I will be honest, I do not know a) how I have not posted about this and b) I could not find a post about this.

Alien Prometheus was a bit of a let down, incredible trailer, didnt really like the movie. I feared this would be the case again.

I re-read Shelley, (ok it was an audio book) and it reminded me of why I have always been fascinated by this story.
"Just because we can, does not mean we should"
Most adaptations do not delve too deeply into the existentialism that is at the heart of Shelley's tale. Eventually leading to a tale of what it means to truly be alive, to truly live.

Since I can remember, I have always been fascinated by this tale.

Now to Netflix, Guillermo is my favorite adaptation. the 1st half about the doctors tale with Creature saying maybe two words and grunts.
Then we get the 2nd half from Creatures point of view and a much more wonderful story unfolds.

I assume it is not everyone's cup of tea. But it serves us as an incredible speed bump of creating something that we cant control, never could control.
207 years ago, Shelley examined mans lustful rush to invent to science to create. And rather than re-visit the tower of babel she created a masterpiece of terror and vengeance.

I highly recommend this movie. Jacob Elordi does an amazing job as Creature. Maybe it will make us pause our lightling fast plunge into AI and the other things. maybe.

I'll second your recommendation, redstone. The story hits the ground running. Not sure this film breaks any new ground but why should it. Excellent production values, strong cast and dialog, an appealing take on a classic story.

I'm a little conflicted with the ending but I'm looking at it all as a human being. The creature sees his place in the cosmos differently.

I concur!
Very well done!

I was looking forward to seeing it, and watched it as soon as it hit Netflix, but in the end I was disappointed. It looked beautiful, I thought the guy who played the creature was excellent, and liked that they followed more of the original story, which included the arctic scenes. But there were a couple of things that were off-putting to me.

First was how unlikable Victor was. I get he’s a mad scientist, but he’s such an arrogant douche throughout the movie that I didn’t have any sympathy for him at all. His conversion at the end just didn’t seem believable to me. I understand the point of the movie was that Victor was the real monster in the story, but they hit you over the head with that theme so much (one character came out and said it) that it lost its impact. Yeah, I got it, Victor bad, Creature good!

The other thing that I didn’t like was that at the end of the story, the creature became an unkillable superhuman. Early on, he was vulnerable and could be hurt. At the end, he had the regenerative powers of Wolverine and the strength of Superman. It was just too much.

Maybe I was expecting too much.

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Yes, along those lines, the creature developed a remarkable intellect and desired human desires. yet he effortlessly killed with no second thoughts.

The thing is that is very true to Shelley's version of the story. I could not stand Victor. the creature killed his brother and family out of spite and meanness. At least here he isn't destroying for the sake of killing.

"I realized that the Hunter doesn't hate the wolf, and the wolf doesn't hate the sheep. but when the three are near each other, there will be violence." (IIRC)

The science behind creature is not explained either, we get talk of the nervous system acting as a battery etc. but no actual explanation. Neither did Shelley. She focused more on Victors uncontrolled hubris.

In the book, he decides that being consumed by fire is the only thing that will undo him. Shelley implies that Victor so infused a lifeforce that his body would always heal itself.

Michelangelo carved the perfect male specimen in David. Others painted it. Victor Frankenstein decided to make it real. . . and in doing created death. (sorry I could not help myself )