So. Frankenstein.
Apr. 1st, 2011 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiki_engI liked it. I really, really liked it. I don't know that I liked the second version as much as the first, because there was less a sense of discovery and more a I shall analyse everything thing going on, and I noticed an audio-glitch and some questionable camera-angle choices, but I still walked out with essentially the same feeling.
Holy Fucking Shit. Essentially. There were things that they framed well with the introduction that I noticed this time since I wasn't spending as much time staring at the creature in wonder.
I love how this thing was written. I love how it was staged.
They made set changes mood pieces. I don't think I had ever seen that done before, which may be a reflection of the amount of theatre I've seen rather than innovation, but I really do not care. I loved the flow of the scenes. I loved their stage. I loved the lights. I loved the house. I loved the interiors. I loved their grass and snow and rain.
I loved the dancing and the music. I loved the train scene, its choreography, music, and special effects. I loved the wonder and strangeness and the combination of humanity and machine. I loved the top hat. (Top hats are awesome.)
I loved the scene with the dancing bride. I loved the swelling of music and the birds and the sun and the flickering lights.
I think this version has the distinction of being the most true to the original of all the adaptations I've seen, and in some ways it is completely and utterly unsubtle, and I loved it. I want to see it again.
I think Benedict took up a bit more space on stage than Johnny did. I think he might have interjected a bit more humour into Frankenstein than Johnny did and Johnny more of a child into the creature than Benedict did. I want to see this again so I can take notes and things.
I want to watch all the versions, and read the book again. ...admittedly I am not looking forward to Kenneth Branagh again. (Maybe it would be better than I remember?) Also: all the versions is pretty impossible. ...but yeah, this one is really freaking pretty.
I have an interest in the DVD.
Holy Fucking Shit. Essentially. There were things that they framed well with the introduction that I noticed this time since I wasn't spending as much time staring at the creature in wonder.
I love how this thing was written. I love how it was staged.
They made set changes mood pieces. I don't think I had ever seen that done before, which may be a reflection of the amount of theatre I've seen rather than innovation, but I really do not care. I loved the flow of the scenes. I loved their stage. I loved the lights. I loved the house. I loved the interiors. I loved their grass and snow and rain.
I loved the dancing and the music. I loved the train scene, its choreography, music, and special effects. I loved the wonder and strangeness and the combination of humanity and machine. I loved the top hat. (Top hats are awesome.)
I loved the scene with the dancing bride. I loved the swelling of music and the birds and the sun and the flickering lights.
I think this version has the distinction of being the most true to the original of all the adaptations I've seen, and in some ways it is completely and utterly unsubtle, and I loved it. I want to see it again.
I think Benedict took up a bit more space on stage than Johnny did. I think he might have interjected a bit more humour into Frankenstein than Johnny did and Johnny more of a child into the creature than Benedict did. I want to see this again so I can take notes and things.
I want to watch all the versions, and read the book again. ...admittedly I am not looking forward to Kenneth Branagh again. (Maybe it would be better than I remember?) Also: all the versions is pretty impossible. ...but yeah, this one is really freaking pretty.
I have an interest in the DVD.
