THE WICKER MAN - a remake to avoid - Page 2

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.

Strangler Lewis · 09-01-2006, 11:35 PM

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I do not "do" horror moives and The Wicker Man (original version) is not a horror movie. Disturbing, yes. Horrific? In a way, not not gory, not a scary man is going to come kill me in my sleep sort of way.

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."

Not Afraid · 09-02-2006, 11:23 AM

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I'm turning into my father......

Yes, we've reached that prime age where we start doing things our parents did. I yell at kids to stay off the lawn. Chris can'r hear. I like orange suddenly. How far must we go?

Strangler Lewis · 09-02-2006, 11:50 AM

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I like orange suddenly.

Suddenly? What about Fred the rose?

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.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-02-2006, 01:02 PM

Palm trees suck. I propose a ban on all palm trees.

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.

09-01-2006, 05:58 PM	#11
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	#12
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	#13
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	#14
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	#18
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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09-02-2006, 01:02 PM	#19
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Palm trees suck. I propose a ban on all palm trees. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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