Thanks for the memories!

So much average

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

first for each performance from the lead roles, especially for Brendan Fraser. than, for the force of story. not the least, for splendid job of Lynn Redgrave. a film who use biographic details for a subtle reflection about great universal themes. the flash backs, the dialogues, the details and the precise portrait of humanity are the great virtues of a magnificent trip in essence of fears, illusions, expectations , shadows of the past. to escape from yourself - that is the axis of a film who gives few interesting answers to the old problem of meaning of life. a film about importance of truth. and about role of a meeting. about different forms of confession and legacy. delicate and powerful. poetic in bitter form. and, so, convincing. a director, an old lady and a young gardener.crumbs of past. as bricks from a strange bridge between past and present.

The last days of Frankenstein director James Whale (Ian McKellen) are explored.The focus on homosexuality is perhaps what earned this film an Oscar, but it seems a bit forced. I have understood elsewhere that Whale was not someone who made his sexuality the issue, although here he seems to have it front and center. Is it fair to put him in a story where he seduces awkward and annoying young men? Why is this the plot? I really could have wanted any actor except Jack Plotnick. A dorky journalist who only wants to know about horror films is bad enough, but then to make him so ridiculous? How would such a person ever have even gotten to Whale's gate? Brendan Fraser does a surprisingly good job here. Not known for his acting chops, I am a bit surprised that he was cast. But he does alright.

This 1998 movie was made for only a little over 3 million dollars----which is peanuts by any standards..of to-day. Yet, it is pretty excellent. Ian McKellen is simply brilliant as retired movie director James Whale (Highly successful movie director of the 1930s) The choice of Brendan Fraser (Clayton Boone) as the gardener was a master stroke. Whale sees him as another of his "monsters !!"Whale and Boone become "friends", but we are robbed of any sexual tension between the two.... (Whale is a homo-sexual) but the Boone character is too rigidly fixed...in all his views. Actually, the Boone character never really existed...so I guess its academic. This is McKellen at his very best (why no Oscar .?) and its simply great to watch a master craftsman do his thing. Whale directed Frankenstien and The Bride of Frankenstien (and half a dozen other "hits") during his hey-day in the 1930s. In this hugely under-rated movie it is 1957 and Whales health is declining. A great insight into those old days, and a very good movie.

"Why do you take care of him, Hanna?" "It is my -job-." Hanna -has- a job.Old Jimmy has his -freedom-."I -loved- making motion pictures." He loves his freedom. But he cannot -stand- it.Addicted to creativity, the narcissistic self-stimulator will not so easily come to terms with the loss of his capacities."You must please excuse me, but I am blind." "Alone, -bad-. Friend, -good-." "So what did you think of the movie?" -I- thought it was truthful.