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Universal's Wolfman has nards, nabs an R rating!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Yes, it's good news that Universal is going with the R-rated cut of Wolfman. Yay for gore and nudity and whatever else that may entitle us horror fans to.
It does make me sad that it's big news when a high profile studio genre film gets an R rating out of the gate, but I guess I'll take what I can get. In the original pre-director shuffle Andrew Kevin Walker script there was a great montage sequence as Mr. Talbot goes on his first werewolf rampage. It read far more in line with An American Werewolf In London than the classic Universal monster, which isn't a bad thing. Especially now that it (hopefully) means we'll get some explicit werewolf carnage.
That's one step. Hopefully Joe Johnston's direction and guiding hand in pacing, editing and the performances from his actors all come together in the end and we get a cool, bloody and fun werewolf flick. I guess we'll all see come February.
-Quint
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You're all queens.
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I hope the film proves me wrong - so many horror stories coming out of the production (i.e. too many producers having too much say).
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maybe this is a vote of confidence in the finished product. Or just a surfeit of good sense.
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is it really a big deal anymore that a horror movie is being released with an R rating?
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much better than that Vulturess bullshit
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Despite what the common wisdom of horror fans may be, "gore and nudity" never made a film. Unfortunately, Johnston came in and took over another filmmaker's vision rather late in the day, and the film's been rewritten and delayed repeatedly. This'll probably be a fun B-movie, but those expecting a return of the great monster film will probably be disappointed.
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if not for those two things, the Friday the 13th franchise would have ended after part 1.
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It does insure a non-Van Helsing movie going experience. That's a good thing.
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Dec 08, 2009 8:44:52 PM CST
Well, I guess it could help with the atmosphere...
by fa_tass_dinomolester
Having said that, if it's done tastefully, (as in say, "The Shining"), then R-rated material could give the film an adult/mature air to it. So, yeah...nevermind! Oh, whatever!
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Those plump, plump titties...mmmmm
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'Cuz just gore won't fly with me.
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And bouncier!
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Bravo, Joe Johnston.
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Frightening, stylish and compelling. Have to say, I'm a bit worried about this one. But I'm hoping...thinking good thoughts...There hasn't been a significant werewolf movie in some time. I'm hungry for one.
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Dec 08, 2009 8:59:06 PM CST
BTW, why does Hopkins say all of his lines twice?
by fa_tass_dinomolester
BTW, why does Hopkins say all of his lines twice?
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If you want to experience some quasi-Katie Featherston (Paranormal Activity) nudity in a vague, vicarious sorta way, check out pornstar Taylor Vixen. She's a former Penthouse Pet of the Month, and recently been on Howard Stern a couple times. I tell ya there's a couple of spots in the movie where, with the look on Katie's face, I actually had the fleeting thought of could it possibly be the same girl. Granted, if you look at them back to back, there are pictures of each where you'd say they look NOTHING alike, but trust me, there's also pictures out there of each where they look UNCANNILY ALIKE. And Taylor's funbags are huge and allll natural, too ;)
More on topic, I've had a chubby for Emily Blunt ever since "Charlie Wilson's War" and would not argue with getting to see some skin. -
for a Man on Fire sequel. (Not that I'd ever need to see a sequel, but just for the sake of an analogy.)
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honey i shrunk the kids, rocketeer, jumanji, jurassic park 3..... Those films are all candy with a bad after taste
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Dec 08, 2009 9:14:46 PM CST
Anthony Hopkins repeats lines because he's getting the papers—
by blakindigo
— getting the papers…
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This film is going to be great fun.
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Remake?
Reboot?
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Always a nice thing to see a studio doesn't pander to making cuts to a film to get a few extra teenie boppers into the theater. Now let's just hope the film ends up being good.
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Twilight still sucks. So there.
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Did anyone else think variations like, "I will kill *some* of you!" or, "I will kill hyphen nine *all* your processes!"
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Dec 08, 2009 10:28:01 PM CST
R rated, but does it come with a Leona Lewis song?
by scriptgirl_nipples
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aaaaawwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Heh.
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of the eye expanding. Baker must have had a conniption...
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No Elfman score = total dealbreaker.
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For the GREATEST werewolf movie of ALL TIME...
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...when the movie is apparently a heavilly-reshot, endlessly-delayed mess with CGI werewolf effects and a dumped Danny Elfman score. Remember how everyone screamed about the PG-13 rating for Alien vs. Predator? Well, we got our R rating for the sequel...and it was one of the worst movies in recent memory.
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It's not going to be GREAT. Stop it. You know I'm right.
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Dec 08, 2009 10:56:46 PM CST
I like this movie. It has balls. I like balls.
by anything but tangerines
tawp
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aside from the main Spidey theme, he hasn't written anything memorable since Sleepy Hollow. I'm more bothered that they replaced him with that Haslinger fuckup.
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I mean, yes, I love atmosphere based horror that doesn't rely on gore, but I kinda like my werewolves to be messy. This movie feels like it would benefit from some solid werewolf carnage.
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nice.
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I would have bet anything this would have been cut down and slapped with a PG-13. Good to here they're going for a more adult crowd because the movie will be better for it.
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M.Romenek walked, delays in release date - always a very bad sign. Yet this has improved it's chances a little.
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gonna be wicked awesome, true to the origin.
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Then again, I thought DH4 and T:S were-sure fire R ratings.On a side note, I keep having dreams/nightmares about werewolves b/c I keep watching the trailers to this.
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Hopefully Universal didn't fuck this one up too much. Looking forward to this one.
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...when A V A T A R is fucking our eyeballs in 8 days?
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all over my fucking keyboard. PIECE OF SHIT, BASTARD ASSHOLE SON OF A BITCH AICN that made me post while I was drinking. FUCK FUCK FUCKING FUCK. Jesus....still looking forward to the movie though, lol
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Dec 09, 2009 1:21:07 AM CST
UH OH THIS NEWS IS GONNA DELAY HARRYS DVD REPORT
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
Hooray for tardiness!
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What you are talking about. Hellboy 2, Milk, Taking Woodstock and Serenada Shizophrana (especially) are all terrific. Elfman rules.
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Okay, now I'm just dreaming.
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My parents let us watch R rated movies in the 80's when my brother and I were in elementary school.
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Dec 09, 2009 2:17:29 AM CST
Gee, that's really interesting Dingbatty...
by willardgreensthunderballs
Fucking tool.
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Bravo for Not taking the punk-ass route! P.S Damn You Twilight!
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...watch My Summer Of Love.Also a great little film.
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People nearly invariably follow "FACT:" with an opinion or a rumor... generally a pretty unsupportable or ridiculous one, which is why they feel the need to buttress it up with false assurances.
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zooey deschanel, katy perry, the girl from wolverine all looking like slightly different versions of each other on a sliding scale
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Every time an article about this movie comes up on this site saying "Hey, I wonder what it will be like." I send Harry a link to it, or maybe even mention it in the talkback.
Go find it on BrutalasHell.com.
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Dec 09, 2009 4:18:15 AM CST
you Yanks are bloody childish. getting all excited over stuff
by famouseccles
that other countries show on prime time TV.
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I like everything else about the movie. but it's the director i have the least trust about the movie. Hopefully, he was uncommonly inspired when he made it and made a much better movie then the rest of his career.
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fucking wolfman. So they will say FUCK THIS, no more R rated films.
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There's fur and there's teeth.
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Not the best reason to get an R rating
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Hee hee
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Every one of those women can slide on my scale any time they wish. It's what I'm here for :D
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At 10 years old, my Dad was introducing me to stuff like DEAD AND BURIED, THE EVIL DEAD, THE THING and THE EXORCIST. Scared me shitless at the time, but it gave me an appreciation for this genre that I've not seen in any kid of that age these days. Years of consumerist bollocks has turned this generation into a bunch of mindless zombie bastards that only like what Simon Cowell, Brett Ratner and McTwat tell them to like, and couldn't make an independent decision to save their lives.
I loved the 80s, and parents who let their kids watch movies like that. Parents smart enough to realise, kids can tell fantasy from reality much more easily than adults can. Because shit like SAW and HOSTEL disturbs me much more as an adult (because I know there are people in the world capable of that sick shit) than as a kid (when I always wondered what a person would look like inside-out - thank you Clive Barker, for answering that with the HELLRAISER movies).
And yes, my parents were responsible, caring, attentive, firm, and kept a fair rule in a house where discipline was important but love was far more important. Letting kids watch horror movies does NOT a bad parent make.
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A film legend he may be, but Lon Chaney, Jr. couldn't act for shit. Good thing Claude Rains was there.
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..a good thing. I have no idea why people on here demand blood in everything. "A Barney and the Muppets team-up film? There better be lots of blood and nudity, then!" I was hoping more for mood, class and atmosphere. Those were the key ingredients in the old Hammer films and the majority of them still hold up to this day. Hopefully this film will be able to balance out all of those elements.
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I was afraid it was going to be a toned down PG-13 Werewolf movie. But I'm glad to hear its R! :D
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You probably get excited for Doctor Who specials. Sod off. That's even less thrilling.
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PG-13 MOVIES THAT COMPROMISE THEIR VIRTUE AS A FILM TO SELL MORE TICKETS TO TWEENS CONSTITUTES A SELLING OUT OF THE GENRE. I'M GLAD THEY HAD THE TESTICULAR FORTITUDE.
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...but it's still a Joe Johnston movie... guy's batting average is a big, fat zero so far.
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Thanks for killing the JP franchise, ya twit!
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The trailer didnt seem like this movie was going to be explicit... I wonder what scene(s) pissed off the censors...And yeah, I'm still not that interested in this project, but the world needs more Rated R flicks...
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Or you're just saying this movie has the balls to be R rated?Gotta tell ya', I'm not a big fan of Johnston's directorial work, and combined with the whole pushed back 4 times thing, I'm not very optimistic about this movie. Plus Elfman jumped ship, and supposedly his score was incredible.
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I had zero interest in a watered-down PG-13 werewolf movie. This rating will actually get me into the theater. I don't think studios understand that a PG-13 rating will get some more kids in the theater, but it really does drive away a lot of adults who want an uncensored story. Hey Hollywood! I have a lot more money to burn on cinema (including dvd sales) than a 14 year old mallrat kid.
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it's short for "gonads". not "nards".
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Could just be some insert shots of chewed up corpses, and an extra "fuck" or two uttered.
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Had not heard about Elfman doing the score. Glad he is off. Not that the Willy Wonka remake was any good, but damn, his music was god-awful. I would say Batman was his most memorable.
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So at least it's a good start to be rated R. Funny to see people still being contrary just to be cool. This web site should be renamed AINT IT COOL TO BE CONTRARY.
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Shut up about Avatar!!! There are 400 TBs about Avatar on this site alone, please don't ruin this peaceful little corner of the 'verse. People are capable of seeing more than one movie per month, you know.
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But it is reasonable to hope that it means there won't be any attempts to soften the movie so that grandpa and the grandchildren can go to it.
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A horror movie isn't a horror movie if its not rated R. Yes, that doesn't mean that it will be good, but it also means that we won't be getting a TWILIGHT version of what is one of the greatest monsters in movie history.
But so far, the trailer looks good and for the most part there is some hope that it will deliver. It's about time a good werewolf movie comes out! Fuck bloodsuckers! Lycans Rule! -
Yea the R rating doesn't guarantee anything but the cast DelToro, Hopkins, Blunt, Weaving, does at least give hope that its a quality film. No glistening 20-somethings here.
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