The WOLFMAN (Blu-ray; 2010) -- 2-DISC UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT (Universal)

[PearlcorderS701]

In the extras there was an interview with Johnston and he said that as soon as Baker found out there was a remake of this film, he immedately went and sought out the director so that he could do the effects. As I mentioned, this one paid quite a bit of homage to the original, which is why the story is as it is, which is largely unchanged from it with the exception of Hopkins' portion. They wanted to keep it more similar than not, and to me that is a good thing, but the story is a bit light to really do well these days. I am a big fan of the original, and I didn't feel this one was really that bad, but that was also going in based on the original. Probably fully 3/4 of the audience that saw this one, never saw the original. This wasn't a good movie, but it wasn't a terrible movie either. For what it was, I think they achieved what they were after, though I think they could have done more and made it better. Keeping mostly true to the original material ended up not being a good thing in this case, because the original is quite simple.

Oh, that Baker -- didn't know who you were referring to...

It was easily a better "retake" than Jackson's King Kong or that travesty that was Clash of the Titans

While never a fan of Kong, I disagree regarding Titans -- I don't think it was a "travesty" at all.

 

[skizzerflake]

I didn't exactly think it was bad, but Hopkins' acting seemed pretty perfunctory, like a second reading and DelToro just seemed wasted in the role. Worst of all, the wolfman was just too fast and deadly to be believable. That's the usual ill that afflicts many movies like this. Digital FX just gives them too much power to get extreme. Nevertheless, it was atmospheric enough and well shot, so I enjoyed it, in spite of itself.

 

[afterlife2]

Bought the 2 disc Theater Version/Uncut version a while back on BD. Saw half last night and was enjoying it so far. Nice inky dark blacks and looks/sounds fantastic.