The Iron Claw painted Kerry Von Erich as a very sympathetic figure. Here is Kerry Von Erich from a different perspective...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QZrcnvvWkFA

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FNVow68kf8A
when the commentator says "was there a lot of jealousy about the rats". The gangs of women who have sex with pro wrestlers are known as "ring rats" or "rats".

The Iron Claw is a good movie... however... it is a very carefully curated, edited version of the real life of the Von Erich family.

ETisME

12702 Posts

November 20 2025 23:26 GMT

#9602

Just finished Frankenstein.

Movie was beautifully shot, was just stunning on OLED TV.
I love the colour, contrast and framing.

Story-wise I wasn't super happy with some of the changes done, especially on romance side and how some characters are portrayed.
Overall it kinda lessened the philosophical side of it, makes for more drama.

But watching it really highlights just how great the story is, even with the changes.

Yurie

12082 Posts

November 23 2025 11:42 GMT

#9603

On the same note I just watched the count of monte cristo (2024). It is interesting since the source material is ~300k words. With 1.5h per 30k words for a full coverage it would be 15 hours long. So each version picks what they think makes a strong story since there is so much potential material.

There ended up being some gaps due to the large gap from 3h to 15h. But it was a strong portrayal and the story stays strong.

lestye

United States4206 Posts

March 12 2026 17:32 GMT

#9604

On November 21 2025 08:26 ETisME wrote:
Just finished Frankenstein.

Movie was beautifully shot, was just stunning on OLED TV.
I love the colour, contrast and framing.

Story-wise I wasn't super happy with some of the changes done, especially on romance side and how some characters are portrayed.
Overall it kinda lessened the philosophical side of it, makes for more drama.

But watching it really highlights just how great the story is, even with the changes.

Thats my assessment as well. The color was so striking for a Netflix production.

greatdeal

13 Posts

March 21 2026 20:16 GMT

#9605

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Manit0u

Poland17724 Posts

March 22 2026 13:35 GMT

#9606

I've seen Project Hail Mary and it was rather meh. Looks pretty and the buddy comedy is ok but pretty much all the "science" in this fiction is wrong, the movie is also way too long (could easily cut out all the scenes at Earth without any damage to the plot). Kinda disappointing.

ETisME

12702 Posts

March 22 2026 14:33 GMT

#9607

On March 22 2026 22:35 Manit0u wrote:
I've seen Project Hail Mary and it was rather meh. Looks pretty and the buddy comedy is ok but pretty much all the "science" in this fiction is wrong, the movie is also way too long (could easily cut out all the scenes at Earth without any damage to the plot). Kinda disappointing.

It definitely was over hyped, but still a decent watch, especially in IMAX.

The Earth scene is really about building him out as a character, and how he progressed into the "hero".
Although I wasn't sure the ending delivered that message, imo it felt a bit weird since teaching wasn't what he wanted to do in the first place.

Manit0u

Poland17724 Posts

March 23 2026 02:13 GMT

#9608

On March 22 2026 23:33 ETisME wrote:

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I understand that they wanted to build him up as a character this way and have the progression from coward to hero basically but the overall plot would remain completely intact if he was simply a good scientist who went on this mission. Pretty much all that happens on Earth is mostly unnecessary exposition dumps and character trait depictions that don't really have any bearing on what happens in the movie. IMO without those scenes the script would be tighter, movie a bit shorter and the overall experience better.

Yurie

12082 Posts

April 02 2026 22:57 GMT

#9609

I personally found the earth scenes the most engaging on an emotional level. If I got to pick I would probably have enjoyed a story more on the people left behind based on how the movie tells the story.

I couldn't connect with the second main character in movie format, had a friend say they thought of it as a dog and thus got a strong emotional connection. If I recall correctly it worked better for me in book format (though that was years ago). Thus a lot of the important scenes had good visuals and music but no emotional connection for me.

I will agree with the science working poorly in the movie. It is also one of the harder ones for them I think. They cannot stray too far from the book and thus have to use what was there in some cases. Then they are limited in time available from being able to show more air locks and other infrastructure required to make things work. + Show Spoiler +

I personally found the combination of the human always having to do everything such as using the cockpit thrusters then space walking, then back especially jarring when it is later shown the alien can manipulate objects outside the atmosphere bubble.

Still kept me engaged more than most movies. A solid movie overall for me. Not as great as something like Chainsaw Man but I don't regret watching it.