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Beaks here...
At this point, after all of the pre-production turmoil, I'm just relieved that we're not getting intensely negative reviews of THE WOLF MAN. It's never a good thing when you're forced to switch directors right before principal photography; also, the draft of the script I read last year needed a good deal of work. But I believe in Joe Johnston. I'm a huge fan of THE ROCKETEER and OCTOBER SKY. And, to be honest, I'd rather watch JURASSIC PARK III again than either of the previous installments in that series.
The below reviewer isn't 100% on THE WOLF MAN, but November 6th is a long way off. There's time to address pacing issues. Right now, it's encouraging that everyone's raving over the reappearance of (my favorite) classic monster.
Hey guys i just saw the Wolfman movie at a screening in Albuquerque and i thought i would give a quick review for you guys.
Review:
So the movie is set a few years after jack the ripper. We have Benny boy traveling home to England after his brothers gory death at the hands of a wolfman. He arrives at his fathers estate which has a very haunted house feel to it. His father played by Hopkins is a recluse with stains on his beard around his mouth.Its amazingly distracting at times. He also has a man servant who looks like captain nemo from league of extraordinary gentleman. We come to learn that Benny boy is a famous stage actor from the good old U.S. this has nothing to do with the rest of the movie but it is brought up several times.He does have visions of his mothers suicide but he never seems tormented by it. He fucking seems as though he is recalling his first bike and not the brutal death of his mother.
So the plot is razor thin, he just tries to find who or what killed his brother, some drama scenes between his brothers widow are scattered about with some really fun wolfman scenes every now and than. The makeup is top notch but the fight scenes are lame. Especially the final between two wolfmen. Overall it isn't a bad movie there is lots of campy fun to be had when the wolfman is doing his thing. In fact i was kinda shocked with how much fucking gore there was. There is claws through the jaws, arms and legs ripped off, decapitation and straight up eating of human flesh.
I have only two major gripes with the film. One is the scenes where he is in a mental institution. its just random and takes the movie for a really fucking weird turn. There is an OK payoff i guess but what it takes to get there is drawn out and boring. Second is the character played by Hugo Weaving. The part is pitch perfect for Weaving. He plays a detective sent in to investigate the killings in the village. He was the lead detective on the ripper case and has a sense of bitterness to him. The problem i have is that his character is not developed and he really serves no real purpose.
Let me be clear the wolfman looks good and the effects are top notch even the cg deer looks great. They went so far as too let the wolfman loose that they had him kill random groups of people in groups, he just fucks up everything. That is what makes the movie watchable. So i guess they made a good decision to let the wolfman cut loose in London. One really great scene has him murdering everyone in a steam trolley car.
So they said before the movie started that this is not the finished film and to keep that in mind. Overall there is some fun to be had. When the wolfman shows up everything is perfect fun, whens he not around you could almost fall asleep.
If you use this call me Devils Lettuce
Review:
So the movie is set a few years after jack the ripper. We have Benny boy traveling home to England after his brothers gory death at the hands of a wolfman. He arrives at his fathers estate which has a very haunted house feel to it. His father played by Hopkins is a recluse with stains on his beard around his mouth.Its amazingly distracting at times. He also has a man servant who looks like captain nemo from league of extraordinary gentleman. We come to learn that Benny boy is a famous stage actor from the good old U.S. this has nothing to do with the rest of the movie but it is brought up several times.He does have visions of his mothers suicide but he never seems tormented by it. He fucking seems as though he is recalling his first bike and not the brutal death of his mother.
So the plot is razor thin, he just tries to find who or what killed his brother, some drama scenes between his brothers widow are scattered about with some really fun wolfman scenes every now and than. The makeup is top notch but the fight scenes are lame. Especially the final between two wolfmen. Overall it isn't a bad movie there is lots of campy fun to be had when the wolfman is doing his thing. In fact i was kinda shocked with how much fucking gore there was. There is claws through the jaws, arms and legs ripped off, decapitation and straight up eating of human flesh.
I have only two major gripes with the film. One is the scenes where he is in a mental institution. its just random and takes the movie for a really fucking weird turn. There is an OK payoff i guess but what it takes to get there is drawn out and boring. Second is the character played by Hugo Weaving. The part is pitch perfect for Weaving. He plays a detective sent in to investigate the killings in the village. He was the lead detective on the ripper case and has a sense of bitterness to him. The problem i have is that his character is not developed and he really serves no real purpose.
Let me be clear the wolfman looks good and the effects are top notch even the cg deer looks great. They went so far as too let the wolfman loose that they had him kill random groups of people in groups, he just fucks up everything. That is what makes the movie watchable. So i guess they made a good decision to let the wolfman cut loose in London. One really great scene has him murdering everyone in a steam trolley car.
So they said before the movie started that this is not the finished film and to keep that in mind. Overall there is some fun to be had. When the wolfman shows up everything is perfect fun, whens he not around you could almost fall asleep.
If you use this call me Devils Lettuce
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Imagine a fucking Wolfman with the clap, out of control and rabid, with the carnal desire to spread this Clap through sexual and biting means. I will not sleep tonight for I'm scared of this thought.
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before his devious sexual clap spreading?
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It was alright, but you'd rather watch that again over the immensely superior original? C'mon.
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he takes them to long john silver after making them sit through fucking watchmen
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...Jurassic Park 4 wins the Oscar for best Picture. No joke.
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I'm a less than willing to trust a review with the phrase, "They went so far as too let the wolfman loose that they had him kill random groups of people in groups." "Groups of people in groups," you say? "Too let," you say? Hmm... Sorry, son. I'll wait for a more cogent review.
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Yep... I did it. I did the internet thing of complaining about someone's proofreading and then didn't proof my own work. "I'm a less than willing," I typed. Sheesh! Consider my comment negated. Now, where did I put my dignity?
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...but we're still cautious about it, as we hold the original in such high esteem. We're not TOO fussed about this review, but if this is a test screening, then the thoughts of this guy are going to be used to re-cut the movie, making it shorter on character and higher on gore or should that be FUCKING gore...?
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THATS FUCKING LUDACRIS!
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Over JURASSIC PARK??? I... I... *head explodes*
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Yeah, but what about Rick Baker's work? Is the transformation good? Fuck's sakes!
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Latino Review has a story up that Generation Kill's Alexander Skarsgård was seen meeting with Kenneth Branagh yesterday, its only a possible that he is up for Thor, but damn that'd be great casting
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The first one aged (very) badly, the second one was a trainwreck of epic proportions even back then. The third one is dumb fun.
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but not more than the original!
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Dinos are sooooo 1993
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JP3 was awful but super fun, so as long as you've got dinosaurs that eat people/animals/otherdinosaurs/ everything... count me in.
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in olden times, then the wolfman probably has fuckin syphilis. which is just gross.
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Wolfman garbage - arrrrg - give me something worthy of my time ---:0
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But picking JP3 over JP1 is madness and you know it. A talking Raptor in a dream sequence. C'mon man!!
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Since when. This sounds like a real stinker. And Latino Review's video reviews are poorly narrated and mostly drivel. So many films to critique, but so few filmmakers with relevant material to discuss. BLOW MY BRAINS OUT NOW.
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JP3 is silly fun but in no way is it better than the first. The Lost World is the worst simply for the horribly tacked on adopted daughter who happens to know gymnastics. However, the tag team T-Rex scene in that film is a great action set piece.
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By putting the Werewolf in the same Universe as Jack the Ripper, wouldn't it have been a great idea for a proper monster mash up between two legendry horror icons (one fiction one real) Wolfman Vs The Ripper. Anyway I don't understand the point of having Hugo Weaving as Jack the Ripper's nemisis Fred Abberline (or whatever they're calling him in this)? Interestingly this will be the third time the character has been used, prior to this Michael Caine and Johnny Depp have filled the real life detectives boots. Oh well I guess we'll see if this all comes together in November - and speaking of which, why not Halloween for a release date. And one final thing WHAT THE FUCK EVER HAPPEND TO TREAT R TREAT????????????
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This review is bullshit, i have a friend who works as a production assistant at mpc the people behind the cg work on the film, and hes told me the bulk of the effects havent even been finished yet, the transformation work isnt done. And the film is still doing alot of reshoots.
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I found it pretty fun and intense.
Not superior to JP1, but still pretty good. -
I WANNA SEE THIS FUCKING MOOOOOOOOVIIIIIEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lol @ stains in his beard. hopkins will be badass in this i cant wait.
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...as fuck in Bram Stoker's Dracula. If his performance in Wolfman resembles his Van Helsing then I am going to need a large bucket of popcorn to put over my head. The part in BS'sD when he humps Quincy's leg talking about "the Devil's concubine!" is just fuuuucccckkkkiiiinnngggg cringeworthy.
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..this reviewer writes like a fucking retard. May I suggest in the future getting someone to help collect your thoughts into something a bit more cohesive and linear, keep it simple and for the love of god try and make some sort of SENSE. This review doesn't make me want to see the Wolfman or NOT want to see it, it just makes me want to punch someone in the back of the head who probably doesn't deserve it. If this is the only sort of input available I vote no input at all. I'd rather start another Watchmen thread regarding on set food service work. "Who watches the egg salad?"
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they should put the Wolfman in the universe of Christian Bale. Why are you trashing my scene Wolfman? Huh? Want me to trash your fuckin fur? I'm gonna shave off your fuckin face with this Norelco you fuckin amatuer! You and me, were fuckin done professionally man, seriously.
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He's not the most inspired Director around but he's Directed several solid popcorn flicks over the last two decades such as Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Rocketeer, Jumanji and Jurassic Park 3 which IMHO was much, much better than The Lost World. I'm still not convinced on The Wolf Man because he was brought in at the last minute and when I think Gothic Horror Joe Johnston's isn't the first Director that comes to mind. But I'll probably see this given the caliber of talent behind the project. Anyway, if Warner Bros. wants to do another Superman flick I'd suggest they ditch Singer, give the series to Johnston, hire two really good writers and let him make a lean Superman movie. I'd even go so far as to suggest giving him the Death of Superman plotline and see what he can do with it.
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Mar 10, 2009 4:29:47 AM CDT
ALSO, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON WILL NEVER BE TOPPED!!!FACT
by 1978creepythinman
That is the GREATEST werewolf movie ever made and no other has came even close.
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Some characters simply do not. Popeye doesn't. Alley Oop. Don't get me wrong, I watch Smallville for what it's worth, but I hated Singer's Superman. Someone needs to take it in a different direction, maybe a cross between Jeff Bridge's Starman and Hancock.
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The hunt sequence in the beginning is simply fantastic, Williams outdid himself with the music there as well. The t-rex attack is brilliant piece of suspense and the Raptor attack wipes the floor with all raptors in JP3. I gave up on JP3 as soon as they had the fugly beast kill the T-rex.
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I'm not. Just another example of the double standards of the American rating system. Quite happy to allow the showing of someones head being ripped off in a film. But show someone fucking and you know, enjoying it (especially if it's the woman really enjoying it) then it's a sign of the world going to Hell!!! And the director of such flith will be first in the queue because he's a sinner and the ruin of childrens lives!!!!!....... sorry, wrong meeting. You just know that if the sex scene wasn't in Watchman it would be a PG 13 in the USA. Just one of my little bug bears. I believe that if they lowered the level of unneeded gore and violence in mainstream film and uped the quality of sex in them we'd have less problems.
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The review is one for the books of baboons. What sort of review is this? It sounds like a sandbox retort from a mouth breather - not something written by a sentient, interested person with something worth reading.
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kill random groups of people......in groups??
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If anybody finds a way how I, who lives in Germany and doesn't even has enough money to scratch his ass, can see this movie early IN A THEATRE (that means no shitty bootleg or screener), please let me know! (You can also PM me in the Zone!)
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Is he gonna rate your record high?
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Your gonna dig him till the day you die!
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me no likey Beaks. Really, Jurassic Park 3 over the first?
I'd understand if you said you preferred JP3 over The Lost World, but over the first film. How am I supposed to accept your opinions as worthy of note or hell, worthy of reading?
JP3 was good, The Lost World was a miscast mess (and yes I'm talking about Ian Malcom's "daughter"), but Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park changed our expectations for spectacle FX in film. I saw that movie 7 times in theaters (using my allowance money, forget waiting for the parents to take me) and it's still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Is it the best movie of all time? Hell no, but the experience of watching Jurassic Park in the theater way back when I wasn't even a teenager hasn't been topped by any movie I've seen in a theater since.
So, if for some reason you can't accept Jurassic Park for the brilliant filmic realization it was way back in 1993 I just can't accept you as a credible film reviewer. -
Truer words were never spoken. "Can I have a piece of toast, David?"
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coming into AICN is funny. When a review is well written with a sense of intelligence and understanding of film, we IMMEDIATELY scream plant. When a review is less than perfect, and seems to be written by an everyman viewer, we DEMAND a sense of intelligence and understanding of film. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.
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"The first one aged (very) badly"
GAH! Since when is this an acceptable opinion!?
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Agreed, Singers take on Supes was horrible. I don't completely agree that Mr. El doesn't translate to modern times (Superman the Movie was a mind-blowing & very successful adaption for it's time) but I'd love to see a period Superman film, completely set in the 1930s. How cool would that be? And just think how a retro superhero flick would stand out in the current glut!? I just read that Fox want to re-boot the FF movies. Kind of scarey considering how badly they fucked up the first 2, but can you imagine a 1960s FF movie? One can dream...
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Did I read the correctly? What in the hell? I mean, I like Joe Johnston too, and I do enjoy watching JPIII from time to time, but to prefer it over the previous two installments makes completely no fucking sense.
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Should never have been booted off. Yet i do have faith in Joe.
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..and AICN should be embarrassed for publishing it. It's clearly written by a borderline retarded simpleton with only a very basic grasp of the english language. Yeah! Fucking this! Fucking that! Yeah! Let's all swear for emphasis!
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Where do I know that name from? I reckon a Fleisher-esque Superman would be a visual marvel, though all the green screen these days is beginning to make me ill. It strikes me that true cinema photography is the dodo of the movie-making process and that's worse than a damn shame because my eye can tell the difference between what is real and what is not. I actually hold the belief that the one of the reasons the Star Wars prequels drew such ire is that people were subconsciously affected by all the computer generated imagery in a negative way. My brain doesn't buy it, it 'feels' empty and then annoys me because there's a place in my brain that doesn't like being tricked. Whatever happened to the artists who would wait all day for the perfect shot to put to film? I'd hate to see a Superman movie, and especially an FF one, done like Sky Captain or that shit the Spirit. It's a shame someone with vision doesn't do a 60's swinging version of the FF ala King Kirby with Johnny zooming around in one of those bucket hot-rods and Sue with the helmet-head do and Christian Dior style. They'd need Darwin Cooke to do the design work, and it would rock. Always thought Spidey should have been retro'd that way.
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C'mon you KNOW you wanna see it!!!
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