Young Frankenstein Movie Review
A young college professor, who is haunted by his family's past, has just inherited his Grandfather's estate and ends up following the footsteps he tried to hide. Young Frankenstein was released in 1974 and is a parody of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks and written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks. The cinematographer was Gerald Hirschfeld. John C. Howard did the film editing, and the lead roles in the film were Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman.
In this movie Frederick Frankenstein is faced with the past of his grandfather when he inherited his land....and his laboratory. Once his finds this out he decides that he too will try to reanimate life like his grandfather once did. Once he has done this the creature has motives of his own and wants to go off to live life and not be kept up in the castle or killed by people in the town.
I love this movie and have problem seen it a dozen time each time, I being a little older realizing another joke in the movie. I first watched it at a young age and did not understand many of the jokes at all but upon further viewings I found myself laughing more and more. Every joke in this film is done perfectly, from delivery to the picture and the sound to let the joke breathe for a second.
This is such a good parody, along with brilliant acting and direction and it is comedic gold. Everything was put together so well in this movie for a great, fun, and silly movie. Movies like this are great because it is meant to be a sit back and enjoy it is supposed to be funny. It doesn't try to sell itself as something serious and come off just being dumb. This movie puts a smile on my face everytime and just make me forget about the surrounding world to watch Igor's hunch switch sides.
Nothing in this film seems too out of place, there are some things that are meant to be funny but that is being it is a comedy so they contribute to the film in the best way possible. When we are meant to see certain things the camera doesn't move towards them but the characters look at them and then we see what the characters think about it. There are a few times when the camera has a zoom in but that is for a character reaction as well and to let us see something.
One of my favorite parts of this film is one the movie poster when Frankenstein and Igor are walking down the street with the cart when it breaks and then the police officer shows up. This scene was done perfectly, it starts with an open view of the street that the two characters can see then the cart breaks and you can see where the cart broke and then the police officer's view of the scene. It is a little dark in the scene because they are outside at night but you can see everything that you need to. It is all put together for a very memorable comedic bit.
Review of Young Frankenstein
