Product: Gods and Monsters (1998)
Rating: 5.0
Super good
Super good movie from the fictionalized novel set to the end of James Whale's life. Very intersting in that sense, and Ian McKellen really makes the character come to life, to be more than a decrepit old man trying to maybe seduce his younger male gardener. But what moved me most about this film was the stunning recreations of Whale's flashbacks, his spells when he ws lost in the dementia beginning to envelop him secondary to his strokes. It was really quite chilling and what made him seem so human and sad. We get such a rare unique view of what it may be like to be completely detached from reality and lost in time for several terrifying minutes. And we get to see what it may be like for a man getting ready to die, before he, we, or anyone else knows it. That is what I thought made this movie such one of a kind.