Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This version of the book came out in 2004, and William Hurt and Donald Sutherland play cameo roles. The movie is very accurate to the book by mary shelley. The "monster" is portrayed as a confused being, questioning his existence, learning about the world, and quickly realizing that there is a God. He senses that he is a freak, an abomination, and wants Frankenstein (a young student in this film) to create him a mate, so they can go away and live alone, perhaps have children. The monster ends up killing a child (oops) then turns on his creater (his "father"). The movie starts as a flashback: an ice bound ship in the artic notices two men on dog sleds. One struggles and is rescued - Frankenstein - and he tells the story of how he arrived in the artic - chasing his monster to destroy it. The movie is very long, over 3 hrs, and could have been edited better. Some of the scenes jump as though the editing job was rough. Great sets and period costumes.