Today I went to the cinema to watch Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein that was on the National Theatre. I saw the production starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Johnny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein; I would love to see the other production with Johnny Lee Miller as the creature but unfortunately I'm too busy and can't :( but overall I don't think it matters who you see though apparently Cumberbatch is a better Frankenstein and Miller a better creature but of course they both have their differences and strengths as each character. I loved Cumberbatch's portrayal of the creature from the difficult birth which sees just him on stage for about 10 minutes just writhing on the floor, him trying to stand. To his childlike joy at feeling wet grass and seeing the sun, to the eloquent, highly intelligent and conflicted creature that he becomes. Most importantly the play gives him back his voice (in the book he was intelligent and well spoken, his brain wasn't abnormal as the brilliant young Frankenstein would have us believe) and it is close to the book, for example both Victor and the creature questioning his morality and mortality and the creature's disgust at himself. This is Frankenstein much closer to Mary Shelley's vision and not bound by the stereotypical constraints of Holloywood
Also, the blind man was amazing, I loved him!
Definitely worth seeing if it is still being shown in cinemas in your area!
