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Actors: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gods and Monsters |
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It is 1957. The British director James Whale, semi-respected for making not only "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" but "Showboat" and "The Invisible Man" many years before, but openly gay and recovering from a stroke, wastes away in Hollywood where many shun him and he can't find work. Depressed and haunted by memories of World War I and the loss of his first love, attended only by his faithful housekeeper Hanna (Lynn Redgrave), Whale befriends a young ex-Marine who gardens for him (Fraser). The great Ian McKellen is incredible in this role, Fraser quite good but Redgrave overacts. Co-writer/director Bill Condon magnificently recreates the original Frankenstein sets. A beautiful and very sad film about different kinds of monsters and tenderness.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Gods and Monsters |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- conduct in war
- (General) search for meaning/identity
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 2 (a little)
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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