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2 questions, please read!!

posted 16 years ago by aquascenes83
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Why did victor have to make a man out of all body parts from different people, couldnt he just get a whole body and just use that? And how closely does this movie follow the original book by mary shelley? I would think to carry the full name of the story as the movie they would like to stick as close to the book as possible in the storyline. Just a couple things that crossed my mind as i just watched this again tonight. Thank you!

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[–] ActionRocker 16 years ago

This movie deviates significantly. It shouldn't carry the name Mary Shelley on it. If you want something better and closer to the book, watch the Frankenstein (TV) movie from 2004 with Luke Goss and Alec Newman.

[–] Cult_of_Kibner 12 years ago

This movie is faithful to the book in every way that counts. The resurrection of Elizabeth is really the only change worth getting fussy over. I think the title is justified.

But you're right, the 2004 version is the most faithful version I've seen.

Just enjoy the *beep* movie!

[–] SuperValuePack 16 years ago

The book is waaaaay different, lol. You should read it. It's one of the best books ever written.

[–] rjkral 16 years ago

Yes you should read it and then you can see for yourself. I'm not a big reader, but got through it really fast because it's so well written. It's actually very poetic, the speeches are very memorable and thought provoking.

[–] devoelodi 16 years ago

Please. It isnt a fast read. i am reading it now. it is getting interesting but it is a borefest. and it was written by a 19 year old female back in the 1800's. i liked the movie alot and its pretty much a different story than the book.

[–] aquascenes83 16 years ago

Wow Mary Shelley was only 19 when she wrote this?? That's pretty impressive for someone so young. I wonder if any of her descendants still get royalty or tribute checks for her awesome story and anytime people use it.

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[–] devoelodi 16 years ago

in class we were talking about how mary shelley wrote just to make ends meet, and how jk rowling is a multi-million. both are female authors. both made books that impacted society but it wasnt so lucrative back then.

[–] Darknessviking 13 years ago

"in class we were talking about how mary shelley wrote just to make ends meet, and how jk rowling is a multi-million. both are female authors. both made books that impacted society but it wasnt so lucrative back then."

lol what??
she was rich aristocrat.not poor.

[–] lozza_dearnley 16 years ago

Yeah later she said it was amazing how someone so young made up such a scary story. As for the descendants thing, only one son survived to adulthood, and he never had kids, so no. Besides, don't book copyrights only last 100 years?

[–] sublimesting 16 years ago

It's not that different from the book. Really just the ending...I liked the movie ending better actually.

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[–] vincebruno11 16 years ago

From what I've heard, here is how the story of Frankenstein was created. Mary and Percy Shelley were vacationing in a country house with a group of friends. Bad weather forced them indoors with nothing to do, so to amuse themselves they decided to have a contest to see who could come up with the best ghost or horror story. Mary came up with "Frankenstein" and won the contest.

[–] iNKFiSHY 16 years ago

You're close. She was actually with 4 friends, I think it was. And they were on vacation, but the weather was bad. They eventually ran out of things to do and got to talking about horror stories. They made up a competition as to who could write the scariest horror story. The next day the weather cleared up and they forgot about it. Mary Shelley decided to write one anyway, and graced the world with 'Frankenstein'. I suppose you could say she won, but technically, she won by forfit, seeing as she was the only one who actually wrote one.

[–] noirgirl 11 years ago

One of the other guests was Percy Lord Byron.

[–] noirgirl 11 years ago

One of the other guests was Percy Lord Byron.

[–] [email protected] 11 years ago

Of course the other story to come out that night (at the Villa Deodato on Lake Geneva) was 'The Vampyre: A Tale'by Lord Byron's physician, John Polidori.The story isn't nearly as well known as Frankenstein but it is very significant in the history of vampire literature. It was the first story to feature a vampire who was a suave, sophisticated, handsome member of the aristocracy, Lord Ruthven. Polidori based him on Lord Byron. Prior to this vampires were always portrayed in stories as revenents, literally walking corpses.It was Polidori's vampire that spawned the aristocratic bloodsucker which would later spawn The Lady Ducayne, Sir Francis Varney, Count Karnstein and the most famous, Count Dracula

[–] jlam888 10 years ago

The story of how it was conceived also was turned into a movie in 1986 by Ken Russell: Gothic. Not very good one IMO.

[–] profane77 16 years ago

Frankenstien made the creature out of many bodies for 2 reasons: so that he could pick and choose the best physical features and traits, and so that the creature would be his creation. If he used a whole body, he would just be reanimating a corpse.

[–] ashes_to_autumn 16 years ago

i thought it was very faithful to the book, pretty much all of the events and definately the tone and feel overall.

[–] GreatWhiteApeofBarsoom 12 years ago

No movie is a 100% faithful adaptation of a book. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was probably about 70% faithful to the novel. There were significant deviations, but nothing like the 1931 Universal version.

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