comic book hence looking like a comic book and having comic-esque elements. Period. Full stop. Thank you very much.

Whoops, sorry...

Yep, that's how I feel about it too

With any luck it might be 'so bad it's good', but you don't get many of those these days. More 'so bad, it's time to have a shower'.
It might be okay to flick through on Netflix one day so you can enjoy the nerd-snark when all the critics rip into it e.g. it's a portent of the demise of the western civilization.

Last edited by avatar (2014-01-25 19:25:16)

It's because he descends them. Like, he makes them go down. Into Hell. Brilliant writing.

I saw it yesterday. It's terri-great. I laughed my ass off. None of the actors are capable of selling the idiotic dialogue, least of all Aaron Eckhart. Miranda Otto's LOTR experience helps her out, but even she can't get away with lines like, "I am High Queen of the Gargoyle Order."

I'll let you see it for yourself, because it's truly amazing, but I do want to share one detail. The Gargoyle Headquarters is not only in the same city as the Demon Headquarters, but they're within walking distance of each other. And the Gargoyles apparently didn't know that.

I was watching something with my mom the other day and a TV spot for this appeared. She said to me: "That video game looks really silly." I explained to her it was a movie and she couldn't understand why or how it got made. She legitimately thought I, Frankenstein was a video game because of all the crappy looking effects and color correction. I think that perfectly captures the general public's reaction to this turd.

Not seen this presumed POS, but Hansel and Gretel was great fun to watch.