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That Paul Moffett
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Medieval Arthurian scholar and sessional instructor at Memorial U of Newfoundland. Principal of Clockworks Academy.

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It was exciting to hear you! I hope some people check out your comics based on hearing you on the show!
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I would like to watch it again.
a person is swimming in the water with a hood on their head .
Alt: A figure in a hood and mask lowers the mask and the caption reads "Now ... run."
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This movie is very interested in the themes of life and death, fatherhood, creativity as (failed) redemption, the Romantic Promethean desire to remake the world, cycles of abuse. It gestures toward but is surprisingly uninterested in themes of vengeance, motherhood, or even (really) monstrosity.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I've never seen Mia Goth in anything I liked her in. Maybe a personal prejudice. Having her play both Victor's mother AND Elizabeth is brilliant though (she's barely recognizable as Claire).
a woman wearing a green scarf around her head
Alt: Slow zoom in on a woman wearing a green scarf around her head
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November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Although at two and a half hours it's already longer than average, I think it needed another half-hour at least. The final act seemed rushed and the resolution unearned. Without spoilers: neither Victor nor the Creature's final emotional state connects with what we've seen to bring them there.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There are substantial changes in plot from the novel. Don't worry about it. A movie isn't a novel. The novel still exists and you can read it whenever you want to. This movie emphasizes particular themes and downplays others; that's what all adaptations always do and should do.
a man with curly hair is standing in a dark room with a light shining on him
Alt: Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein putting on a glove as the camera zooms in slightly.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Visually, this is an amazing movie. Del Toro excels at visuals that are both compelling and symbolically rich, and this movie is no exception. It looks really good, and visually it is also a rich text.
a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
Alt: The Creature from del Toro's Frankenstein, wearing a hood and a mask, looks at the camera
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
No you're wrong this was funny
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just kidding. I knew it was the fifth. That's how I figured out today is the sixth. By adding one more on to yesterday.
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I would watch the Addams Family, then Star Trek, then I'd be done.
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM