"Guillermo del Toro has devoted much of his career to sanctifying monsters. In his first feature film, Cronos, an aging antique dealer stumbles into eternal life, becoming a vampire who, rather than being dangerous or terrifying, is filled with pathos and understanding. For Pan's Labyrinth, Del Toro created a ram with goat horns and milky eyeswho ages in reverse and shepherds the young protagonist along her journey."
"The Creature (Jacob Elordi) is covered in thin, snaking scars that evoke Kintsugi, the Japanese art of rebuilding broken pottery with gold. The sets are layered with lush textures: velvet, granite, glass, paper, and snow. The camera swirls and dances around the actors; the wide lens captures whole worlds."
"In many ways, del Toro's Frankenstein is not Mary Shelley's. His Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) is an unhappy child, living in fear of his abusive father and fantastically devoted to his beautiful mother, whom he describes as belonging to him alone, but who dies giving birth to his younger brother, William."
A lavish, romantic monster film reimagines Frankenstein with a sympathetic, scarred Creature and opulent visual design. The Creature, played by Jacob Elordi, bears thin, snaking scars that evoke Kintsugi and moves through richly textured sets of velvet, granite, glass, paper, and snow. The camera moves dynamically and wide lenses capture sweeping worlds and heightened melodrama. Victor, portrayed by Oscar Isaac, is shown as an unhappy child who fears an abusive father and adores a beautiful mother who dies in childbirth. Victor vows to surpass his father's surgical skill and relocates to Edinburgh amid his family's financial decline.
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