Comments on: ‘The Wolfman’ Review

By: darklydreamingbernie

darklydreamingbernie — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:27:04 +0000

There was so much wrong with this movie that I doubt any of us could really sum it up in any comment. I am completely in agreement with Frankentron on this. Upon hearing that Benicio Del Toro would be the titular Wolfman, I was excited about the film. Del Toro is a good actor. I just feel like he didn’t try. Even his stage performance in the beginning, with talents that Tolbot was renowned for, was wooden, and amatuerish.

The biggest travesty, however has to do with the ending

***SPOILER ALERT****

Werewolf Fight? God awful. Del Toro’s Wolfman bashes Hopkins’ Wolfman’s head against the floor. Any semblence of credibility this film had was lost then and there.

To everyone who praises the film for its not deviating from the original in form, including the overall design of the Wolfman, believe me, I understand. But even that level of reverance couldn’t save this film.

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:17:06 +0000

I can see your point. I’m not a film afficionado, so don’t usually look too closely at the way the film was made. Not that I can’t see when something is beautiful, or discordant, but I tend to just let my mind gloss over those things while I am watching.

If the American public would pay money to go see the original of *any* old movie, then I would vastly prefer to see that in the theaters. However, we all want color and blood and special effects now– though I love the original “Wolfman,” I still chose to watch the remake rather than go get the ’41 version…

By: Frankentron5000

Frankentron5000 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:12:11 +0000

It just seems that if a director or producer is going to attempt a remake, it should be for a greater reason than taking the original and creating it in color. Yes, the classic films are great, and there’s nothing wrong with trying to make a film that returns to the qualities that made the original so good. In fact, I do believe they were striving for something deeper and more meaningful… however with the change in directors midway through filming, things got confusing. In fact, Universal almost shelved this production because they had lost faith in it.

They hired Walter Murch to come in and hopefully save the project by doing excessive cuts and clean it up… and it only served to make the film seem even choppier and more confusing.

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:51:50 +0000

I also meant to mention with regards to the “Halloween mask” comment– what do you think all of those H’Ween masks are based on??

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:50:48 +0000

Screenplay horrible? Halloween mask? This comment (and others like it) seem to be coming from people that never saw the original movie. I was THRILLED to see that it wasn’t “updated” or “The Wooolfmahn For The 21st Century!!!” It was a really well done remake that didn’t lose that much over the first version– ‘cept Lon Chaney, of course. Though I didn’t like the vast amounts of dripping blood, it was pretty cool to see everything else in color.

I am also glad to see a review that wasn’t looking for the hip, modern interpretation.

By: Frankentron5000

Frankentron5000 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:45:37 +0000

I saw this film with few expectations, other than the hope of being entertained. I was certainly not entertained. From the outset, Del Toro’s Hispanic-tinged American English was very distracting in a field of British accents, and only served to make his wooden acting seem amateurish when combined with the stilted lines of a very tired and cliched script. I kept asking “why does he have a Mexican accent?”… and when the accent was finally explained halfway through the film, it no longer mattered, as I had already lost interest. From the cliched attack-scene opening to the standardized “regrettable death” at the end, there was very little reason to even bother watching the film. One or two moments of beautiful cinematography were not enough to save this extremely pedestrian piece of factory-pressed plastic. Realizing that Benicio Del Toro is a huge fan of the original “Wolfman” makes this an even greater trajedy… that he didn’t have enough passion in his own dream to create an engaging or at the least, fun, remake of his beloved original.

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By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:23:45 +0000

I dug it.
I thought the make up was great and was glad they got away from the whole dog-faced wolfman and back to the classic mostly-man wolfman.

By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:23:45 +0000

I dug it.
I thought the make up was great and was glad they got away from the whole dog-faced wolfman and back to the classic mostly-man wolfman.

By: Matt G

Matt G — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:02:56 +0000

Did not like this movie. The acting was good, but the screenplay was horrible and the special effects left something to be desired. When you finally see the wolfman's face its looks so much like an old Halloween mask that it would almost have been better if they didn't show it at all. The suspense was there but only because they had 2:00 straight of near silence built up to a huge ROAR or BANG…. of course I am going to jump! The movie was too long and after the first 40 minutes I was ready to leave the theatre. I didn't and now I wish I would have. Spend your money on a different BETTER movie.

By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:03:06 +0000

I dug it. Some of the cg at the ending fight scene was a bit too obvious, but other than that I liked it.
I LOVED the original with Lon Chaney Jr. and this was a fitting homage to that.

I'm REALLY glad they opted for a wolfman who looked more like a man than a dog.

Good job all around!...and I liked Emily btw.

By: Manowar

Manowar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:19:16 +0000

WOW?? Best Ever? Dog Soldiers was a way better movie.

Did you not notice the one GIANT mistake in the film.

(SPOILER ALERT)

When Hopkins was going on about his trek in India and revealing his scarred arm showing where he was bit by the Werewolf boy, hence being cursed himself, he still had the very visable bite scar. Then I was thinking... WTF, Benicio's massive neck scar from his bite totally disappeared over a few days because of his new healing powers!!! What a dumb mistake.

By: DannyBruised

DannyBruised — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:16:02 +0000

Time will tell.
I've watched every werewolf move since day one.
This movie reminds me of all the critics that trashed Alien the first movie.
They were wrong.
This is not the 50's Lon Cheny Movie nor is it Werewolf In London, Nor the howling.
It's the best WereWolf Movie ever made. This movie rocks.
Don't know what viewers are comparing to.
Get Real, the best werewolf movie ever made!!!

By: rikos

rikos — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:18:35 +0000

really? 4 out of 5 for this movie and 3.5 out of 5 for shutter island? I'm never going to trust this website reviews again

By: Akshay

Akshay — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:46:34 +0000

I went to watch this film solely based on this review and it was worth it.
Although i did find the movie a little slow, the sudden scares were terrifying (in a good way) .

By: vvega

vvega — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:13:04 +0000

To sum up, there were parts I enjoyed in this film, parts that I was very happy to see hadn't died in the movie industry. But overall I feel this movie has a more nostalgic cling than anything else. As one of the newer generation, I simply cannot get into that feeling as much as others may. I simply couldn't get pass the obvious 'formula' used in the movie or how disappointed I was by the ending.

By: vvega

vvega — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:04:06 +0000

********POSSIBLE SPOILERS**********

Saw the movie, I enjoyed roughly the first half of it for most of the reasons you described, the film is shot just as if it were made 40 years ago and with the soundtrack, was absolutely beautiful. I am a person who enjoys classical movies because, well, they're usually better than the crappy eye-candy that shows up now a days, but honestly this movie didn't do it for me on the larger scale. Despite a very accurate, classical approach, the movie definitely has it's modern influences. After a certain point in the movie, you may feel as if everything is getting rushed to an end, loose ends are quickly tied up, there's some dialogue, which, i felt was impressive up until the madhouse, but definitely deteriorates by the end of the film, and after that a not too impressive fight scene you could have seen coming a mile away. And while I understand the ending in this film essentially pays homage to the whole concept of the original, it was well over dramatic and came off to me as pretentious.

********POSSIBLE SPOILERS**********

By: kaminari

kaminari — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:58:18 +0000

Yeah, thanks for being one of the few people who wrote positive reviews. It did feel like an old horror movie most of the time and I have to say that I haven't been this impressed I don't remember for how long. Movies like this one give me hope that 2010 is turning out to be amazing!

By: Manowar

Manowar — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:09:02 +0000

I agree with all of the above. Only good acting was Anthony Hopkins. And even though this is a somewhat remake of the classical, it was soo predictable, even the twist!.

I love all horror genre's including B-movies, but I left the theatre so unsatisfied. It was like a woman trying to have sex with me for 2 hours but she just coudn't get me to want to pull down my pants!

The gore was great but sometimes missused. I felt nothing for the characters accept maybe the Hindu Servant. LOL it was the guy from True Lies I think.

And there was one GIANT mistake in the film.

(SPOILER ALERT)

When Hopkins was going on about his trek in India and revealing his scarred arm showing where he was bit by the Werewolf boy, hence being cursed himself, he still had the very visable bite scar. Then I was thinking... WTF, Benicio's massive neck scar from his bite totally disappeared over a few days because of his new healing powers!!! What a dumb mistake.