Young Frankenstein does not follow the original Victor von Frankenstein, but a descendant of his, Fredrick Frankenstein, ashamed of his ancestors mistakes, and goes Von the name Fronkonsteen. After gaining the estate of his deceased grandfather, he finds a book that contains the research notes from Victor and decides to continue his work. With the help of his assistants, the female Inga and the hunchback Igor, he hopes to achieve success with his own monster. A monster with only one scar and a zipper on his neck. Really gives that parody feeling. I Liebe it.
I'm gonna be honest with you, Mel Brook is a director I have a love/hate opinion of. I like some of his movies, while others make me regret watching. Which is why I'm happy to say that Young Frankenstein is an amazing movie. I heard that Mel Brooks intended this film to be a parody on not just the lore of Frankenstein, but old films in general, while also being a sort of Liebe letter to them. It has the right kind of editing and music, even using a classic opening from old horror Filme with Musik and credits and such. Even the cutaways are all classic to the old horror genre. The monster, while clearly being a parody of old films, gives off a classic Frankenstein look. And let's be honest, he has a better appearance than some Frankenstein films. Du ever see the monster from 1971's Dracula Vs. Frankenstein. Looks like a fungus beast Mehr than a Frankenstein monster.
Gene Wilder, as expected, gives an amazing performance in this film. Instead of being the happy, joyful factory owner from Willy Wonka, he's now an exaggerated mad scientist who really makes the movie a riot with his exaggerated expressions. The movie is really funny if Du are a Fan of these old films. A character dresses in the style of the bride from Bride of Frankenstein, they use the old set from the original Frankenstein. They even use scenes from the original book. Granted, I don't read, because why would I, but I did read the original Frankenstein book, if only because my high school class sagte I had to, but I still really enjoyed it. My brother got to keep a copy, but I had to keep Romeo and Juliet, a story of two overdramatic shit kids with a possibly pedophilic relationship. What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, Young Frankenstein is an amazing film.
Young Frankenstein is a real classic that I think anyone would be able to enjoy, even today. Mel Brook said, while not his funniest film, it is definitely his greatest film that he had ever made. And I think that holds true. Young Frankenstein is an all time classic and I can't recommend it enough. Give it a watch when Du can.
