Review date: June 10, 2010
| Genre: | Remake |
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| Director: | Joe Johnston |
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| Writer: | Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self |
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| Actors: | Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, David Schofield |
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| Other Info: | Blu-ray |
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| Remarks: |
Dean: Save your money. This movie sucked ass.
Lyn: I wouldn't say it sucked ass, but it wasn't exactly super great.
It did take you into a believable era and was incredibly but briefly gory in parts, which I feel was somewhat detracting, or maybe the right word is unsettling, which would then constitue a success - I felt it was mismatched with the tone.
There was some plot funniness... like the leading lady who is eternally on a train back and forth to London. The story has some interesting twists, unfortunately none too surprising.
That being said, the movie makers handled the Wolfman legacy with respect and paid a great amount of attention to detail - the set and costumes were phenomenal, the make-up a bit heavy at times (which can completely ruin a movie for me as a constant reminder of the fourth wall - see Cary Elwes in Saw).
Not the worst remake I've seen.
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| Spoilers: | (Select the text below to read it)
I did get one chuckle - when we see the wolfman change
from human to wolf while running in the forest, he looks exactly
like Rob Schneider in The Animal. |
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