Post by gwynplaine on Feb 13, 2010 18:29:54 GMT -5
...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 Chaney one 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 tonight at the Forest Lake 5 theater, where it'll be shown on a double bill with the 1941 Wolf Man -
I'm even gonna' wear my cane...
Long live The Wolf...!!
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 Chaney one 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 tonight at the Forest Lake 5 theater, where it'll be shown on a double bill with the 1941 Wolf Man -
I'm even gonna' wear my cane...
Long live The Wolf...!!
