Product: Gods and Monsters (1998)
Rating: 3.0
BRIDE OF FRASERSTEIN
I watched this movie yesterday, on a lovely Saturday afternoon. Maybe i should have went to the beach, because all this movie did was make me restless. Yes indeed it was a quality movie, with great acting by Ian Mckellen and Lynn Redgrave. The thing that ruined it for me was Brenden Fraser. I believe he was miscast. It seems as though they gave him the part because he looks so much like Frankenstein. He should have played Frankenstein and someone like Pauly Shore could have played "Boon". (just kidding of course!)The overall look of the film was beautiful. It had alot of style. Another problem I had with Gods and Monsters though, were the doldrum periods of the plot where Whale and Boon would sit around and psycho-babble with each other and try and pick each others brains apart. They did this too many times in the film and the reluctancy of Boon was a real turn off. Brenden Fraser does play a GREAT homophobe! I also found it repulsive that Whale allowed Boon back into his life even after Boon degrated him and did nothing short of spitting in his face. Whale should have just kicked him to the curb!The part I don't understand is why Whale had such a fascination with Boon. Why did he do so much for this guy? Boon came off as such a jerk, a no brains kind of guy, an opportunist. Was Boon just a piece of you know what to Whale? If so, that is really sad that he chose to cherish and embrace someone like Boon. That's what I didn't like about this film! The weak characters!