Oh, Hollywood: Wolf Man Cometh
Help me out here: a remake of The Wolf Man; Benicio Del Toro; Anthony Hopkins; Hugo Weaving; directed by Joe Johnston of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji, and October Sky. What should I be making of this? What do you? Check out the trailer at the foot.
Not gonna lie, watching a majority of the preview I was already planning what I’d say in my post, and it wasn’t good. Not that my mind had been made up, of course, but the phrase “tell me this isn’t the most un-scary, un-cool thing you’ve ever seen” might have been floating around somewhere in the thought process. Just saying. But then, to my surprise, The Wolf Man kind of charmed me. And now I’m not sure.
What I Know:
-1. I’m not big on the old time romance-era London they chose for the setting–that I know for sure.
-And 2. I think the acting looks pretty stiff and awful, and so does the writing (angry British aristocrat in top hat: “You were bitten by the beast! You bear his mark now!” / the world: Laughing).
But:
-Rick Baker (the special effects mastermind behind An American Werewolf in London) is heading the makeup and effects, and from what they show us of the transformation, it looks pretty cool. It’s supposed to be a mix between CGI and physical.
-And the second half of the trailer when Del Toro’s on the loose and pissed off…well, maybe I’m just a sucker for werewolves.
My instinct says this movie will be terrible, but maybe in a guilty pleasure kind of way. No matter what, the trailer makes for good conversation. My expectations aren’t exactly bursting at the seams where it comes to the full-moon genre, anyway.
The Wolf Man is planned for Feb 12 of next year.
*”The prodigal son returns.” – Quick note: If I have to hear this line one more time in TV or film I’m gonna lose it. Seriously. It’s definitely not bad the way fall-backs like “You make me sick!” (which Mad Men actually had the balls to use in its premier last Sunday!) or “You disgust me!” are, but they’re all in the same pool of lines that seem to be on some screenwriter quota. Enough’s enough, already. This is me calling shenanigans.
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