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Best movie ever!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The story is just a common in biographies, yet it's a boring one. It feels right in explaining the focus character's mood in the film. Yet the drama feels very boring because the scenes consists mainly of dialog of two roles, most of them in sitting position. Though there's a lot of effort in showing emotion play, there's only little else done on it besides the dialog and the facial expressions. All the little flashbacks feel a little non-congruent due to their short duration. Ian McKellen is surely at home with this character. Yet he did quite a nice job in portraying the gloom and despair of James Whale. Frasier as a young talent is a good balance in this movie considering McKellen's age. McKellen's age was not really covered well on the flashbacks, considering the lower advances in technology at the time of this movie.

This 1998 movie was made for only a little over 3 million dollars----which is peanuts by any standards..of to-day. Yet, it is pretty excellent. Ian McKellen is simply brilliant as retired movie director James Whale (Highly successful movie director of the 1930s) The choice of Brendan Fraser (Clayton Boone) as the gardener was a master stroke. Whale sees him as another of his "monsters !!"Whale and Boone become "friends", but we are robbed of any sexual tension between the two.... (Whale is a homo-sexual) but the Boone character is too rigidly fixed...in all his views. Actually, the Boone character never really existed...so I guess its academic. This is McKellen at his very best (why no Oscar .?) and its simply great to watch a master craftsman do his thing. Whale directed Frankenstien and The Bride of Frankenstien (and half a dozen other "hits") during his hey-day in the 1930s. In this hugely under-rated movie it is 1957 and Whales health is declining. A great insight into those old days, and a very good movie.

The plot summary for Gods and Monsters states that it follows the last days of horror director James Whale, but it shouldn't be thought of as a biopic; it manages to avoid almost every pitfall suffered by most movies of that genre, except for one - predictability. The film is very predictable every step of the way, even if you know absolutely nothing about Whale's life or death, you can tell very early on exactly how it's going to end. It doesn't matter, though, because Gods and Monsters isn't about the story; it's an art-house piece and a character study, an exploration of a complex personality and, above all, a remarkably beautiful film.Like any biographical film, Gods and Monsters relies heavily on one powerful lead actor; Ian McKellen gives one of the best performances of his career as James Whale, with whom he clearly felt a certain bond. McKellen puts his whole into the film and creates real sympathy for Whale. Fantastic as he is, though, it's not a one man show; gorgeous editing that manages to organically combine flashbacks with loving references to Whale's own early films, creates a strong sense of atmosphere that Whale himself would have been proud of. Gods and Monsters is a natural companion piece to Ed Wood and Shadow of the Vampire, but it's by far the most brooding, subtle, thought-provoking one of the trio. As for supporting cast - Lynn Redgrave is fantastic in a small but memorable part as Whale's maid; Brendan Fraser, on the other hand, plays a very generic character, mostly there as an avatar for the viewer, and though his performance is decent, it's not by any means impressive, and he gets a little too much screen time, taking the film down just a notch from masterpiece status.

What an annoying movie! Based on a novel, this film purports to be the story of James Whale, English film director, known for his Frankenstein movies of the 1930s. In real life, Whale may have been one whale of a nice person. But he's not portrayed here as such. Instead, as a white-haired old fuddy-duddy, fond of various liqueurs, and surrounded by stuffy old paintings, he comes across as self-centered, hoity-toity, and delusional, who likes to talk about himself and his past, in the presence of youthful male hunks.With mostly interior settings and gobs of dialogue, mostly about bygone days, "Gods And Monsters" conveys a starchy, moldy, pompous look and feel. The camera is mostly static. The film is talky and tedious, with Whale's utterances being spoken as profound words from on high.And there's nothing subtle about the characters or their motives, or the acting. In an early scene, a fully-dressed Whale (Ian McKellen) sits by the pool in the presence of a young male reporter, and insists that for each gossipy item revealed, the reporter must take off an item of clothing. "You're a dirty old man", says the reporter. Yes, and the film calls attention to Whale's lust over and over ... and over.The Clayton Boone character, Whale's preferred boy-toy, played with annoyingly he-man macho by Brendan Fraser, makes it crystal clear that he's absolutely, totally straight. And Lynn Redgrave tries to steal the show with her hammy, mannered portrayal of Whale's maid, Hanna.About as subtle as a sledgehammer, "Gods And Monsters" depicts Whale and his world in an all-or-nothing manner, as if the film were aimed at a mass audience that needs everything spelled out in black and white. Maybe that was the intent.