The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Movie Review
The Bride of Frankenstein by James Whale was a very interesting take on the classic story. It continues with the original story of the Monster and his maker Frankenstein, with similar themes as the first installment. The biggest theme that it centralizes around, is the idea that the monster needs a friend, or mate as the title might give away, a bride. In this movie, the monster got his wish, and more.
It starts off with Mary Shelley sitting in the family room, talking to her author friends about the stories they had written. They were questioning why she had cut off the story so early in the first place, when she answers with the classic answer: she's not done with the story. She then proceeds …show more content…
The bride ends up not wanting him, causing the Monster to feel for the first time rejection by one of his own kind. This drives him to the breaking point, and he commits suicide with all of the others with him. A twist to the story is that though he kills his bride and the Professor Pretorius along with him, he lets Frankenstein leave. This may have been because he felt pity for his maker when he say his wife come up to the lab door and bang upon it, screaming for her husband. It's here that we see the love of the Monster reach its height, as he lets the one he hated so much go, all because he knew one would be without the other as he himself was. His last line, "We belong dead", gives forth the sacrifice that the Monster gave in giving himself away, protecting many more from Pretorius' schemes and the chaos his bride could make.
The only differences between the book and the movie, is the ending of the first movie, and the make-up of the characters. Instead of Frankenstein being Victor, it's a mix of Henry Clerval (Victor's friend), and Victor himself. He also marries Elizabeth, when she died in the book. Other than that, it lined up pretty well with the
The Bride of Frankenstein by James Whale was a very interesting take on the classic story. It continues with the original story of the Monster and his maker Frankenstein, with similar themes as the first installment. The biggest theme that it centralizes around, is the idea that the monster needs a friend, or mate as the title might give away, a bride. In this movie, the monster got his wish, and more.
It starts off with Mary Shelley sitting in the family room, talking to her author friends about the stories they had written. They were questioning why she had cut off the story so early in the first place, when she answers with the classic answer: she's not done with the story. She then proceeds …show more content…
The bride ends up not wanting him, causing the Monster to feel for the first time rejection by one of his own kind. This drives him to the breaking point, and he commits suicide with all of the others with him. A twist to the story is that though he kills his bride and the Professor Pretorius along with him, he lets Frankenstein leave. This may have been because he felt pity for his maker when he say his wife come up to the lab door and bang upon it, screaming for her husband. It's here that we see the love of the Monster reach its height, as he lets the one he hated so much go, all because he knew one would be without the other as he himself was. His last line, "We belong dead", gives forth the sacrifice that the Monster gave in giving himself away, protecting many more from Pretorius' schemes and the chaos his bride could make.
The only differences between the book and the movie, is the ending of the first movie, and the make-up of the characters. Instead of Frankenstein being Victor, it's a mix of Henry Clerval (Victor's friend), and Victor himself. He also marries Elizabeth, when she died in the book. Other than that, it lined up pretty well with the