GurlyIamBeach
Instant Favorite.
Kirandeep Yoder
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Tweekums
Young Victor Frankenstein lives in the town of New Holland; he is a quiet boy whose only real friend is his dog Sparky and he has a love of science. When Sparky is run over and killed he is understandably upset but is later inspired by a science class to bring his beloved pet back to life. After stitching Sparky back together and harnessing one of the town's frequent electrical storms he successfully brings Sparky back to life. When he goes to school he leaves Sparky in the attic but he manages to escape and is spotted by Victor's classmate Edgar… Edgar wants Victor to work with him on the upcoming science fair so blackmails him into repeating the experiment with a dead goldfish. It isn't long before the secret is out and soon all the children are planning to reanimate animals. Their results somewhat disturbing and soon the town is in danger.I must say I really enjoyed this black and white treat from Tim Burton but am unsure how younger viewers will feel about it. There are some fun scares that might disturb young children as might the death of Sparky. There are some good laughs to be had; these are improved if you spot the movies that are frequently referenced. These references are to both classic horror films and earlier Tim Burton films. If you don't spot these references it won't spoilt the film though; they are just a bonus for those who do. The story contains plenty of other amusing moments as well as a good amount of excitement; this excitement increases as the story reaches its dramatic conclusion. The character designs are great I particularly liked the teacher who is clearly modelled on Vincent Price and Edward E Gore… he looks like an Igor! Overall I'd certainly recommend this to anybody wanting an animation that is darker than typical Disney fare.
leplatypus
Frankenweenie is a fun adaptation of the classic Frankestein and also a Pet Semetary for kids… Tim has already done it in 1984 in a amazing short movie with human cast… For me that was enough! It was cool, moving, dark and crazy so his work should have been rest in peace! But no! Like his character, Tim wanted it back, with the power of Electr-Onics and this new animation is like Sparky, a gentle, kind companion with a lot of scars. It's a pity to see that today, artists have become lazy, without inspiration and new ideas: Lynch comes back to TP, Spielberg works on another Indiana Jones, Blade Runner has a sequel while the novel stands alone, U2 celebrates Joshua Tree, Waters does the Wall one more time, and I don't forget Alien, Star Trek, Star wars that work like industrial factories…. So here you know what you will receive: nothing new! It has been already done and told so what do you except? Maybe the mass experiences were left of the short movie but if you have seen Gremlins or Ghostbusters, you know the flavor… I already heard the racial complaints to have a bad Japanese student as nobody accepts difference and understands imagination! OK the movie is filled up into the bones with all the things that Tim likes and packs in one movie all the others but at the end, it stays nearly worthless (and even Danny's score is pretty much uninspired!)… So there is a lesson: dead things are meant to left be still… RIP
lbishopkyo
I saw this movie in the theater back in 2012 and I thought it was just AWFUL. I have never seen the original 80's film with Shelley Duvall, but whatever. This movie is still terrible. There are tons of problems with it; let's dive right into them, shall we? First of all, I think that black-and-white does fit for this kind of movie, which is obviously trying to look like Frankenstein (1931) or some other monster movie from around that time. But the problem with that (especially if you're watching on a big screen in the dark) is that the lights are occasionally too bright. There are some flashing lights in the film and I remember I thought I was gonna be blinded sitting in that theater.Second, the character design (and the characters themselves) are just plain bad. We have a hunchback kid who can't be not smiling even when he's not happy, two Asian people who show little feeling, a creepy girl with an old lady motif who carries her cat around all the time, and a goth chick. The facial expressions are never appropriate for how a character is meant to feel.It should also be said that I am an animal lover. I love cats and dogs alike (preferably cats). This movie, however, should not be seen by animal lovers. PETA would be displeased. I assumed the film would start with the dog already dead, but we have to actually build up to its death, which is just unbearable. Later, we see a cat transform (for no reason) into a bat creature, and it doesn't change back. That whole thing just makes me sad and angry. Not only is all of what I just mentioned too scary for little kids, but it's also emotionally scarring for animal lovers like I said!I remember seeing The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) prior to this movie and I didn't like it. This movie makes Nightmare look like a masterpiece. At least they didn't abuse animals in a way that thought it was being funny and wasn't, and that movie tried to be kid-friendly. Frankenweenie does not succeed in any of that. Please, for the love of all animals, stay away from this awful movie, and if your pets are alive and well, be thankful for that.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
This is an absolute pastiche copied up from no matter how many films and books, you won't be able to trace them all from Stephen King to Mary Shelly, to you know whom better than I. But it is a festive big laughing competition against all basic beliefs of parents about the education of their darling children, especially when they, the parents, are at work and the children at home and the latter understood myriads of years ago how to by-pass the "security" on the TV and computer. They are able hours on top of hours to view all the nasty shows they can find and imagine.For them parents science like technology are dirty words and unbearable subjects that have to be kept away from the children's ears and from the dinner table, when there is a family dinner, once every blue moon. For them parents a science fair, festival, competition, fest or carnival only has one aim and goal: to learn how to be badder than bad and produce both Viagra and ecstasy. You children know the type of pills your parents or you parents are buying on the Internet. Is it from Amazon or from Alibaba? Maybe only from the corner store, well the chap that is standing ,in front of the corner store. How old is he by the way?This farce is absolutely successful and in black and white, or something close, which is better than you could have imagine. Don't you play with electricity, Benjamin Franklin would say. You may burn your fingers and roast your tonsils. When I say your tonsils you know what I mean. Of course the film has no depth whatsoever and does not pretend to have any. The only point is that it is funny ah ah and nothing else. Enjoy it and play with death as if it were your nightmare friend in the science class of your dear high school. And do not forget the science teacher is necessarily a bomb maker, a heroin refiner, a mental pervert, a serial killer and eventually a religious fundamentalist.Have a good day with Walt DisneyDr Jacques COULARDEAU
