11/17/2025
Guillermo del Toro’s new Frankenstein captivated me because it forces the audience to face one of the deepest human struggles: the desperate need to repair what we have lost, even at the cost of crossing moral and existential boundaries.
Victor’s journey begins not with ambition, but with grief l, the grief of losing his mother and the grief of losing the admiration he once felt for his father, the most respected physician of his era. This emotional rupture becomes the fuel that drives him to pursue the impossible: creating life after death.
In his attempt to prove his father wrong, Victor surpasses his own scientific limits and brings a new being into existence. But the moment ego and impatience take over, he fails to see the truth. Instead of recognizing an emerging consciousness, he labels his creation as a “monster.” This is where human arrogance reveals itself the instinct to destroy what we don’t understand, and to fix our perceived mistakes with violence instead of compassion.
Victor never grasps the psychological reality of what he has done: he has brought to life a being with the mind of a newborn trapped inside the body of an adult. Confusion, fear, and the search for belonging shape this creature’s identity. And while Victor rejects him, the creature learns about love, loneliness, and the brutal honesty of being “other.” He sees humanity with more clarity than humans see themselves recognizing their lack of humility, their fear of the unknown, and their fragile relationship with the idea of life.
Guillermo del Toro, as always, uses fantasy to expose the deepest truths of the human psyche.
We are entering a new era… and it’s time to wake up.
What fo you think ???? 🤔
How didficukt can br to feel your emotions ?
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💡 Historical Curiosity:
The original Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley when she was just 18 years old, during the eerie “Year Without a Summer” in 1816. The sky over Europe was darkened by a volcanic eruption, creating an atmosphere so haunting and apocalyptic that it inspired one of the most psychologically complex stories ever written — a meditation on grief, creation, responsibility, and the moral weight of being human. Del Toro’s film revives that same emotional tension for our modern generation.
