MARY SHELLEY Official Trailer (2018) Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams Movie HD
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MARY SHELLEY Official Trailer (2018) Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams Movie HD
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The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.
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My teachers always said that they had to do a movie or show on her life story cause its almost as complex as the story she wrote herself.
and you're not gonna have that with this movie
well, we don't know yet.
For sure! She and the other Romantics (Percy and Byron, specifically) seemed to have a lot of drama in their lives.
Why is Byron part of the Romantics? He was a llibertine
National Geographic’s show ‘Genius’ is going to have a third season that’s about Mary Shelley’s life. :)
*byron*: lets have a little story telling contest! nothing too serious *shelley*:lmao okay! *shelley*: *invents the science fiction genre*
ros She didnt invent the science fiction genre. There were scifi stories before her. In the 2nd century ad Lucian wrote True Story. Its about a group of explorers going to the moon and fighting a war with people from the sun. Also Frankenstein was just a remake of the Prometheus myth
philuip I was just stating a fact that mary shelly didnt create anything. She just remade stories. What the original commenter was saying is wrong. Why are you mad at the facts?
@@festo8756 Calling Frankenstein a remake of the Prometheus myth is not incorrect, however it is similar to saying that Joker is a remake of The Dark Knight. They based on the same story, yet they are completely different sentiments that are being explored within what it means to create and be as God to a new creation.
Sam Boyer Frankenstein is a remake of prometheus. When Frankenstein was first published the complete title was Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Mary Shelly is telling the audience that this is a remake of the myth. Its in the title. Joker is a remake of Taxi Driver and King of Comedy
@@festo8756 It is and it isn't, yes the full title is still the official title in the Dover publications. However, Shelley is likening Frankenstein not to Prometheus not recreating him. Prometheus created man out of clay, so too does Victor Frankenstein create his own creation in the creature. Shelley's novel is meant to be a critque of responcibiliy and autonomy raised in the prometheus myths, The Bible, and explicity in Milton's Paradise Lost. Yes, most everything comes from either Shakeaspear, The Bible, or Greek Mythology as the old joke (but pseudotruth goes) but the new criticisms and outlooks on those ideas are what books like Frankenstein are about.
You have to be familiar with the life of Mary Shelley in order to appreciate this. She was bold and fearless even for our day and age. Imagine what she went through back then. I for one think this looks interesting, and am excited that the creator of Frankenstein is getting proper recognition
Jennifer L. My understanding the original story was spun entirely improvised while having drinks with Lord Byron. In many cases, females were better writers as they were astute observers of human behavior. I hope this movie is true to her legend.
Shelley was my introduction to the gothic romance genre... and that’s Mary Shelley, not Percy! I became obsessed and read every biography I could find! I’m excited to see this film also but my only fear is whether Elle Fanning can portray her correctly. Do you know what I mean?
Since you read so many biography, does the conflicting and contentious relationship between her and her husband seem real? I haven't read much on her so have no idea.
DID YOU KNOW HER?
Asiacheetah No. Mary and Percy spent 8 years together before he died suspiciously... they suffered so many tragedies in that time it’s actually quite unbelievable e.g. 4 out of their 5 children died, there were suicides and then of course for Mary, Percy’s death when he was 30. They were each other’s reason! Percy wrote poems for Mary and is love for her and how he missed her after their first 2 babies died. Mary like her mother suffered mental health but she never stopped supporting Percy’s writing by reading it always and always trying to make him better... in fact that’s how she spent the rest of her life! Trying to get Percy’s writings out into the world! Byron and Percy were like boys and I guess, Mary had to sometimes be the responsible one. Perhaps this is what the film may be referring to?? Or... they need to dramatise it?? I’m still very interested to see it however!
Mary Shelley is the mother of Science Fiction.
Ya, ima be real mad if they fuck up this film
Johnny Skinwalker yes... Frankenstein is considered the first sci fi novel...
Johnny Skinwalker Such as?
Frankenstein was the first science fiction novel that exceeded the genre and changed it forever. Also, The Last Man was the first work of post-apocalyptic fiction. She opened these genres to big philosophical questions. I any case, she's the mother of Modern Science Fiction.
Well if their is a mother, there's got to be a father, Jules Verne gets my vote for father of science fiction.
I am very excited for this film. Mary Shelley deserves all of the credit in the world for pushing forward the progressive concept of horror. She was a genius, and I think it is very important she is being portrayed as a stubborn, strong woman - as she was! I only hope this movie isn't filled with pointless sex scenes.
Ms. Alexandria E. And to think she wrote that entire book in one night - with so many hidden motifs and views on society weather throughout
+Yash get a life u fucking crack head
lol
It probably won’t be, it’s rated PG-13.
Drugs
For all the bitter Men's Rights Activists in this comment section, bare in mind the time this story is set. It wasn't exactly an egalitarian society back then. Women won't get to vote yet for another 100 years. Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously. Her husband took the credit. And Frankenstein is considered one of the earliest, if not the first Science Fiction novel, a genre all of us nerds worship. Show a little respect. And just see the trailer for what it is. A film.
Emilio Agazzi I actually learned in school for many years he did have credit for it because of the time.
Cyberman14 and Keith1974 are the kinds of asshats who see everything in black and white. If you support the trailer and its feminist themes, you are "Good." If you hate the trailer, the only possible reason is that you are and insecure loser who hates women. Dumbasses. Hey, here's a thought: maybe I hate the trailer because I _like_ strong women, but _don't like_ it when overabundant feminism themes get rubbed in my goddamn face. Maybe I _would_ like the trailer as-is if I didn't feel like I'm constantly being lectured about feminism every fucking time I get online. Did that ever occur to you two, or do your feminist wives/girlfriends sentence you to cold glares and a week of abstinence whenever you have thoughts they don't approve of?
The problem is that Mary Shelley was a 100% not a feminist! She said it time and time again. She said she was happy living in the system already in place. She hated any sort of women movements. And they turn around make this bullshit Hollywood movie about her "struggle" and they'll make every dudes with long sharp big teeth.
CyberMan14 it is not the first science fiction story but yes she does deserve appreciation.
As an English grad student I can say Percy Shelley didn't take credit for it. He wrote the preface which led people to think he did, and because people didn't believe a woman could write something so brutal and dark the first reviewer assumed he wrote it. He had minimal influence over the story, and mostly copy edited AKA did not effect the narrative. There were men for many years that insisted he must of wrote it, Mary often corrected them but Percy never said he was the author.
I hope it's more about her process in writing the story and less about a personal love story
Her affair and marriage were very far from a love story! I think it will cover a lot of her personal life, simply because of how strongly it influenced her writing, but that in itself means it won't be a soppy love story. Dramatic, tragic, but not a love story. Byron was a dick, and Shelley wasn't a whole lot better.
It would be a rather short film if this were just about her writing since she wrote the story in just a few weeks....
aim-to-misbehave men ruled and poets heads aren't in reality for the most part. Unfortunate age for women, children, animals.
Yup, as a horror fan and a very big fan of Frankenstein, I hope so too but judging by the trailer it’s going to be way more personal story than story of her writing the story.
Why?
Mary Shelley was the mother of sci-fi, she deserves so much more than cry baby MRAs whining about feminism. She created the genre that they probably enjoy most, but she was a woman and a feminist, and they dismiss her. They don't deserve what she gave them.
THIS!!!! Men took sci-fi and the only thing they were able to create was boring male fantasies with sexy aliens and sexy robots!
I admire Mary Shelly a hell of a lot more than I like this trailer. Problem is, I'm _pretty sure_ I've never been guilty of misogyny, yet every time I watch a superhero show, go see a movie, or even get online, I feel like I'm being lectured about feminism. Maybe if I didn't have to put up with _that_ angry fucking horseshit nearly every day, I would be perfectly happy with this trailer.
@Ton Speigel Maybe not everything is about you.
And that means I'm not allowed to explain my perspective for the benefit of anyone who may share it? I should keep quiet unless I openly support feminism?
You seem to be complaining that there are movies and other media that represent a worldview that's not yours as if that's some kind of burden and imposition on you. Beyond the fact that that's completely absurd, maybe you're just not the target audience and are completely free to ignore it in favor of the huge majority of movies that ARE aimed at you. Or, you could actually try to have some empathy and understand a point of view that's foreign because it doesn't reflect your own experience.
"Old enough to know why you're asking." BRILLIANT line.
Mother and daughter being the definition of genius. These two women are the legends in literature.
This actually looks pretty good if you knew the context behind Mary Shelley writing an entire novel in one night - it’s amazing how she hid so many suttle views on society in a book written in one night
I think they had a week to write it, and burned through a lot of drugs and booze in the process.
She didn't write it in one night - she wrote the initial short story at Diodati, then expanded and revised it into novel form over the better part of the next year.
Which would be IMPOSSIBLE.
Sara Mahfud I
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"How old are you?" "Old enough! I'm sixteen!" Me: Spits coffie all over monitor...
Considering the time it takes place ..ヽ（´ー｀）┌
She said 'Old enough to know why you are asking'
Yeah... their relationship was not great. He was also married and I think in his 30s
@@w.k.astrolabe280 they were 5 yrs apart in age
16 was 32 back then. Nowadays 18 is the new 15
Her mother was the first feminist. Mary Wollstonecraft. She was the great feminist writer of the 18th century Enlightenment. She was in Paris as the revolution cut down all her idealistic peers and then she escaped with her American lover. Sometimes people of history are more amazing than is remembered. For anybody complaining about a feminist slant to this movie I would say you do not know anything about Shelley, her thought or her lineage.
Byron questions as to whether a woman could possibly compete with a man, the irony being his daughter would go on to be the worlds first computer programmer.
yeah a daughter who he barely knew and whose wife made sure her daughter was nothing like her father.
wait it was THAT lord byron?
@@stonersiren yeah the same
This man literally knew two of the most brilliant minds of his time, and willfully chose to ignore them at best, and actively impede them at worst.
Byron wrote a little poem on islam read it.
they actually followed the history of the story! That's a good choice. I'd like to see this.
I saw this movie a few days ago and i absolutely loved it! It has awakened my desire for poetry and literature. This movie itself is poetic, seeing douglas booth and elle fanning play their characters with such passion especially when she's finishing frankenstein, amazing. The ending was very touching as well.
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I recommend to also research her life and that of ever character in the movie. It is in Wikipedia. Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Percy Shelley, Harriet Westbrook, Fanny Imlay, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont....
Wish they'd make a movie about her mother....
Jesus imagine that comment section 😳
Here's the trailer for #MaryShelley! Enjoy and leave a like!
why da hell did you had to comment? it's not like we see the comments BEFORE the video
They seem to have left out that the "write a ghost story competition" occured when they and their bohemian friends where HIGH. AS. BALLS.
Balls aren't very high. lol
*Blu Jay* Until they are!
They also leave out the part where she finds her inspiration. She lost a child shortly after birth and had a dream where she needed to keep them warm. The dream ended with the baby opening their eyes. Other inspiration came from her personal life (a lot of scholars believe that Victor is based off of Shelley because he was an absentee father). Some came from the studies into the affect of electric currents on dead tissue, think zapping a frog leg and seeing it jump. All in all, I hope it’s a good movie
k patterson dude it's only a trailer. I'm sure they'll mention that stuff in the actual movie
They did show all of this in the movie, don't expect to see everything in a trailer, they already show too much in my opinion
Listen, I love Frankenstein. I think it's one of the greatest books ever written, and I think Mary Shelley deserves more credit than history books have given her. I'm looking forward to seeing this movie when it comes out.
I love this movie so much, everytime I watch it, it feels like I am watching it for the first time. Mary Shelly is such an amazing soul, she single-handedly created A whole new genre of writing and influenced so many writers after her and is still doing that today. She truly was years ahead of her time! Such a powerful force of nature and she will never be forgotten.
Hey guys. Not every film with a strong female protagonist is feminist propaganda. I’m quite looking forward to this.
Well, Mary Shelley was a feminist...
Please refer to 1:31 (Suffused with a righteous feminist fire...). Otherwise, probably a good movie.
I am personally looking forward to this as well. =)
Melanie Anne Ahern shut up meg
Melanie Anne Ahern What's a strong female protagonist feminist got to do with anything ? The bitch had her periods and cramps and bitch issues just like any other woman of the present day and like yourself .
And all the boys cry out in anger, for they declare that a woman who has found her voice is of profound threat to their fragile way of life. Cant handle the fact that its not all about you anymore can you?
its more because the trailer seems like it dumbed down the male characters (who were real people) and made them more dislikable which is almost a easier way to make a "strong female lead" even though the character didn't need that to happen to stand out. i say this as a woman.
halifax verbeck To be fair, the real people these characters are based on WERE extremely dislikeable. Shelley was a notorious womanizer and had more than three affairs while married to his first wife. Lord Byron was condescending to Mary and wrote of her Frankenstein manuscript, "Not bad - for a woman." They didn't exactly make themselves well-liked all the time in real life either...
It's about time that feminist themes get put in the media because clearly many people in the comment section have yet to learn that women deserve the same respect as men.
as a woman i am getting genuinely fucking exhausted of 3rd wave feminism. the movement is dead. if you want true equality then show egalitarianism, not a movement that has corrupted to the point of ALSO being sexist
Considering how sexist the world was when she was alive, any story about her without feminist themes would just be incorrect.
LOOOOOVED this movie, of course I'll admit, I love anything with Elle Fanning. But she truly did an exceptional job as Mary Shelly (just like with all her characters she's done).
I read the book, she's a great author.
Especially since she was only 18!
I thought it was the worst book I've ever read, but interesting for its time. I'm more interested in her life than her book.
*She was a great author. You need to read more often.
why is it the worst book you've ever read? @@MakeMeThinkAgain
this reminds me so much of one of my teachers - he says that women can’t write or do anything really as well as men, which is a total bull and i’m very glad movies like this one are coming out.
you are a hero, i would have punched him one million times...
Celsea C i would’ve as well... if he only wasn’t my principal at the same time.
Vanessa Weisz your a liar
Vanessa Weisz 500 for shit that never happened
@@naodamdetsyon6929 I'm sorry but are you telling the OP that something that happened in her life didn't happen?
Maybe my only complaint is that they seem to have wasted Maisie Williams.
Agreed. I was hoping she'd have a larger role.
Yes...I hope they just made Maisie in the character of Clare instead
clicked on it, so excited to see a pic about one of the greatest authors ever, and it's practically all about her love life.... great.
I am fan of Mary Shelley 📖📖👍👍
SAME
98% of comments: *Shut up, this clearly isn't feminist propaganda.* 1% of comments: *Oh my lawd this is feminazi propaganda* 0.9% of comments: *Looks like a good film* 0.1% of comments: *me*
emma price it's literally saying its suffused with righteous feminist fire at 1:33
0.9 1.O "it looks to be" A DECENT FILM. no drama, please! We Love Ms. Fanning!
CozmicK G jaja
I shall join the 0.9% thanks because it does look quite good and we could've read Frankenstein for English A-Level but our teacher chose Bram Stoker's Dracula instead
both are still classics!
YES! I have been PRAYING for a Mary Shelley movie for so long! She has such an interesting life story, I really hope they do it justice!
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” -Lord Byron
gosh, i love elle fanning a great deal. i can't wait to see her in this!
Not a role I'd ever thought Elle would helm...I'm intrigued.
Hi
Mary and percy Shelley are two of my favorite Romantic era writers and the summer on Lake Geneva has always fascinated me. "Frankenstein" is also one of my best beloved novels and an enduring story that addresses timeless issues. I look forward to seeing this film!
One of the best stories ever published!
looks so good!! she was amazingly smart mary shelley, she should be praised because her work is amazing and that all there is to it
It's a fantastic movie,Elle Fanning is just amazing
Damn this looks good. She was one rad lady who was surrounded by just as many fascinating people
What a coincidence that my English class is currently reading _Frankenstein._ In the tradition of my teacher, we do brief research on the author of whatever text we are studying. I knew that Mary Shelley wrote _Frankenstein_ after a dream following a ghost story contest, but I only learned about her affair with Percy Shelley a week ago, along with several other things I've never known about her. I think it's great that she gets a movie. She's one of the most influential writers of classical literature, and yet few people know her name, let alone her story.
Amazing woman, the original queen of horror. As a lifetime horror fan especially of Gothic horror. She is my hero
I literally consider Mary to be a saint. Stephen King is my “favorite” writer because I grew up reading his books. But there is absolutely no one I have more respect for than Mary Shelley. I am willing to die on this hill any day of the week
Honestly this movie is sooo underrated
I love you youtube...for the past few days i was just remembering this movie ...i just vaguely remembered that i have watched a story about a writer and nothing else..and here its trailer coming in my recommendation...
Stunning enough to give me the chills. There‘s nothing to pick on her accent either.
The comments section filled with whining men complaining about nothing? This almost never happens! 😒
This actually looks awesome! I love Frankenstein, it is one of my favourite classics, and I do know quite a bit about Mary, Percy, and Byron, and this film looks like it'll make an interesting interpretation of it all. And I love how they're confronting the rumours about Percy being the one who actually wrote the book, because that always pisses me off.
I've been waiting for a movie like this EVER since I read her Frankenstein in high school. #LongOverdue
A wonderful movie of a very talented young girl who created one of my favourite books at all times
THE AUTHOR OF FRANKENSTEIN
I actually had to research on Mary Shelley for a project on Frankenstein and I wondered why they haven't adapted her life into a movie or boi or something ......well here it is I might actually watch it
Frankenstein is brilliant it’s one of my favourite books so I’m excited to see Shelley’s journey to writing it and what had inspired her.
Sweet, this looks great. Frankenstein was my first love of a book.
The first science fiction author. Critical appraisal of the book was initially mixed, but when it was revealed who wrote it, most reviewers refused to believe it had been written by a woman.
MY GOD THIS LOOKS BRILLIANT 😍
I was English major when I read this book. It was not my genre but I adored it all the same. I am thrilled about this film!
The Fanning sisters are lovely actresses playing very inspiring roles I LOVE TGEM BOTH
Being a big fan of the book Frankenstein the people in real life were no were near this attractive
c17sam90 And they weren't actors either.
z I know that but this is getting increasingly annoying I find when they make something aimed at a younger market they throw the pretty people on the screen. Look at Lincoln a few years ago they didn’t all look like the real life people but they looked in keeping with the time
c17sam90 lol ikr
c17sam90 actually dude, Lord Byron; the third partner in their group; was said to he very attractive for his period and bedded hundreds of women before his untimely death.
hex warp Byron was yes but the Shelley’s were not
“You have the chance to prove me wrong” I recognize that pressure, of always wanting to be the winner, because a single loss with give them the excuse to call women weak and blame it on biology
I just Finished a bio on her, and her life was very sad . She never knew her birth mother , she was not really close with her stepmother . And when she met Shelly he was like a breath of fresh air to her .....Even though he was married. Mary also lost a lot of children which left her very damaged. To think though that she, a young women would out write 3 dudes ,who two of them where genius writer's of their time ,and her little ghost story is the one that shocked the world ,and is still loved ,and read by lot's of book lovers even to this day. I am a huge Frankenstein fan .
Mary Shelley is my historical idol and I am stokedPlus Elle fanning is fantastic for this part😊
Jesus people. Couldn't we have movie with female protagonist without anyone accusing it as a Femminist Propaganda??!
Agreed, Shelleys life is more than her telling men that she is capable, she in actuality was quite naive, just look at last man guys
This movie reminds me of Big Eyes directed by Tim Burton -- not that they are similar in any sense, but because they are both based on real life stores where a talented woman creates something, and her jerk husband takes credit. Anyone else know what I'm talking about?
I guess you were not referring to modern women marrying rich just to divorce and take credit for his wealth? 200 years ago the reality of life was different and the alleged "sexism" may have indeed been part of it as well as the reasons for it, but NOW we live in a different world ... I wonder if you've noticed that since the political "emancipation" of women - also the 20th century - the world has gone through its most brutal period in history? Ever asked why? A MAN has to prove his competence - Lord Byron did not get his recognition because he was a man, he had to work for it, while the fact that he did well is the reason he's still read. Neither did Shelly get his reputation for being a man. And I bet with you that besides Byron and Shelly thousands of MEN tried their luck and got NOTHING for doing so - some of them rightly so, some of them unfortunately. Also, what wouldn't have been "sexist"? What is not "sexist"? The moment a WOMAN pretends something, a MAN (the entire society) has just to accept it? Because otherwise SHE feels ... oppressed? TRY THIS AS A MAN, DEMAND BASED ON YOUR "PRIVILEGE", AND SEE HOW FAR YOU GET IN LIFE!!! For women this always worked: DEMAND, and if you get denied than run to the bigger Jerk and Asshole to "fight for your rights", meaning STEAL, ROB & KILL on behalf of your 50% ... While the only thing a woman needed to do was/is lay down and spread her legs ... Yes, this is prejudice ... But everyone of us has to prove himself as an individual ... Are you competent, responsible, trustworthy ...? No one gets this for granted!!! And I guarantee you that men who "payed" themselves to fame back then without delivering anything of substance, are long forgotten ... And so will the "Quota-Women" which got "pushed" and "promoted" just for the sake of not being regarded as "sexist" ... NOBODY WILL CARE anymore the moment they stop getting "payed" for carrying. People read and like "Frankenstein" because its good, not because it's been written by a man or a woman!!!
Frankenstein is one of my favorite books! So pumped for this movie!
One of my favorite stores ever, Frankenstein. Gotta see this.
god i want to watch this so badly
This movie might restore my faith in humanity
Mary Shelley is such an icon, can't wait for her story to be told on the big screen!!
Yessss!!!!!!!!! Frankenstein is my favorite book of all time!! I love Elle Fanning, can't wait to see this
It's about damn time! I couldn't give two shits about Percy Shelley (a famed poet from the Romantic period). His work pales in comparison to Mary Shelley's horror masterpiece, "Frankenstein."
Arty Bookworm I gave him his due by saying he was a famed poet. I happen to have a dislike for him, even having read much of his poetry. He may have been an acclaimed writer, but he was a brat in life (that's putting it mildly, in my opinion).
Why was him a brat?
Emily Miller what do your feelings about his personality have to do with the quality of his writing?
Female protagonist (replying to a dude telling her that she can't write well because she's a woman): I can write well, regardless of whether I'm a woman or not. Comment section: *multilayered, inaudible, tirades on feminazis*
Sham C Really, I've found only two so far. The rest just seem to find the trailer bad, or are unique enough to not be placed in a third category.
Sham C it says feminist in the damn trailer, in big bold words.
Captain Captain feminist, yet not feminazi.
Sham C all feminists are feminazis. They are irrational and thier views are illogical, and they push thier jaded flawed opinions on everyone and if you don't you're the bad guy. Sounds an awful lot like a nazi to me.
Captain Captain I mean I've always assumed that there was an apparent disparity between the advocacy of intersectional equitable rights and a historical/contemporary party that upholds exceptionally racist authoritarianism... Semantics I guess.
Amazing! Must see. I so admire her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, just finished up my master's thesis on a similar subject
Watched this movie. Probably one of the best and very underrated. It captures Shelley's life as a woman of her era, and even made a lot of references of Frankenstein. This is no feminist propaganda, however Shelley and her mother Wollstonecraft themselves are feminists who are fighting for the rights of women in a very strict patriarchal society. And both of them left so many legacies.
Maisie Williams looks like she got that only one scene though
Elle fanning is wonderful
Want to see this very much!!! Thanks to all who brought it to us.
I’m definitely here for this. I love a good period drama and I looooved Frankenstein
She straight up invented the horror genre, thank god she's getting credit
Elle fanning knows how to choose her roles. Go get em! Love both sisters~ Goodness Women are awesome but are hindered by men for so so long.
Just watched the movie. What an incredible story, and an incredible person
LITERALLY IM READING FRANKENSTEIN AND IM SO SHOOK I CANT WAIT TO WAYCH THIS
One of the greatest women to ever live
Yet again a movie doesn't realize "reanimating the dead" wasn't part of the original Frankenstein. The Creature was a "new life" not a reanimated corpse. One day I would love for a movie to acknowledge the alchemical and arcane elements of the Shelley story and that stitching together the dead wasn't even mentioned. That was invented for the films. Also Mary was a feminist and she did not keep the company of men who felt women could not come up with their own idea. The sexism she dealt with was more subtle than that. For example Byron signed a copy of Frankenstein with the words "Not bad for a woman." There was real sexism in that era, there's no need to add false representations of it. No one claimed a woman couldn't have ideas. The debate was if they felt the woman's ideas were any good. And there were female authors in 1818, just not of the horror genre. Beauty and The Beast began as a novel by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve.
Amanda Pike I want you to imagine how a movie can make a writer's imagination come to life. Duh.
Well, nobody cares about facts when feminism is such a hot topic right now. Can't miss the opportunity to sell tickets by getting people fired with controversy. Men will buy tickets because they want to get laid, and women will buy tickets because they want their relentless anger and egos to feel justified.
Thank God someone brought that up! In the novel process of creation the Creature wasn’t actually important, it’s the consequences what were. There is not a single word about how monster was created or brought to life. I just hope film will stay truthful to actual events. And of course novel.
And let's not forget that the Bronte sisters were writing prolifically in that time, even though they came a little later. Mary sort of forged that path for them.
@@tomspiegel5322 You know you're a judgmental misogynist, right? You have no idea what you're talking about.
honestly, her story was powerful when i was read it... I can't wait to see this... Thanks for sharing this video... I will be posting a movie review about it...
Wow these are some amazing young actors. Bel Powley, Maisie, Elle
Being a grown woman, men fighting over her, writing a story, having a nightmare. This is gold
Um, Byron was married to a geometer and fathered Ada Lovelace. He called his wife the Princess of Parallellograms, there's no way he ever doubted a woman's intelligence. The year without summer, during which Frankenstein was written, is SUCH an amazing story and time and cast of characters (where's Poliodori???), and this looks... bad. Lord Byron was the most charismatic man of the age, how do you cast a cockwomble as him? Also, literally the sun didn't come out for a year due to a volcanic eruption-- why would you leave THAT Gothic detail out? Ugh, such a lost opportunity.
Meagan Phillips also he was friends with, among others, Mary Shelley even after Percy Bysshe died. Why make Byron the fucknugget stand-in.: (
Olga that's what op said
Meagan Phillips Yes, I agree. In short the movie looks unnecessarily sensationalized and there are historical inaccuracies that leave one feeling as being served a slice of Swiss chees . With good writing and Elle Fanning in the lead the true story could have stood on it's own.
+LokiTetch no, that's an unfortunate and rather stupid creative decision made by the writer of this film. a strong female lead can be empowering along side men of equal intelligence, strength, ability, and humility.
THANK YOU! Byron and Shelley were Romantics and progressive. It looks like they added conflict that does not do this incredible group of friends justice. As though they had to make the men the antagonists to make her look better rather than showing men that accept her as an intellectual and creative equal. Shelley encouraged her writing. Also Mary wouldn't have been sooo aghast at Percy's suggestion that she sleep with someone else. She was rather proper but again was progressive and believed in free love.
I just watched it....... An amazing film.....
This is similar to my life.when my last girlfriend told me she can,t love me because i am like a brother to her it broke me and for that i decided to write a story about my pain
Maisie should've gotten the part of Mary. That would've been cool to see.
I knew whoremunger was a word. My friends said I made it up. But I knew in my heart that it was a real word.
Weary College Girl i’m proud of you
Aww Thanks
Thanks :)
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frankenstein is one of my favorite books and the only 'A' paper i got last year. this movie better rock.
Been studying Shelley. Can’t wait to see this. Incredible woman. What a tragic life.
IMO this role belongs to Mia Wasikowska but guess i'll give a shot for this one
Arty Bookworm Alice is one of my favorite movie so when this trailer came out i suddenly thought about her :)
OH SHIT you're so right, I didn't even think of that. I knew there was someone else that would be better suited, but couldn't think who.
Sarah-Liz Fuller yeah unfortunately they chose fanning instead Mia :(
She's too old to play as a teenager.
Rome Blanchard I agree, Mary was 18 when she first met Shelley and Mia just can't pass for that young anymore. Elle was more suited to the age of the character.
Ma girl Mary for the win!
Ameeei conhecer a história da Mary Shelley!!
Studying this book this year and must write a comparative essay comparing it to Margret Atwoods Handmaids Tale. Super excited for this film!
percy was supportive of mary writing. he very much wanted her to embrace her parents literary skills into pursuing a career of writing. he was the one who urged her to write the frankstein book beyond the short few chapters she wrote in their ghost stories + she gave him credit to writing the preface but she said she wrote the entire story from then on. there's an author intro to her frankenstein book where mary writes all this down for reference.
This version of Byron looks more like Charlie Chaplin. 😄
The episode of "Highlander: The Series" called The Modern Prometheus I think got it more right than this film will. And Colin Firth's brother Jonathan got Byron down dead to rights. He was brilliant and I really wish Jonathan wasn't older now. He'd have been perfect for a biopic.
I love how they made a movie about the author of Frankenstein!!!
Elle Fanning is well on her way to be one of the greatest actors of her generation