THE WICKER MAN - a remake to avoid - Page 2

BarTopDancer · 09-02-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

No, it's an "every normal person I know is going to come and kill me" sort of movie. One body is enough for a horror film, and the ending of that movie was one of the more horrifying--and, at the time, surprising--things I've ever seen.

I skip Saw, Hostel and the current breed. I'm turning into my father, whose constant refrain was "That's not entertainment."

Saw 2 scared the everloving daylights out of me. I bawled for about 2 hours after I saw it and didn't sleep for 2 weeks. Probably because JigSaw looks like clown and I hate clowns. "every normal person I know is going to come and kill me" is something I've come to accept

I think when I saw it the ending really bothered me. It was very disturbing and horrifying. I guess I saw horror I mean gore, which this is not.

I was wondering if I forgot about the car crash or not. Thanks Flippy.

€uroMeinke · 09-01-2006, 05:45 PM

Without naked heathens, I hardly see the point

scaeagles · 09-01-2006, 05:49 PM

Watch it with Kevy. Not that he's a heathen, but I'm sure he'd be willing to go naked.

scaeagles · 09-01-2006, 05:50 PM

Would you regard The Sixth Sense as a supernatural suspense movie?

Alex · 09-01-2006, 05:58 PM

Not really, as there wasn't really much suspense involved. But I'm willing to accept that most probably would think of it as such and it would be one of the very few that work for me.

That's why I was willing to say movies never scare me but suspense almost never works for me. I haven't been scared by a movie in a very long time (though that doesn't necessarily mean the movie is bad, just that it isn't scary). But sometimes suspense movies catch me up.

But I'm not going to get hepped up on defending a categorization of The Wicker Man. I haven't seen it so I have no problem assuming I'm wrong. That said, what little I know of it has little appeal to me based on experience with similar things. Someday, if I see it, I may think it the best thing in the world but I'm not going to put any emphasis on getting around to it.

innerSpaceman · 09-01-2006, 06:38 PM

Whew for this review thread. I was really wondering about it, and was sorta planning on seeing it.

Now, I'll just rent the original - - which I've only seen bits and pieces of.

xharryb · 09-01-2006, 07:08 PM

I need to Netflix the original. I've seen it once and barely remember it, though i know I liked it. We keep seeing the ads for the new one and my fiance is confused and curious. I want to make her watch the original way more than i would want to take her to the new one.

flippyshark · 09-01-2006, 11:04 PM

If it's any help, Alex, there's nothing supernatural about The Wicker Man. I hope it ends up in your netflix queue someday. It's unique and worthwhile.

Another note on this new one. If you've seen the previews, you know that this version adds a car/truck crash sequence, one completely foreign to the original, and which I spent this whole movie wondering how it would tie in. I will only say that as a plot thread, it ended up making no sense whatsoever! The occupants of that crash mysteriously disappear from the wreck and turn up much later in the proceedings with no explanation of how they managed it. What's more, I don't think anyone in the audience wondered about this unexplained point or even cared, it was so irrelevant.

Not Afraid · 09-02-2006, 11:55 AM

You named the rose Fred? I don't remember naming the rose Fred. That must've been a K name.

Oh, at that was more apricot.

Now I'm thinking about how that jerklandlord pulled out all of those roses and put in a dumb palm tree.

Strangler Lewis · 09-02-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

You named the rose Fred? I don't remember naming the rose Fred. That must've been a K name.

Oh, at that was more apricot.

Now I'm thinking about how that jerklandlord pulled out all of those roses and put in a dumb palm tree.

Your rose, your name, I say.

Apricot, huh? I say it's spinach . . .

Is that building still standing? I remember some years back it had been declared unfit for human habitation. And then next time I drove by it wasn't.

09-01-2006, 05:45 PM	#2
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Without naked heathens, I hardly see the point __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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09-01-2006, 05:49 PM	#3
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Watch it with Kevy. Not that he's a heathen, but I'm sure he'd be willing to go naked.
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09-01-2006, 05:50 PM	#4
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Would you regard The Sixth Sense as a supernatural suspense movie?
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09-01-2006, 05:58 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Not really, as there wasn't really much suspense involved. But I'm willing to accept that most probably would think of it as such and it would be one of the very few that work for me. That's why I was willing to say movies never scare me but suspense almost never works for me. I haven't been scared by a movie in a very long time (though that doesn't necessarily mean the movie is bad, just that it isn't scary). But sometimes suspense movies catch me up. But I'm not going to get hepped up on defending a categorization of The Wicker Man. I haven't seen it so I have no problem assuming I'm wrong. That said, what little I know of it has little appeal to me based on experience with similar things. Someday, if I see it, I may think it the best thing in the world but I'm not going to put any emphasis on getting around to it.
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09-01-2006, 06:38 PM	#6
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Whew for this review thread. I was really wondering about it, and was sorta planning on seeing it. Now, I'll just rent the original - - which I've only seen bits and pieces of.
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09-01-2006, 07:08 PM	#7
xharryb D'oh! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield Posts: 104	I need to Netflix the original. I've seen it once and barely remember it, though i know I liked it. We keep seeing the ads for the new one and my fiance is confused and curious. I want to make her watch the original way more than i would want to take her to the new one.
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09-01-2006, 11:04 PM	#8
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	If it's any help, Alex, there's nothing supernatural about The Wicker Man. I hope it ends up in your netflix queue someday. It's unique and worthwhile. Another note on this new one. If you've seen the previews, you know that this version adds a car/truck crash sequence, one completely foreign to the original, and which I spent this whole movie wondering how it would tie in. I will only say that as a plot thread, it ended up making no sense whatsoever! The occupants of that crash mysteriously disappear from the wreck and turn up much later in the proceedings with no explanation of how they managed it. What's more, I don't think anyone in the audience wondered about this unexplained point or even cared, it was so irrelevant.
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09-02-2006, 11:55 AM	#9
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	You named the rose Fred? I don't remember naming the rose Fred. That must've been a K name. Oh, at that was more apricot. Now I'm thinking about how that jerklandlord pulled out all of those roses and put in a dumb palm tree.
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