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The Wicker Man Remake
Omnicide:
More of Neil LaBute's obsession with women being the root of all evil.
If anyone tries to remake Witchfinder General i won't be held accountable for my actions.
Lines:
i saw the new one and it was CRAP. and that whole thing pretty much sums it up!
Trollstormur:
I was waiting for this thread SO HARD.
Misereatur:
--- Quote from: Joe ---Rating: 1 out of 10
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DVD Worthy?:
There is no way.
I might recommend it as a rental if you and your friends are in a mood to really tear a movie a part and laugh your asses off. But for what it’s intended to be, an edgy thriller with a haunting mystery, The Wicker Man is a mistake of a film.
--- End quote ---
http://www.digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=movie
KharBevNor:
Oh jeez, I think I forced myself to forget about the dedication.
The thing is, the Wicker Man is a really, really stupid movie to remake. It's message and philosophy is universal, and its setting is entirely of its time and place. Even a shot by shot remake could never get the wonderful feel of the cinematography and the sheer calibre of the cast.
So many things were done badly in this movie I haven't even really thought of them yet. I am actually jotting them down in my course notebook so I can really rant loose in my imdb review. For example, something that came to me on the train...why the hell do the pagans use 19th century (or earlier) technologies? That is completely against the original: The Wicker Man is creepy because it is a relatively normal community that is subtly different in countless ways, not because it's some crazy amish-alikes. The pagans in the original used electricity, modern boats, beer pumps, etc. etc. They just lived on an isolated scottish Island and kept to themselves.
And just the fucking PLOT HOLES! FUCK! Couldn't they at least have made Malus an FBI agent, giving him some reason to be there? Making him a fed and removing the rowans his daughter shit would have gone maybe halfway to making this a good film. The other half might have been if the film had some music and ACTUALLY ADDRESSED ANY ISSUES AT ALL!
I mean, this shit really does make Stallones version of Get Carter look like cinematic genius.
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