#visual-style

#visual-style

The basic premise of Him is so fun that I'm half-hoping someone else takes the idea and makes a different movie out of it. An injured up-and-coming rookie football quarterback is invited to work out with a veteran championship quarterback who may or may not be on the edge of retirement. Under increasingly absurd and nightmarish circumstances, it becomes clear the veteran isn't ready to cede the stage for the younger man.

starring Oscar Isaac as the anatomist and passionate freethinker Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his creature: no passe neck-bolts or big fringey forehead, of course, and if you compare him with portrayals by other actors Boris Karloff, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro he is, for all the picturesque prosthetic scars, the nearest this iconic figure has come to being a bit of a hottie.

The two films embody a retreat from the dark, gritty, real-world templates that ran amok once the genre really took off over the last couple of decades. They offer a vision of heroism that includes self-sacrifice and protection of the innocent.

Liquid Glass's design, while controversial, can be interpreted as a bold move towards enhancing user experience, challenging conventional norms to create a more immersive interaction.