Did You Ever Consider the Consequences of Your Actions? You Made Me, and You Left Me to Die. Who Am I?: Frankenstein (1994)

Did you ever consider the consequences of your actions? You made me, and you left me to die. Who am I?

So I really don’t like this movie. I know Kenneth Branagh did a better job following the text of Frankenstein but I really didn’t care for a lot of his decisions.

This also is the film that Kenneth Branagh cheated on his wife Emma Thompson on. He originally wanted her to play opposite of him, but she was already lead in Carrington (1995). So Helena Bonham Carter played the role instead (and more).

But that’s okay, Emma Thompson meet Greg Wise during the filming of Sense and Sensibility (1995) and they have been together ever since.

But enough about that, let’s get into the reasons I don’t like the actual film.

First Helena Bonham Carter plays Elizabeth Lavenza as if she isn’t really there, just a part of the scenery and her costume and wig choices are circumspect.

Then Robert De Niro as the Monster was another really odd choice. De Niro isn’t a bad actor but as the monster? And why does the monster have an American accent when this takes place in Switzerland? Originally they wanted Gérard Depardieu but the studio felt he wasn’t a strong enough box-office appeal. I think Depardieu would have been better.

I also hated the scene when the monster is “born”, it is really gross and I felt too disturbing. All the fluids…ew. I know he was trying to have it be a birth/come out of the womb but I was not enjoying it.

I was really bored throughout the whole film and I checked out halfway through. I only continued watching because I was doing so with family.

For me I really enjoy the 1930’s version even though it is not accurate, I find it much more entertaining.

For more Frankenstein, go to We’ve Seen Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s Monster: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

For more Kenneth Branagh, go to This Is Fate We’re Talking About, and If Fate Works At All, It Works Because People Think That THIS TIME, It Isn’t Going to Happen!: Dead Again (1991)

For more Helena Bonham Carter, go to He’s Married to a Corpse. He Has A Corpse Bride!: Corpse Bride (2005)

For more Robert De Niro, go to Non-Austen Films for Austen Fans: Stardust (2007)