The Tab

This is really just my over all thoughts of this film.  I am not going into details of the story or anything.

So as I said I was going to get this Frankenstein movie that was based off the Dean Koontz series.  Well, the movie came in some time ago and I was honestly afraid to watch it.  After some time of sitting on my ass staring at the case, I popped it in my PS3 and forced myself to watch it.  First impression….. omgwtfbbq….

The opening scene is on a cruise liner.  I understand that the movies are never like the book, but really.  This one STARTS off wrong even.  We can’t even get the monk temple in Tibet right.   To make it better, that opening scene looked like it was shot with an every day camera you’d find laying around in your attic.  So first impression… this is going to be a very 88 minutes.

To be completely honest, when the movie was over, I was more impartial.  I mean it wasn’t HORRID, was just low budget.  You could tell from the start the movie was very low budget.  Acting was mediocre, nothing over the top great, but it wasn’t Twilight either.  These characters actually had emotion to them and actually tried to express them.  When it was all done and said my only real complaint was that it was rushed.  Too much too fast and never a moment to stop and collect you thoughts over what just happened, just scene to scene to get it over.  While still debating on the movie, I watched the “In the making” part of the DVD.  This gave me some extra insight and definitely helped pin my actual opinion on the film.

It was actually filmed in 20 days.  Yeah, you heard right.  20 fucking days to film this movie.  Thats it! It was earlier today that I realized that this was also originally made for a TV movie only and later on went to DVD.  Though the real thing that made me respect the movie, were the people who put it all together.  You watch them making the scenes and getting the director’s thoughts on it all, as well as the actors, set builders, stunt doubles, ect… They all had a lot of fun.  They really enjoyed what they were doing and played with it.

My over all thoughts were: Sure, its not great acting and was rushed.  The movie looked like it was made with a low grade camera, but meh.  I had to respect it for what it was.  Low budget film for tv.  You can’t get great with those and I still admire the enthusiasm EVERY one had for the movie and their parts in it.  For the length of time that they were able to get this done, again I have to admire them and their work.

So reading through some older posts, I am a whiny lil bitch XD.  As stated two posts ago, Elder refuses to close down ‘The Tab’ therefore I will be trying this again.  The goal this time will be the same as it started, rants and shit about random crap.  However, I am adding on something I should, and frankly upset I didn’t from the start, reviews of different movies and what not.  Granted I have already posted 2 movie reviews on here, Those were mostly out of anger to expose the absolute bull shit of cinema that they were.  Yes Heather, I am aiming that directly at the new ‘Alice in Wonderland’ movie, as well as the other cinematic clusterfuck you took me to see, which I will not name since its already been said and done.

On an off note. I’m coming home in a month.  I’m looking forward to the Abby Road concert this year =D

So any who, I was suggested reading this book some time ago.  Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein.   After a decent amount of time, a dude I work with happen to bring it up.  Told me he has it and already read it.  He too suggested me reading it and that I would really enjoy it.  So the guy brings it in and I read it.  I was a little shocked honestly.

When I was first told of this book by Elder, I wondered, how would one go about re-writing a Frankenstein novel.  Just to find out it was a trilogy O.O  I had a scary image of  ’Van Helsing’ [shudders]  I’m still in awe that they managed to make Frankenstein work in that story >.<

So the book starts off with the main character (the monster himself) in a monk temple in Tibet…… sure because that makes sense?  He likes to do this trick for a monk, making a coin disappear… Because all monsters should have this skill?  OH! and he thinks the lightning that brought him to life gave him the understanding of the quantum works of the universe and can take a single step on one side of the planet, and end up in New Orleans…. Just because thats fucking awesome!…. well minus the New Orleans part.  Of all cities to let this epic creature roam (or quantum leap) around, why New Orleans?  Meh to each their own I suppose.  At least it isn’t the usual city that destruction usually takes place.

We’re also given these two cops who are quite the pair.  We have the funny guy cop, and the over enthusiastic, my dad was a bad cop, stern, over powering chick.  OF COARSE!!! Because anything else would be too clichéd, specially since we weren’t given the clichéd city of destruction. We have our controlling, perfectionist bad guy, Victor Helios(Frankenstein), who is your every day atheist pushing his anti-god beliefs on you knowing you are wrong and nothing else but his opinion matters.  This autistic creation of the fucknuts Frankenstein, that wants to rip the secrets of happiness from this OTHER autistic kid he found in a news clipping (lovely right?).  Over all we have a wonderful cast of misfits and psycho’s.

Despite my slight bashing of the characters, it was honestly a good book.  I really enjoyed it and went into so research to find out about the other books.  While doing this, I find something appalling and absolutely horrific.  ”Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: The movie”……..MOTHER@#!@$FUCKING ASS^%$^#WHIPE@#!@#SHIT$#%^&*(MONKEY)(*&!!!! [Starts to cry] I was only joking when I said a movie would be cool! Well fuck me sidways… I am gonna have to see this now. Away to Amazon I go >.<

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