Gods And Monsters Details

Riveting

I started this film determined to dislike it. I don't like Ian Mckellen, which is hard, therefore, to watch a film that centres on that kind of camp, queer role he plays so well. How wrong I was. He is excellent in this film. An aging ex-Hollywood director, he is living his life on his memories - literally as, recovering from a stroke, his brain is firing off with vivid hallucinations of his past. He lusts after young men, and this lust leads him to become friendly with the young ex-marine gardener. Am apparently trite plot then takes an unexpected twist. People are not who they appear to be. Great goodness can be hidden beneath the most unlikely of exteriors. And that is the whole metaphor of the film and the meaning behind the title, as the elderly director, played by Mckellen, is James Whale, who made Frankenstein. Who is the God, who is the monster? A really good, thought-provoking movie.

I find there's two types of film the one that makes you veg out and your brain shuts off and the other which makes you think. This film is a thinker. The story is about a retired film director of old horror films (Sir Ian McKellen) who is gay. He befriends his gardener (Brendan Fraser). They both strike up an unusual friendship. Its one of those nice films to watch. It must be quite good as it won an Academy Award,Golden Globe & several others.