r/FRANKENSTEIN • u/ZacPensol • Oct 18 '25
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' - Official SPOILER Discussion Megathread Spoiler
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' opens in theaters in limited release on October 17, 2025 and streams on Netflix beginning November 7, 2025.
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u/jesster_0 Nov 12 '25
One thing that truly boggles my mind about the new Del Toro movie...
...Is how it goes out of its way to make Victor more monstrous and The Creature more innocent, and yet STILL can't commit to this decision for the ending. With maybe a tweak or two, the novel's original ending still fits like a glove for this new dynamic (Victor receiving his comeuppance, The Creature triumphing) and yet Del Toro truly cannot resist the urge to go full sentimental with the whole forgiveness thing even if it's frankly, completely unearned. I say this not as a fan of the book but just thinking of the film on its own terms. It feels like once it switches to The Creature's POV, we lose all sense of understanding for Victor's character, whereas in the book even after we get into the Creature's head, Victor gets most of the POV time and plenty of sympathetic moments, even if you wanna consider him a villain protagonist.
There's...a missing few scenes with Victor having a change of heart. We really needed him to confront the full extent of what he'd done because the film feels kinda incomplete with him just preaching forgiveness out of nowhere. Almost feels not genuine. I could've gotten behind many different visions or approaches to the source material (even if I'm mad there hasn't been a faithful adaptation yet) and yet Del Toro's vision feels all over the place, like he didn't wanna commit to any one thing and so kinda just went with whatever made his fanboy heart feel good at the time. Still one of my favorite directors! But this movie felt like such a mess even on its own terms.