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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.

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But is there a CGI cameo by Lon Chaney?
by seppukudkurosawa
Mar 10th, 2009
02:06:51 AM
If you thought me with gonnoreha is scary
by Kenny_Fuckin_Powers
Mar 10th, 2009
02:08:42 AM
Beaks, Jurassic Park 3???
by DocManhattan
Mar 10th, 2009
02:26:03 AM
fuck no prossor
by Kenny_Fuckin_Powers
Mar 10th, 2009
02:27:56 AM
I'm from the future...
by Harold-Sherbort
Mar 10th, 2009
02:29:05 AM
teaser or GTFO
by JumpinJehosaphat
Mar 10th, 2009
02:30:49 AM
And, the joke's on me....
by JumpinJehosaphat
Mar 10th, 2009
02:34:21 AM
We have faith in this movie...
by Charlie & Tex
Mar 10th, 2009
02:38:07 AM
JP3 OVER JP1
by VALENTINEproductions
Mar 10th, 2009
02:44:20 AM
JP3!!!???
by MattmanReturns
Mar 10th, 2009
02:46:42 AM
Ten Ton Brick
by BigSugar
Mar 10th, 2009
02:48:46 AM
Possible Thor casting news
by nerosday
Mar 10th, 2009
02:49:30 AM
Jurassic Park 3 > Jurassic Park 1
by Motoko Kusanagi
Mar 10th, 2009
02:51:34 AM
I love jp3...
by red_weed
Mar 10th, 2009
02:52:32 AM
JP4 please!
by beetlegeuse
Mar 10th, 2009
03:06:14 AM
Correct me if im wrong, but if this shit's set
by Kenny_Fuckin_Powers
Mar 10th, 2009
03:09:50 AM
Sorry Beaks
by tolomey
Mar 10th, 2009
03:17:41 AM
The Lost World
by imagin78
Mar 10th, 2009
03:31:09 AM
Have they just missed a great opportunity?
by alucardvsdracula
Mar 10th, 2009
03:35:20 AM
Bull shit review
by Fight-clubber
Mar 10th, 2009
03:36:28 AM
I never understood the hat for The Lost World
by MrFloppy
Mar 10th, 2009
03:39:16 AM
THE WOLFMAN!!!!!!!!!
by alice 13
Mar 10th, 2009
03:46:27 AM
Hopkins is camp...
by WavingFlagsInSpace
Mar 10th, 2009
03:53:05 AM
We can't all be Roger Ebert but..
by malificus
Mar 10th, 2009
04:10:35 AM
Superman doesn't translate to modern times
by malificus
Mar 10th, 2009
04:32:39 AM
Lost World is amazing
by Evil Hobbit
Mar 10th, 2009
04:44:54 AM
'Surprised at the level of gore..'
by Gabba-UK
Mar 10th, 2009
04:45:45 AM
cards with the tards
by scenic
Mar 10th, 2009
05:07:57 AM
What they actually let him
by The Dark Shite
Mar 10th, 2009
05:52:16 AM
Clap for the Wolfman?
by Nimbus9
Mar 10th, 2009
06:41:57 AM
wolfman
by cgccomics
Mar 10th, 2009
07:13:07 AM
Beaks preferring Jurassic Park 3 over Jurassic Park=
by SoylentMean
Mar 10th, 2009
07:44:51 AM
1978CreepyThinMan
by whiskey_dick
Mar 10th, 2009
07:47:29 AM
The problem with reviews...
by DiverseNerd
Mar 10th, 2009
08:25:33 AM
Jurassic Park
by SagaciousPenguin
Mar 10th, 2009
09:37:46 AM
Malificus - Superman
by BenBraddock
Mar 10th, 2009
11:00:26 AM
wait, what the fuck? JPIII over JP and JP II?
by Gungan Slayer
Mar 10th, 2009
12:28:17 PM
Ring Mark Romenek
by hallmitchell
Mar 10th, 2009
05:18:33 PM
This review is total crap..
by big_twinkie
Mar 10th, 2009
07:27:35 PM
BenBraddock
by malificus
Mar 10th, 2009
08:55:56 PM
REBOOT WATCHMAN GIVE IT TO THE BAY
by Sal_Bando
Mar 10th, 2009
09:31:22 PM

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