You don't specify which film you are actually talking
about, and there have been plenty! However, I am sure that the basic premise is pretty
much the same in all the films. I have included a link below to the study guide section
of the novel as well to help you with this theme a bit
more.
Certainly the central theme of the story of Victor
Frankenstein is one of the dangers of pursuing scientific knowledge to the exclusion of
everything else. If you look at the original book, Frankenstein does this at the expense
of his family and devotes himself to this science, only to find that his success is
actually a hugely bittersweet moment, as he is repelled by what he creates. The story,
with its framing narrative of Walton trying to do something similar by finding a passage
through the North Pole and then deciding to turn back after hearing Frankenstein's
story, clearly indicates that there are some boundaries of scientific knowledge that we
are not meant to penetrate, and if we do, we will unleash terrifying consequences both
upon us and upon the world.
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