Transcribed by Mari using bits of scribblings and random verbal addenendums (I really have no idea if I spell that last word correctly at all!)
Emotionally it's a great success. In other aspects, it's awfully hard not to nitpick a bit.
The discontinuity...well I listened to the director's commentary and I know what he thinks of people who nitpick on that matter. I don't have a problem with Adam's hands being in different positions during certain scenes. However, it was completely impossible for me to ignore the blazing red, the color of some autumn leaves, almost fuchsia in certain lights, of May's hair from the "reshoots". In the older shoots, her hair is a mousy brown with a touch of auburn highlighted. You'd think they'd tell her to dye it a color more consistent. No I'm not gay but thanks for asking.
The "construction" of Amy was ridiculous to say the least. No matter how carefully May could have washed those dismembered body parts, there should have been sticky blood, blowflies in the room, mottled purple flesh, and other signs of decomp. The scene where May cuts her own eye out to give Amy didn't have near enough blood or gore. No I'm not a forensics buff, but thanks for asking.
All that having been vented, I like the film. It is, as I said in opening, a success in conveying its emotions. The scene in which the "Frankenstein" comes to life works well and pretty much sums up the intent of the story with no monumental closing speeches or morals subtexted at the bottom of the screen, no loud emotional outbursts ("She's ALIVE! ALIVE!!"). Angela Bettes does a flawlessly subtle job communicating May's total loss of hope and then pure unpretentious joy at finding her new friend, carrying this picture and making it a landmark horror classic. If anyone hasn't yet seen this, I question their status as a horror buff. No I'm not a horror buff, but thanks for asking.
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