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Please don't spend money on this.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I must admit I didn't see trailers or was aware that it was based on the comics before watching the movie. Usually in this genre (sci-fi, creatures), the story is explained in the beginning and certain rules are established early in the story. As the movie progresses, main protagonists work within their set limits and come up with solutions to whichever problems they face, their self identity, evil force taking over the world etc. It is formulaic but expected. I was hoping for a bit more (note to self: always watch trailers before the movie!). Well this movie started like that and... kept on adding some things that were previously not mentioned, every problem has a new inventive solution. The main character 'won' in the end because of something freshly added to the story. Maybe it makes sense to somebody who read the comic. I didn't and because of that, I don't think this movie deserves 5 stars it currently has on imdb.Visually it looks dark and broody, quite similar to Underworld. I wasn't particularly impressed by action scenes, I am generally not a fan of them, so my opinion could be biased. However, in some action scenes, they were cut very fast and unless you are concentrating a lot it will be difficult to notice how somebody died (death of one person was discussed a bit later and I couldn't recall what happened to that person). Maybe that is just me.I can only recommend this to fans of Aaron Eckhart, he looks quite handsome here :) Everybody else, waste of time. It is ~ 90 minutes hours long, at least the torture didn't last long!

How many times does Hollywood want to rinse Mary Shelley's novel dry? 'Frankenstein', 'Bride of Frankenstein', 'Young Frankenstein', 'Van Helsing' and even 'Frankenweenie'. All the same story but with slight different interpretations. In this fantasy action flick, Frankenstein's monster is in the midst of a war between gargoyles and demons where his master's re-animation methods are sought after by a "powerful demon". Do you see that quote on the front cover? "From the producers of Underworld", yeah...it's the exact same story. Exactly the same! A supernatural war hidden from humans where the protagonist is on neither side. Let's just call this 'Underworld: Religious Borefest'. Are there any positives? Eckhart, Otto and Nighy give their best with what was given to them I guess. The effects for the ascension and descension of souls kept my eyes occupied for a while. Also the infrequent action scenes weren't filmed badly at all! It's just weighted down by a horrifically uninspired story that takes itself far too seriously which consequently sucks all the fun out of the film. Completely focussed on building lore and backstory that it becomes a detriment to the narrative flow. Immediately it describes this eternal war and how Frankenstein's monster (named Adam by the way...) is soulless...yet I literally couldn't care less. Exposition after exposition after exposition. You cannot make a compelling story without incorporating fulfilling characters. None of them were even partially developed, just tools in assisting the over reliant visual effects driven fight scenes. Speaking of, the gargoyle and demon designs were blander than Eckhart's half dead face. The final showdown that was built up finishes a minute after it commences. Frankenstein's Monster (I refuse to call him Adam) just mopes around bathing in his own cocoon of self depression where Eckhart does his best Batman impression. Worst of all, the final words of the film were "I...Frankenstein". Yup, I'm not even joking. Perhaps I, Frankenstein should've stayed dead...

It is difficult to count how many times Mary Shelley's classic horror tale has been clapped with a cinematic adaptation, with the first treatment dating back to the silent film era. Since the early age of Hollywood, it's been hard to remember the last time classic monsters from literature such as Dracula, Frankenstein, or The Mummy have been met with a competent, if not masterly adaptation. While Hollywood has tried many times to capture the life and spirit of the classic literary works, very few times, if any have prevailed on this accomplishment. This fantasy action piece directed by Stuart Beattie (most notable as the writer of 2004's 'Collateral') fails certainly does no justice. This film is taken from the pages of the graphical novel of the same name written by Kevin Grevioux as Beattie pursues a compelling fantasy-action tale. But his effort come to feeble results. Opening in the late 18th century, this film stars Aaron Eckhart as the titular creature created by the famous Victor Frankenstein (played by Aden Young). Upon murdering Victor's wife and leaving his creator for dead, Frankenstein is taken in by a league of gargoyles lead by the Queen Leonore (played by Miranda Otto) who names him "Adam" and vows to protect him. When he flees his hometown and into a modern society 200 years later, he finds himself drawn into an all-out war between the gargoyles and a clan demon lead by the evil Naberius (played by Bill Nighy). And the only help on his side is an electrophysiology scientist Terra Wade (played by Yvonne Strahovski).If you seen this film such as 'Erin Brockovich', 'Olympus Has Fallen', and 'The Dark Knight', you have experienced alluring talent of Aaron Eckhart. Aaron Eckhart is not bad here, his performance stands solid in the lead role as well as the supporting cast in their respective roles. Unfortunately, the performances only make up half of the equation and fail to redeem how dull and uninteresting the characters are. Aaron Eckhart's lead character Adam not only falls victim to dreary character development but lacks both the charisma and compulsion to make for a character you come to care about. And the supporting character along his side amount to nothing but one-dimensional figures including the main villain Naberius who's supposed to make for the most interesting aspect of the plot along with the lead character. But with a sorely uninspiring script, the film not fails to generate any interesting characters but traps these characters in a plot that begins with a compelling premise, but eventually slogs down to a generic drudgery. The story introduces a massive war against the gargoyles and the demons which was destined transpire to something more interesting. Sadly, the plot never reaches any dynamic heights. The most excitement the film has to offer maybe the fantasy-esque battles between the gargoyles and demons as the latter explodes into a puff of CGI fire and ash upon impalement. And of course, it is hard not to spare credit to the nifty production design of the Victorian Era temple where the gargoyles reside. It's only too bad that the writing fails to level up with the visual compulsion.I, Frankenstein is a lifeless rendition of the classic Victoria-era monster with performances by a stellar cast who take strong advantage of their acting talent, but fail to make up for the uninspiring drivel this film is. Even if director Scott Beattie shows strength in visual heft, his efforts on bringing the world of Frankenstein to life come without prevail.

I, Frankenstein (2014) Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Jai Courtney, Miranda Otto, Caitilin Stasey, Kevin Grevioux, Aden Young, Deniz Akdeniz, Chris Pang, Socratis Otto, Steve Mouzakis, and Bruce Spence Written By: Stuart Beattie Directed By:Stuart Beattie Review In the battle between good and evil, an immortal holds the key. I don't know what to say about this load of crap, I mean this is literally the worst horror film I have ever seen since all the other bad horror films I've seen. This movie feels like a blatant rip-off of Underworld and possibly legion which is terrible. The film revolves around Frankenstein trying to find out who is(I guess)one night two-hundred years ago he encounters some demons and they are killed by the gargoyles that defend us. He leaves and tries to set out and walk through his life but is still hunted by the demons and he decides to hunt them. The demons plan to reincarnate their souls into body's that don't have souls to produce an army to destroy the gargoyles and mankind but Frankenstein is the key to stopping that. Never again will I see a movie like this I hope cause this is the most bland movie I have ever seen. While I was watching it I didn't feel like I was watching a film but just stuff for an hour and a half. The effects are the worst I have seen all year, the only good thing I can say about this load of garbage is that it has one enjoyable fight but after it's just plain blandness again. I never watched a Frankenstein movie before but since this was my first I just hope the movies are better cause this was a piece of crap. The slow-mo is utilized a couple of times in this movie but not to the point of bitter annoyance thankfully. The movie need to have more fast-paced fighting. I, Frankenstein sucks, it is the worst film I have seen all year. I give this film a half out of five.