History Film / GodsAndMonsters

It received a large amount of praise and won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay (and was nominated for two others).

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Averted.

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide ]]: Whale at the end of the film; that, at least, happened in real life too.

* [[spoiler: PhonyVeteran ]]: Boone.

''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930s and '40s) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke, Whale (Creator/IanMcKellen) is slowly losing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom he starts sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser), while he is also enjoying the *ahem* view. See, James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back at the turn of the 20th century.

* SanitySlippage

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Whale is depicted as his having pool parties filled with young men and it being heavily implied that such and event caused his stroke in the first place. He is also all over Boone, but that's more of a long-term ploy than this trope...maybe.

It received a large amount of praise and won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay (as well as being nominated for two others).

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Whale is depicted as his having pool parties filled with young men and it being heavily implied that such and event caused his stroke in the first place. He is also all over Boone, however that's more of a long term ploy than this trope...maybe.

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide ]]: Whale at the end of the film, that at least, happened in real life too.

''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke, Whale (Creator/IanMcKellen) is slowly losing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom he starts sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser), while he is also enjoying the *ahem* view. See, James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back at the turn of the 20th century.

* [[spoiler: PhonyVeteran ]]: Boone.

* ShoutOut: Clayton has a flat top haircut. His silhouette looks just like the classic Frankenstein's Monster, which Whale designed.

''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke, Whale (Creator/IanMcKellen) is slowly losing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom he starts sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser), he is also enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke, Whale (IanMcKellen) is slowly losing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom he starts sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser), he is also enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

It received a large amount of praise and won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay (as well has being nominated for two others).

* Gaydar : Boone doesn’t fully realise Whale is gay until he’s told, first by his friends and later by Hanna.
* Gayngst : completely averted, which is surprising for a period piece set in the 1950s.

* Gaydar: Boone doesn’t fully realise Whale is gay until he’s told, first by his friends and later by Hanna.
* Gayngst: completely averted, which is surprising for a period piece set in the 1950s.

''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke Whale (IanMcKellen) is slowly loosing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom he starts sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser), he is also enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Whale is depicted as his having pool parties filled with young men and it being heavily implied that such and event caused his stroke in the first place. He is also all over Boone however that's more of a long term ploy than this trope...maybe.
* CreatorBacklash: An in-universe example as Whale is fed up with only being remembered as the guy that brought the world ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein1931}} Frankenstien]]''

* MercyKill: Whale attemps to get Boone to do this.

''Gods and Monsters'' in a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke Whale (IanMcKellen) is slowly loosing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past. Out of boredom and a way to take his mind of the past he takes to sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser) to take his mind of things and enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

''Gods and Monsters'' in a 1998 film which focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke Whale (IanMcKellen) is slowly loosing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past, and falls to sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser) to take his mind of things and enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

It received a large amount of praise and won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay (as well has being noticed for two others).

* CreatorBacklash: An in-universe example as Whale is fed up with only being remembered as the guy that brought the world ''{{Frankenstien}}''.

* CreatorBacklash: An in-universe example as Whale is fed up with only being remembered as the guy that brought the world {{Frankenstien}).

* [[Spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: Whale at the end of the film, that at least, happened in real life too.

''Gods and Monsters'' focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke Whale (IanMcKellen) is slowly loosing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past, and falls to sketching his gardener (BrendanFraser) to take his mind of things and enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted as Whale (and [=McKellen=] himself of course) is gay and over 50, but discussed by Boone who says Whale is too old to think about things like sex.

''Gods and Monsters'' focuses on James Whale (a famous director of the 1930-40's) in the final days of his life. Having recently suffered a stroke Whale (Ian McKellen) is slowly loosing his mind; unable to concentrate and often lost in his dark and hedonistic past, and falls to sketching his gardener (Brendan Fraser) to take his mind of things and enjoying the *ahem* view. See James Whale was gay, openly so, and a large portion of the film focuses on what it was like to be a gay back back at the turn of the 20th century.

* FlashBackStares: A rare example of this trope being played straight in a modern work, as it shows Whale succumbing to his past as it overwhelms his senses.