In honor of today, Halloween 2012, it is fitting that I give you a review of the movie Frankenweenie.This Tim Burton creation is a recreation of his original 1984 which poke fun at and pays homage to the classic 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley's novel of the same name.
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Young Victor Frankenstein lives with his parents and dog Sparky in the town of New Holland. Concerned with his son's isolation and obsessive interest in science and film-making, Victor's father encourages him to take up baseball and make achievements outside of science. Victor hits a home run at his first game, but Sparky, pursuing the ball, is killed by a car.
Recalling his science teacher's experiment on the of the effect of electricity on dead frogs, Victor digs up Sparky's corpse and successfully reanimates him with lightning, ala Frankenstein's Monster.
While Victor tries to keep his accomplishment a secret, Sparky cannot stay contain in the attic laboratory and is discovered by Victor's school chum Edgar Gore, who promptly blackmails Victor into teaching him how to raise the dead.
Word spreads and one dead pet after another is brought back to the hear and now with disastrous results.
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All-in-all Frankeweenie was a fun movie, especially for kids. I did not see the 3D showing, but I'm sure the movie would be even better with that special effect. In an interesting twist, the entire movie is shown in black and white, another homage to the classic horror films.
THREE AND A HALF POPCORN BUCKETS (0 to 5 Rating)
Screened on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Saginaw 12, Saginaw, MI
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