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The Man in the Iron Mask Is Amazing and You’re Gonna Watch It
Gushing about a film no one but me cares about.
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 directed by James Whale (famous for Frankenstein 1931 and other universal monster classics) is really good, and deserves to be talked about, but no one has so I guess I’ll do it myself in this video essay / review.
Clips used from:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) dir. James Whale
The Mark of Zorro (1940) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Babes in Toyland (1934) dir. Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Pinocchio (1940) dir. Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
Cinderella (1950) dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) dir. Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi
A New Hope / Star Wars (1977) dir. George Lucas
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) dir. James Whale
The Invisible Man (1933) dir. James Whale
The Three Musketeers (1986) dir. Geoff Collins
Marie Antoinette (1938) dir. W.S Van… uh…
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
The King of Kings (1927) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) Burbank Animation Studios
Full Metal Jacket (1987) dir. Stanley Kubrick
The Killing (1956) dir. Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
M (1931) dir. Fritz Lang
Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) dir. Rowland V. Lee
And Then There Were None (1945) dir. René Clair
The Iron Mask (1929) dir. Allan Dwan
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) dir. Mike Newell
The Three Musketeers (1921) dir. Fred Niblo
Captain Blood (1935) dir. Michael Curtiz
The Phantom Carriage (1921) dir. Victor Sjöström
The Killer (2023) dir. David Fincher
This was a lot of fun. For this one I set myself a deadline and started to track how many hours I was working on it, hoping this would increase productivity, and since it’s out 7 days early I guess it worked.
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 directed by James Whale (famous for Frankenstein 1931 and other universal monster classics) is really good, and deserves to be talked about, but no one has so I guess I’ll do it myself in this video essay / review.
Clips used from:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) dir. James Whale
The Mark of Zorro (1940) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Babes in Toyland (1934) dir. Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Pinocchio (1940) dir. Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
Cinderella (1950) dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) dir. Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi
A New Hope / Star Wars (1977) dir. George Lucas
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) dir. James Whale
The Invisible Man (1933) dir. James Whale
The Three Musketeers (1986) dir. Geoff Collins
Marie Antoinette (1938) dir. W.S Van… uh…
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
The King of Kings (1927) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) Burbank Animation Studios
Full Metal Jacket (1987) dir. Stanley Kubrick
The Killing (1956) dir. Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
M (1931) dir. Fritz Lang
Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) dir. Rowland V. Lee
And Then There Were None (1945) dir. René Clair
The Iron Mask (1929) dir. Allan Dwan
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) dir. Mike Newell
The Three Musketeers (1921) dir. Fred Niblo
Captain Blood (1935) dir. Michael Curtiz
The Phantom Carriage (1921) dir. Victor Sjöström
The Killer (2023) dir. David Fincher
This was a lot of fun. For this one I set myself a deadline and started to track how many hours I was working on it, hoping this would increase productivity, and since it’s out 7 days early I guess it worked.
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Frankenstein: A Slow Decline Part 1
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The Overlooked Consequences In Spider-Man Homecoming
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General Ripper Or: My Favourite Villain No One Talks About
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A quick analysis of one of my favourite fictional characters, from one of my favourite movies. General Ripper from Dr Strangelove. This is the first video I’ve ever done of this sort so the pacing and editing isn’t all there, but I hope to improve over time. Footage from: Dr Strangelovd Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, 1964, directed by Stanley Kubrick The Killing, 1956, di...
The image of him with the cape really reminds of Doctor Doom. Wonder if Jack Kirby saw this film and that was his inspiration for his design?
Frankenstein meets the Wolfman works better off when you think of it as a standalone Wolfman sequel. Though I would like to hear your thoughts regarding Bela Lugosi's cut dialogue
I agree 100% it works better as a Wolf Man film and from memory think the first half is decent. When you say Bela Lugosi’s dialogue do you mean the specific lines or generally them being cut and what impact it had?
@@kangarooMonkee I mean both. While I'm a bit mixed on Ghost's decision to swap the Monster's brain with Igor's, it certainly leaves us with interesting possibilities in Story telling. And I felt that Igor himself outshined the monster in both Son and Ghost, and they couldn't replicate Karloff's performance in future installments. So really, meets the Wolfman could've been a half decent Frankenstein installment.
@@BubbaUltra I don’t know what his lines were (or if they were released, if they were and you know a site, article, video, etc, where I can fine them please tell because that would be pretty cool) so I can’t really comment on them. As for their impact, I don’t think Igor ever stood a chance. Even if he had his original dialogue he’d still be the same character as Ghost and I’d probbaly have the same problems with him. I don’t like Igor and the monster switching brains, but I agree it opens up more opportunities and wouldn’t call it a conceptually bad idea. If Igor went back to his roots and relied more on manipulation and strategy up until the final showdown he could’ve made for a really good villain. I also really wish they didn’t reverse the monster being blind because (aside from looking ridiculous) it adds a really interesting dynamic to the fight where the monsters body is powerful enough to easily kill the Wolfman but he has a clear weakness that makes it a lot harder.
@@kangarooMonkee the only way to read the original shooting script is to buy it online, though someone called "Scribbles to Screen" did a recreation of what it would've looked like.
@@BubbaUltra alright, seen the video and… wow. It wouldn’t have fixed all my issues but it’s definitely a serious upgrade, and shame it had to be changed. Thanks for telling me about it.
I percieved the ending of Son a little differently. While the villagers suspected that Wolf would revive the monster, they didn't have any concrete proof, so I found their complaints to lean more on pettiness. So when the Frankensteins left at the end, it wasn't the villagers cheering them on for their heroic bravery, it was them cheering on for their departure from the town. The only one who could've told the villagers about the Monster was the officer guy, but I suppose he never told them due to Frankenstein killing the Monster.
My problem with them cheering isn’t because I think they were cheering them on for their heroics or bravery, my problem is that they’re being cheered for at all. I like your reading of them because that makes more sense in the narrative to me, but I can’t see it that way because there’s nothing within the scene that implies it. If Wolfe talked closer to how he did when first meeting them where he was trying his best to smile, and maybe we to see the villagers faces it could’ve been really cool, but we didn’t. About the monster, I’m almost positive they had to have known about it, because if it didn’t kill the people then who did? Igor couldn’t have done it because he has an alibi? And why did Wolfe kill Igor? Self defense? Why did Igor go after Wolfe? Like I said in the video, I’m sure you can come to your own conclusions, but I think the film relies too heavily on the audience to fill in gaps for itself.
@@kangarooMonkee now that I think about it, it was pretty much all but confirmed to the citizens that the Monster was killing these people. And I do agree with a lot of your other points
"I am Iron Man!"
Mainly know it as the first film of Peter Cushing (who also doubled for Lois Heywood in the effects scenes).
Son is better than Bride. Fight me, hahaha! Great video, btw!
Strongly disagree but I get it, and thanks.
SUBBED!!! LOVE universal monsters
The guy in the clown mask reminds me of this movie called Out of the Dark 1989
Speaking of the Mummy what did you think about Boris Karloff mummy?
What about Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein?
Yeah because Scorpion should have been in No way home as that would have been a better reason to go to Dr Strange instead of petty college funds as No way home is overrated. I’m actually okay with Ned being a friend who is loyal to him unlike those other guys who claim to be his friend as I felt that deserved better but have you seen Across the spider Verse? I guess you know about the Ironman junior thing?
I don’t actually hate the college reason as that felt like the straw that broke the camels back. He was already struggling with how it impacted him and by extension May, but then when his friends who were completely unrelated to his problems started getting hurt, that was it. Yeah, it could’ve been better, but honestly that’s one of the lesser issues around Dr Strange in the movie. Yes I’ve seen ATSV. And yes I do know about Iron Boy Jr, and I do not care for that criticism, but tbf it’s been a while since I heard someone out about them so I’m open to having my perspective changed, although even if it was it probably wouldn’t impact how I view/judge the film as I’d still like it as a film.
@@kangarooMonkeebut they do have a point especially making Spider-Man be connected to Tony Stark was pretty lazy because why just Mysterio just be a con artist or just some guy who worked in a film industry because the only villains that should connected to Ironman is Norman Osborn, Kingpin and Roderick Kingsley as they’re both businessmen and Doc Ock and the Lizard as they are both scientists like in Spectacular Spider-Man series that Otto used to work at a different company before Oscorp. About across the spider Verse you got the “Spider-Man why did you create that guy” scene which it’s funny how it always Spider-Man getting blamed for everything especially if it’s out of his hands especially for the Spot and Venom in the original comics because of a miscalculation on a report about the Sin Eater and what is this canon thing that Miguel talks about how is it supposed to work? Especially that you mention about the Liz part where it reminds me of the first Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movie where he stole a man’s identity to sneak into Oscorp and not happened after that because you think that guy would be the next villain and I’m under the impression that Peter doesn’t know the Oscorp as the sequel feels very forced.
@@srstriker6420 I don’t see the villains being connected to Ironman as a problem because they’re still Peter’s villains. Vulture targets Tony but he specifically doesn’t want to be his enemy because he’s avoiding attention, and in FFH Tony’s dead. Most Spider-Man villains origins weren’t tied to Peter, they were just doing their own thing, started doing crime, Peter stops them, and they swore revenge.
@@kangarooMonkeebut I guess you haven’t heard of the misconception of Norman Osborn on Tumbler then?
@@srstriker6420 no?
When I was a kid I loved this movie. They used to show old swashbuckling movies on TV all the time in the 70's and 80's. Scaramouche, Three Musketeers, Robin Hood ...many more.
Man in iron mask 1976
Interesting
Ive seen it mate
:D
Crazy enough I have heard about this movie but like I don’t remember from where?!
There’s actually quite a few places, I’m guessing you looked up the story or the directors filmography, but if not either of them. Failing that, Peter Cushing had a very small role in this, so if you watch Dark Corners Reviews they mentioned it.
I didn't know this one. 😮 i only saw the one with Leonardo DiCaprio from 1998. Thank you for the recommendation. ✅
Thanks for the recommendation ill check it out
:D
What language is this guy talking in?😢😢😢😢😢
Ghost: STALE SCRIPT
Lon looks great in the makeup tho he doesn't do anything with the role .. I LOVE this movie, I think it's certainly better than MEETS THE WOLF MAN or the 2 HOUSE movies
Oh yeah the makeups great, my only issue is the eyes but that might be down to the performance. I obviously disagree but totally get why you’d feel that way about the other movies. With Meets, do you think it’s bad or good but not as good as Ghost?
Despite being good, General audiences loved it😂
The Ghost of Frankenstein is awesome. All 30 Universal Classic Monsters are awesome. This video sucks. 👎🏻
As helpful as that is, would you like to push back on anything I said in particular?
You are too much of a fanboy to face reality
maybe the next video should be about the legacy of the wolfman (1941)? and how much it’s impacted the werewolf mythos in cinema?
Think I’m gonna step back from Universal Monsters for a bit, if I get too comfortable in something I’ll have a hard time leaving. But not a bad idea, and sinking my teeth into a research focussed video could be fun format to screw around with.
It's a great movie.
Good stuff boss, will definitely have to check this movie out.
The Frankenstein video will be next, I swear I didn’t intend to take so long on it, but I’ve been really busy playing Minecraft and lying in bed.
meh. i don't think the franchise was ever great enough or bad enough to warrant talk about "slow decline".
Funnily enough, after rewatching Ghost for part 2 I completely agree that the title is incorrect, but not because the old movies aren’t great enough.
Keep up the good content. Sir
Your voice is better than you give yourself credit for. Excellent video, by the way. I watched through the entire Universal Monsters franchise last winter, and the Frankenstein series left the largest impression.
Wolf did repent. We may not have seen that but he did donate his castle and all his lands to the village of Frankenstein. AND he along with his family left never to return. The climatic death of his father’s creation in the sulfur pit was the Climax. Seeing him asking for forgiveness would have slowed everything down. So he makes his small speech and gifts to the village and leaves. Clean. Quick. The End? Of course not.
I’m not sure I understand what point you’re trying to make. My problem isn’t that he didn’t repent, it’s that we didn’t see it. I didn’t feel satisfied by the ending because the film spent so long on the tension between the villagers and Frankenstein family, slowly escalating things until the villagers wanted to storm the castle, only to end in a 40 second scene where Frankenstein gives them his stuff and says goodbye forever.
I would always want a longer version. Unfortunately they choose to cut a scene or not film it. Son was the longest Frankenstein movie ever at the time. I certainly would have enjoyed watching Wolf plead his case with the villagers. Remember. I didn’t cut the scene and neither did you. I wish they had kept scissored scenes. No market for them at that time.
@@richardthomas754 I don’t think the scene was cut, according to IMDB the film was being filmed as it was written, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they realised they were running out of money and needed to just get it over with. But either way, I agree 100% an extended cut would be awesome.
Son of Frankenstein was really the last classy Frankenstein film and not just because it was the last film Karloff played the Monster. Son treated the Monster seriously and, indeed, gave him an almost fairy tale quality. It may not have James Whale at the helm, but I never saw that as being a problem since I always felt that Whale's best was The Invisible Man, not either of his Frankenstein films (I know, I know, heresy, but that's how I feel). Rowland Lee was a good director, and I thought he did justice to the Monster. Of course, he was also willing to listen to Boris Karloff and take out all the Monster's dialogue. And, according to Bela and his wife Lillian, Lee defied Universal's dictate to film everything with Lugosi in just a few days. Lee exploded saying that he would keep Lugosi in the film from the first minute to the last, and that was the best decision since the relationship between the Monster and Bela Lugosi's Ygor is absolutely magical. It is definitely Bela's most rounded character in the entire Universal canon, with the possible exception of his Vitus Werdegast in the 1934 Black Cat. True, the ending of Son was kinda nonsensical, particularly in what passed for continuity with the next film in which they said that Wolf was driven out of town, which is what SHOULD have happened. Wolf is still responsible for most of the deaths and disasters that happened in the film, along with Ygor, and Wolf doesn't pay for any of his actions. Wolf is no hero; he sees himself as above the townspeople, and his real motivation is to prove that his father was right all along. That failed miserably because Henry Frankenstein was NOT right, and even Henry recognized that. Wolf's "heroic" action at the end was only made necessary by his acts earlier in the film in bringing the Monster back to life in the first place -- and only provoked to get the Monster away from the kid. That it DID "destroy" the creature (at least until the next movie) was completely incidental. One thing to keep in mind: Son was the first of the Universal films in which the Monster is little more than someone else's pawn, but Karloff was always able to find the humanity in his beloved Monster. His successors in the role could not, and that quickly degraded the Monster. Universal quickly demoted the Frankenstein films to B movie status when Universal realized it didn't really matter WHO played the Monster because that's what makeup and good lifts are for. Karloff was the first and ONLY actor to give the Monster a character. After this, and I suppose Ghost of Frankenstein, the Monster would just be a lumbering, virtually mindless beast, and that was far less interesting to watch. Great job! I look forward to the next chapter(s?) in your series!
In hindsight I do think I was too harsh on the monster because I brushed over his relationship with Frankensteins kid, which continues his want for companionship from the previous films, although I stand by that this was a more watered down version as it wasn’t given as much focus as it deserved, and that death scene really did leave a bad taste in my mouth. But at the end of the day I still love the movie, and it really feels like everyone involved put their heart and soul into it. Anyway, thanks for watching.
@@kangarooMonkee Actually, that affinity for children was one of the few things that Lon Chaney emphasized in Ghost of Frankenstein, and that was because his own affinity for children was even greater than Karloff's. But we'll go into that further when you get to commenting on Ghost.
Good stuff wish it was longer
Thanks. It needed to be as short as possible so that if I linked it people would actually watch it. Also, only just saw your other comment, yes I do watch Eyezayer.
@@kangarooMonkee I think catering to the niche audience of people who enjoy longer vidoes and video essays is a better route than general, dopamine craving, low attention span kids but maybe you want to do that later once you work up an audience? Eyezayar funnily enough is sorta proof of that, people watch his 35 minute videos about one mission in rdr2 all the way through. I feel like short bite size content is almost too saturated of a market at this point, but maybe you know something I don’t
@@sockpocketpre-alpha8258 oh no you misunderstood my point, or at least I didn’t explain very well. Part of the reason I made this was so that if I ever get into a dumb twitter argument or something, instead of typing multiple paragraphs I can just link this, and not many people are gonna watch a 10 minute video for an argument. As I said in my pinned comment, this isn’t what I plan to make usually, it’s just a quick video to fill time in between my last and next video. My next video will be longer, although even that probably won’t crack the 10 minute mark. There’s several factors to how long a video is, and none of them involve an an intentional choice to keep them short.
I didn’t mention Peter losing the suit because thats so obvious it’s redundant. This was just a quick video I whipped up in a few days because the main one I’m working on was taking too long and I don’t want there to be a massive gap between uploads.
Wait why was I subscribed to you if this was your first video are you that guy always on the mauler subreddit?
Dang, surprised you remember that, it was over a year ago. But yeah. This isn’t my first video, it’s just the first of this kind. I’m still interested in media analysis but in the past year my interests shifted and I noticed a fair few mistakes in my previous video, so I decided to start again. I won’t blame you for unsubscribing since this isn’t what you subscribed for in the first place.
@@kangarooMonkee what did you post before?
@@sockpocketpre-alpha8258 a video on why the Wonder Woman courthouse scene sucks. Which I still stand by for the most part.
@@kangarooMonkeeoh yeah it was good dawg. You can’t be so ocd about your past content to where you delete it, especially when it’s in the same genre as your new stuff. Just keep it up and evolve your stuff in a new direction. There’s nothing wrong with doing that and having a decent collection of videos is a good way to get viewers engaged .
@@sockpocketpre-alpha8258 you’re right, but at the same time judging movies by how logically consistent they are isn’t very respected, so I wouldn’t want people to dismiss my whole channel because they think I do nothing but “nitpick”.
Hope you enjoyed my first video. No idea when the next one will be but if you liked this, make sure to stick around. If you have any feedback feel free to give it.