Jean,
This is a visual effects extravaganza of a comic book movie. It takes
Frankenstein from his creation in some European snowy castle in 1793 to
the present time, 200 years later.
Frankenstein is played by Aaron Eckhart who must have gone on a big
diet and weightlifting program to look like he does without his shirt.
(He is zero body fat.) In the modern time, he comes into the midst of a
war going on between the good flying gargoyles of Queen Leonore and the
bad demons of the devil Prince Naberius played by Bill Nighy in a
Saville Row very tailored medium blue suit. After a chase to capture the
notes of the original Dr. Frankenstein in the form of a book, you come
to a epic final battle scene between the two forces that is really
something to see. Is this the beginning of another franchise movie
character? I wonder about that as the movie is more a run of the mill
visual effects action film without much new to recommend it. Dad
P.S.
Remember the creaky machinery they had in Young Frankenstein to get the
monster to come alive? In this movie you have to multiply that rickety
lash up by 1000 to get the contraptions they have for the viewers here.
P.P.S. The Previews were:
The Quiet One
Non-Stop
Cesar Chavez
Transcendance
NOAH
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