LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
...at the Mall of America. A friend of mine won tickets to get into a early screening, and I have to say that I wasn't disappointed...!!
Without giving anything away, this is a whole diffrent flick then the '41 version. The only thing that this movie has in common with the Lon Chaney version is the bare bones premise of the original storyline -
and even that gets "tweaked" here and there. And to put people's minds at ease: this is NOT Van Helsing -
This movie keeps the feel and tone of a classic Universal movie very well...!! I swear there were times when Benicio Del Toro was channeling Lon Chaney Jr. - but, this isn't one for the kiddies...!! When this Wolf Man is on the prowl things get nasty...!! You can tell Rick Baker did the effects, the transformation from man to wolf has a very 'American Werewolf in London' feel to it, and the cgi isn't bad at all...
It's actually quite believable.
I do have one or two "beefs" with this retelling - but nothing to make me write off the entire experience...
I'm looking forward to seeing this again on saturday at the Forest Lake 5 theater, where it'll be shown on a double bill with the 1941 Wolf Man...!!
Results 1 to 10 of 26
-
Just got back from seeing the new Wolf Man...
The Great Pumpkin
- Join Date
- Jul 2008
- Location
- Upper Midwest, USA
- Posts
- 387
Just got back from seeing the new Wolf Man... –
02-09-2010,10:13 PM
I learned that every man needs a woman,
who understands without question,
when he wakes up in the night...
screaming
-
Caretaker of Eerie Manor
Moderator
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Eerie, PA
- Posts
- 3,711
- Blog Entries
- 5
02-09-2010,10:59 PM
Good to hear. When I first saw that the remake was coming out I was skeptical but the previews looked promising and hearing reports like yours will make me go see it.
-
Mill Creek Haunted Hollow
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Mill Creek, Washington
- Posts
- 5,582
- Blog Entries
- 1
02-10-2010,12:11 PM
I am really looking forward to this flick. Wish some place around here was running a double-feature with the 1941 version, that would be really cool!
-
Where wolf?
- Join Date
- Sep 2009
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 1,266
02-10-2010,04:19 PM
Going to see this with the Mrs. for Valentine's Day. LOL
Go to aintitcool.com and search up the set/trailer visit with Rick Baker. They talk about one of his efx crew building candied/edible body parts for the actors.
What doesn't kill you can still make you walk funny.
-
Crypt Keeper
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Location
- Marion , Ohio
- Posts
- 111
02-12-2010,05:29 PM
just got back from the theater... abso-frickin-lutely loved it
stunning sets and lighting , rick bakers work was great , thought they put
the right actors in the right roles (kept waiting for Hugo Weaving to call Del Toro mr. anderson tho J/K )
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
-
02-12-2010,08:40 PM
It's awesome. This is a movie that will redifne remake comebacks. Allthough it was not exactley the same, the setting, acting and dialouge was great. I'm going again tomarrow.
Just awesome. A little gorey but just awesome.
halloween is a super cool holiday.
-
02-13-2010,09:22 AM
Also saw it last night.. horrible movie, the CGI were so cheap, the actors all wrong...
NOT!
Amazing movie! Great atmosphere, everything was perfect! PLEASE DO MORE MOVIES LIKE THIS, HOLLYWOOD!!!
JM
-
02-13-2010,09:59 AM
I am going to see it.
Eventhough I am Dead it is always warm inside my bed.
-
The Great Pumpkin
- Join Date
- Nov 2009
- Location
- sterling hgts.michigan
- Posts
- 862
02-13-2010,10:24 AM
ive been waiting for it to come out the first time i saw the trailer for it,glad its getting great reviews from ya'll!
whats your name?I couldnt hear it very well last night when i was hiding under your bed!
Mommy! Mommy! I dont want to see Grandma!.. and she would scream back" shut up and keep digging!"
-
02-13-2010,12:01 PM
Originally Posted by osenator
halloween is a super cool holiday.
Bookmarks
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
Bookmarks