[00:00:01] Speaker A: Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Movie Deputy Reviews. We are doing an in depth interrogation into today's movie. If you are curious about this one, stick around because this is going to be a little bit more than the typical adventure that I try to bring you along with on a regular basis.
Today we are talking about a movie that is definitely not safe for the littles. This one is getting a guilty rating through and through.
I would not even recommend this for a lot of teenagers. I'm surprised it's only rated r and not NC17 just for some of the content.
So, yes, this one is getting a guilty rating. So this is one you've been wanting to see and you are fans of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
This is an adventure unlike anything you've seen before. You know the stories of Frankenstein, by the way, which I highly recommend. The new Netflix one, by the way, if you are a fan of the Frankenstein story as a whole. But it has nothing to do with this. They're not connected at all.
But this is Frankenstein. Bride of Frankenstein meets Bonnie and Clyde. With the Godfather.
You're going, what that? It's okay. That's what my brain was doing, too. My brain. I don't.
I try not to watch a lot of the trailers, except for the ones that just kind of play before the movie. I don't go out searching and like, look up a bunch of the trailers and stuff before I watch the movies. Because honestly, it can really skew what you expect. And I'm really glad I didn't for this one. And you know me, no spoilers ever. I'm not going to spoil anything. Not even anything close to spoilers. So if you hate spoilers as much as I do, and this is a movie you're interested in, don't definitely stick around. Because this, this is an adventure from the beginning to the end.
And it's not going to be what you expect at all. So let's jump in at the trailer and then of course, I'm going to be back and talk to you more about the movie.
[00:02:15] Speaker B: Can anybody help me, please?
[00:02:23] Speaker C: I didn't want.
[00:02:27] Speaker B: I didn't want any of this.
[00:02:32] Speaker A: Please
[00:02:34] Speaker B: help.
Help.
Help.
[00:02:47] Speaker C: What happened?
[00:02:48] Speaker D: You had an accident.
[00:02:52] Speaker A: That's one way to put it.
As you can imagine, this as you saw, this starts out kind of a dark way, but it's not exactly as it seems.
[00:03:04] Speaker C: An accident, huh?
[00:03:06] Speaker D: We dug you up and we brought you back to life.
[00:03:11] Speaker B: You get on stage and I call her by her first name.
[00:03:16] Speaker C: What did you want with a dead girl?
[00:03:18] Speaker D: I'm the same born from the dead.
I am a monster.
[00:03:25] Speaker C: Yeah, so am I.
[00:03:32] Speaker D: This world is it. Black hole
[00:03:38] Speaker B: the corrupt are going to see. Life is here, and it's coming to you from the monsters. Yes.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: Anybody dance.
Everybody saved.
Everybody move.
[00:03:58] Speaker A: Please don't hurt me. Please.
[00:03:59] Speaker B: I'm sorry.
[00:04:00] Speaker A: What are you sorry for? Did you do something wrong?
[00:04:03] Speaker C: Something you thought you might get away with?
[00:04:14] Speaker B: Stop right there.
Screaming. My head.
The dead have got something to say, and I'm saying it.
[00:04:33] Speaker D: The Bride of Frankenstein.
[00:04:37] Speaker C: No, just the bride.
[00:04:45] Speaker B: Scared.
[00:04:48] Speaker A: You should be.
This one. I. I'm just watching this again, and I just. Literally just watched this.
And the goosebumps that I'm getting from what even just watching the trailer again are it just. Wow. I want to share with you what I did for the podcast image before I get too far into the story.
So this is the poster.
This is the podcast image. I.
I wanted to play with the whole thing because it's. Here comes the mother blanking bride.
And it's.
That is a perfect way to do this. You know, I think I'm gonna leave that one up instead of changing back to the poster just because I really like how that came out. I wanted to twist it. I wanted to just play on the whole title of the movie, because it's not just Bride is the Bride.
And we think of Bride of Frankenstein, and she's different than that because she's the bride. And you may be thinking, okay, but what.
You start with a psyche that is broken, and it's open to possession of sorts.
The first thing that we start with is Mary Shelley, and it talks a little bit about that back in 1818, that she wrote Frankenstein on a dare. Now, is that true? I don't know, but it's an interesting theory, at least.
And she's always wanted to be able to express more of the story than what she could tell and more than what she could do. Because back then, women were seen as less than. And a lot of ways some people still do.
But in this one, we really get to see the darkness of Mary Shelley come out through Maggie Gyllenhaal's I Eyes as a sort of. This one.
If you didn't catch that in the trailer, this is a film by Maggie Gyllenhaal. I'm going to totally mispronounce that.
And it's intense in everything that it is, because you see this broken young girl, this broken psyche, and we see how she dies. Obviously, she has to die to become the bride, and what happens with that. But how does Frankenstein come into play.
Well, he.
He goes to see the doctor or a doctor, because he wants to fill a missing piece and he needs her help to do so. So I'm not going to fill in some of those blanks because that would be kind of a major spoiler for this. And I said, that's why I paused on that. I'm like, okay, I can't really say that because that would give a big part of the plot away.
Now, if you caught on to the little hints in the trailer, you'd know probably what I was hinting to. But if not, you'll be surprised when you watch the movie. And throughout the story, we see Frankenstein and we see Penelope and we see their relationship grow.
Because when Ida, Penelope, is brought back to life, she has no memory from what she was previously.
And so they become a very Bonnie and Clyde type ish duo. And he is obsessed with this actor. And so he goes to see these movies all the time back in the black and white era. And it's just, he's obsessed with these romances that have these dance scenes and there's this big dance. And you may be saying, wait, wait, wait, you're getting off track. Just like. No, actually I'm not. I'm not actually getting off track with this at all.
It sounds confusing and it's very dark, it's very gory, it's very gruesome.
Some of the scenes, they're just.
If you are sensitive or have sensitive sensibilities, you are going to have to turn away at many scenes in this movie. It'll just.
It's going to be grotesque and it's going to be hard to watch at times.
But there's other scenes and the story itself, there is so much beauty in a really messed up way.
If you're familiar with the deputy scale. You know, there's different things that I judge on. I look at the story, I look at the plot, I look at how well it's told.
I look for the big plot holes. And mind you, there are some pieces of plot holes in this one. There really are.
But the pieces that we get are to say that it's questionable content is an understatement.
There are scenes that will captivate you that you will not be able to stop thinking about.
Like another movie I mentioned late recently.
But there's going to be things that stick with you long after this is done. And of course, I mean, they had to work in a few, the whole modern crap in there just a little bit. But thankfully they didn't overdo it on that. Which I really appreciate, by the way. I'm looking down because I'm looking at the notes on my phone, and so I'm looking for a very.
For a phrase that was in here.
So I apologize on that.
I. Sorry, I'm having a really hard time finding that. So. Oh, there was a funny joke. I almost forgot about that. Do you know what you need to open? A tight little oyster. A little muscle. That was kind of a cute little joke. And. Oh, here we go. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. That's what I was looking for. So sorry about the long thing there, but as you can see, I take pretty extensive notes throughout the movie. And if you want to pause that and try to zoom in on my phone, you're more than welcome. There's nothing, no spoilers or anything there, but it just has a poignant to the way that it's told.
It is the story of Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, as we've never seen it before.
It is an insight into the mental state of Mary Shelley as she's telling the story, as she's recording the original story, and how she would continue to tell the story if given the chance.
It is really a. It's not a. It's not a unique story. It's a story that's been told and retold over and over and over again.
And maybe you're tired of that, and maybe that's just the way that goes, but what is done here is a unique perspective on an old story.
So that alone makes it memorable. And it.
There is something to the ending. And when you go through this whole story and the tragedy of it, this. This is not a typical horror story. This is not a typical scary story. This is not a typical monster movie.
And that's what makes this captivating. This is not just a ghost story. It's not just a horror story.
It's not just a love story.
It's something much more profound. So if you go to this, you're going to have to go into it with a mindset of outside of the normal realm of thinking, because if you go into the traditional mindset of the traditional idea of Frankenstein with the traditional idea of the Bride of Frankenstein, this is going to completely turn it on its head. But it does so in an intriguing way that will leave you thinking about this long after it's done. So, score wise, where am I coming in?
I really need to get a drum sound for that, but this one's going to surprise a few of you. Like. Like Another movie I did recently, I would say the very opening scenes of this, I'm like, okay, this is gonna be an eight. This, this is amazing.
And then the story devolves rapidly into something that I.
You're going to have to want to sit through this to make it through the particular scene I'm talking about.
And it's a long scene and it's just. There's a lot to it. And you're like, what is the point of this? How does this add to the story?
But as the story goes on, it makes more sense and it comes back up. So like I said, it starts an eight, honestly, drops to mid threes for a little bit, comes back to a six, gets a little bit better.
We do this a lot in the movie with the score.
But just considering the fact that this is a memorable telling of this story and the plot definitely has some questionable content, I hope that you are right along there with me, but I am giving the bride a 7 out of 10 on the deputy scale. Now, do not let me lose you that quickly on that.
This one is not for everybody.
That I'm giving this a 7. But this is another one of those movies that is definitely not for everybody. If you are a fan of the.
The stories like Gail a while back or Return to Oz or the twisted stuff of like, good luck, have fun, don't Die where you like that twisted mindset a bit, then this is going to be the story for you. If you like, if you like movies like that, if you are more. If you are. You want something wholesome or you want a traditional story, maybe if you. If you want a good Frankenstein one, go check out the Netflix one if that's more of a traditional Frankenstein type story.
But as a whole, I do recommend this for a lot of viewers out there, so I hope you take a chance on it. If you do, let me know what you think. I would love to know. As always, you can reach
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