I, Frankenstein (2014)

Great Film overall

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

I must admit I didn't see trailers or was aware that it was based on the comics before watching the movie. Usually in this genre (sci-fi, creatures), the story is explained in the beginning and certain rules are established early in the story. As the movie progresses, main protagonists work within their set limits and come up with solutions to whichever problems they face, their self identity, evil force taking over the world etc. It is formulaic but expected. I was hoping for a bit more (note to self: always watch trailers before the movie!). Well this movie started like that and... kept on adding some things that were previously not mentioned, every problem has a new inventive solution. The main character 'won' in the end because of something freshly added to the story. Maybe it makes sense to somebody who read the comic. I didn't and because of that, I don't think this movie deserves 5 stars it currently has on imdb.Visually it looks dark and broody, quite similar to Underworld. I wasn't particularly impressed by action scenes, I am generally not a fan of them, so my opinion could be biased. However, in some action scenes, they were cut very fast and unless you are concentrating a lot it will be difficult to notice how somebody died (death of one person was discussed a bit later and I couldn't recall what happened to that person). Maybe that is just me.I can only recommend this to fans of Aaron Eckhart, he looks quite handsome here :) Everybody else, waste of time. It is ~ 90 minutes hours long, at least the torture didn't last long!

If you didn't watch this movie then you haven't missed out on much. If you watched the first 10 minutes of it you quickly realize how it's going to end. The main character is far from scary or far from a monster and I wish I would stop seeing Bill Nighy in these kind of movies, Underworld was enough but I do really like him as an actor.

Very different action/ sci-fi movie. I was entertained through this movie. I can watch it again and still be entertained. I have a feeling even with the low ratings there will be another one to come out.

When I was a kid, there was an kids television show called "Gargoyles". Readers who have been children (or have been parents) during the nineties should probably remember it. Well, this movie looks like a mix of this show with "Frankenstein". The whole plot is pretty stupid, with cathedral gargoyles that stay alive and wage epic battles against demons in the sight of humans (who curiously never realize anything). This is not the first time Frankenstein's story has been used to give life to anything dead in a movie. "Van Helsing" is another film where the same feature is used in the same way, and with equally bad results. It seems that the Frankenstein machine works for everything, which is absolutely ridiculous. So, from a bad idea, this movie was doomed at birth.Aaron Eckhart and Miranda Otto are the big stars of the film. He plays the role of Adam, the creature created by Frankenstein, who joins the gargoyles led by Otto's character, Queen Leonore. Both actors made fairly regular performances, without major failures but also without positive surprises. Otto seems particularly cold and impersonal in her role. The strongest part of the film are the action and fighting scenes, sprinkled abundantly with CGI, explosions and great sound effects. In fact, these scenes have been done carefully and are spectacular, but they are not enough to justify the film or make it good. The dark and Gothic environment will please the fans of this subculture, the action scenes will attract teenagers thirsty for fights and explosions, but no more. The audience that looks for some depth, logic or cinematic sense will probably come out disappointed.