The Wolfman
August 11, 2010
It had the promise of being a really good, long needed remake of the original, loaded with present day special effects and production value. As it turns out this Wolfman can’t even hold a claw to the wonderful 1941 Lon Chaney classic of the same name. For the first 30 minutes of the film, when you don’t actually see the beast, it’s kind of scary, and you almost think they might have done this right. But, Hollywood still hasn’t figured out that less is more, especially in horror films. When the monsters appear, the movie goes down hill from there. Benicio Del Toro is mis-cast in my opinion, and Anthony Hopkins… really?, is he in every period movie now? The film tries to make up for its lack of genuine eeriness with lots blood and guts and there goes the old saying again, “less is more”. The movie that kind of advertised itself as the twin for Bram Stokers Dracula, cant even be stored on the same shelf.
Benicio Del Toro (the Wolfman aka Lawrence Talbot) returns home to Blackmoor after his brothers death. He see’s his crazy father. See’s his bothers ex played by Emily Blunt and tries to find out what happened. He soon gets bitten by the mysterious beast and now whenever there’s a full moon, he can’t control himself. He reins havoc all over the countryside and a auditorium of poor doctors. but Lawrence isn’t the only beast in the woods, and soon there’s going to be a show down.
Unfortunately, the Wolfman just never seems to live up its potential. Benicio is average and Hopkins is over played, only Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving give decent performances, and only decent. The movie has to much gore and not enough of anything else, like story or suspense. If there’s nothing else to watch, you could do worse, but you can certainly do much much better with just a little bit of effort.
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Shaun Thompson
I agree that the monsters were revealed too early in the film. The movie makers could have built up more suspense by just giving the audience fleeting glimpses of the monsters.
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This is great news.
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Cheers!
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very nice and informative blog.
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Monika
I really love movies like this which talks about the life of an extraordinary people. I hope I can have time to watch this movie and discover what is this movie all about. I guess this movie is great.
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