The Wolfman Trailer (2010)

Handsome Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N2lZwOQdMI

I have to say that it looks pretty sweet, I'm getting this great atmospheric vibe from the trailer. It's great to see Anthony Hopkins doing another horror classic too.

Hopefully if this film is successful then Universal might remake the likes of Dracula and Frankenstein.

pinksoir

Sweetness.

mikom

Needs more Rick Baker.

Necronomicon

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Hopefully if this film is successful then Universal might remake the likes of Dracula and Frankenstein.

Already happening with Guillermo del Toro attached. Though apparently it'll be years before it even goes into production, with The Hobbit films to come first.

tommyboy2222

Thought it looked a bit too much like Van Helsing for my liking.

Josey Wales

Good to see Hugo Weaving, he doesn't do enough movies.

Galvasean

Looks pretty cool. Here's hoping Hopkins brings his A game

VonLuck

Josey Wales wrote: »

Good to see Hugo Weaving, he doesn't do enough movies.

QFT

I always thought he was a great actor. One of the main reasons I want to see this movie.

oxygen_old

That. Looks. Sweet.

Sleazus

It looks good. An honest-to-god monster movie, which really is something we haven't seen in a while. I wasn't too keen on the 'deeper' revivals of the nineties (where Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman were reimagined in those ridiculously pretentious films), so a back-to-basics approach augers well for the new spate that Wolfman seems intent on kicking off. Still, I'm suspicious after the delays and seeing some footage of the "Sabretooth running" has not allayed my fears (the rumour is that there were reshoots to make the creature move like Liev Schreiber in Wolverine).

It might just go back on my must-see list, but my stinker sense is tingling.

AnonoBoy

The transformation shots look deadly.

callmescratch

AnonoBoy wrote: »

The transformation shots look deadly.

Yeah they look all nice and analoguey. Very American Werewolf in London.

Also, does Anthony Hopkins still have an A game?

JP Liz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKn_RbCAAek

it looks impressive

Rabies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JB1NY2xut8

Looks fun

Rabies

Oh, may bad. Didn't see the other thread.
Check the Film forum daily.

Handsome Bob

So what are the thoughts on this film? I liked it but it felt very choppy, I didn't buy the romance between Lawrence and Gwen at all. It just felt like it was badly edited and scenes were cut out.

Rabies

below average movie

poor script
dodgy vgi at times but the transformations was good
a romance story running through this!! really
Hopkins accent was almost irish
De Toror's accent was a bit all over the place
it should have stayed out if the city
Tried to be like an old school horror ... but failed
No scary scenes

Kess73

I'm a huge fan of the 1941 version that this film was a remake of, and as such I liked the nods towards the older film, and liked how the ending was changed from the original ending with a bit of a twist on it, although it was a bit overly Hollywood-ised. The original 1941 ending, in terms of character, may have carried a bit more heft if it had been used in the remake.

As LZ5by5 has already said, the film did feel like it was chopped a lot, and I have a feeling that it may well turn out like Kingdom Of Heaven, in that it may become a film that was improved dramatically by the release of a directors cut.

The film had me thinking that I had made up a scene in my own head after it was not in the film after me thinking I saw it in a US trailer, but when I had a look around online it is mentioned that the Dianne Pilkington scene(s) were dropped from the cinematic release.


The 1941 version was re-released last week and at a cheap enough price, well at least online anyway, and well worth picking up.

Raekwon

It's after getting some terrible reviews but I quite enjoyed it, mainly because of the atmosphere which was very dark and gothic and gave the movie a real sense of foreboding.

The acting was distinctly average, Hugo Weaving was the only stand out for me but Hopkins was decent enough in his role apart from

speaking with an Irish accent infront of the villagers which I thought was very odd

. Also even though the transformations were good some of the CGI was terrible

the bear at the gypsies camp & the stag that was set to bait the werewolf

, they instantly reminded me of the lions at the start of I Am Legend.

Overall it felt like a very rushed film but then again it has had several release date postponements during the course of its production (12th of November 2008 was the original release date) and of course two directors on board at various stages so I guess it could have been alot worse all things considering.

Niall Keane

Probably the worst film I've seen in ten years. Characters one dimensional and like the plot with no development. Watch ten minutes or the trailer and you've seen all the rest is the same repeated in a pointless fashion. So many areas touched on and never developed. But even if we take it as a poor horror it doesn't scare as it's predictable, it certainly isn't comic, actually I'll stop here this film has wasted enough of my time!

pixelburp

Despite seeing, hearing and reading the tide of bad reviews, the film geek inside me - who revels in "bad" movies & taking perverse pleasure in watching them - wants to see this anyway. Does that make me a bad person?

senordingdong

I liked it, but that could be largely from low expectations.

I love Benicio Del Toro but reckon Anthony Hopkins saved the story from being a disaster.
Good scenes and effects.

Hugo Weavign deserves a mention too.

The only thing that really bugged me is that the trailer revealed too much of the film.
If you've seen the trailer, then you've pretty much seen the whole film.

Handsome Bob

I think the director was trying to use camera tricks that were used in Coppola's Dracula. For example, when the Wolfman is chasing people, the scene kind of slows down and goes into "first person" mode, much like when Dracula would be approaching the Westenra house to hurt Lucy. Another example would be the murder scenes, they are quick and are "snapshots" where the camera kind of jerks from one shot (slitting someone's throat) to the other (continuing the chase after other people). Again, it's a method that was used in Coppola's Dracula. I can commend what Johnston was trying to capture that kind of atmosphere, but unfortunately he hasn't got the skill of Coppola. I have to say that I'm really worried about Captain America in this guy's hands. Marvel Studios have been spot on for the most part in their director and casting decisions, but hiring Johnston seems to be their first big mistake.

senordingdong

In fairness, that's not something that was unique to Coppolas Dracula, that's a trick that was used in just about every monster movie right up to the eighties.

The whole routine of not building the tension by not allowing you to actually see the monster in question.

niallon

Extremely pointless remake TBH. If the best they could do was better make up (at the expense of horrendous CGI) then why bother. Cheaper it may be but I don't understand CGI werewolf transformations when thirty years ago American Werewolf in London did it so well back when CGI was just a dream on the horizon.

And Inspector Abberline was a real person, he was not bitten by a werewolf, that bit just pissed me off

seraphimvc

aye saw this lastnight,is an ok film well at least i watch it without going in with high expectation.

everything in this movie can be done better - they have the potential there,but sadly most of them didnt get develop enough decently. the final boss fight made me laugh,i think that is a very sh!t writing for killing the final boss in that way :pac: and some childish scenes trying to scare us can be totally removed - is just lame.

anthony hopkins and hugo weaving did a good job as everyone already stated ill give it 3/5.

Sleazus

niallon wrote: »

And Inspector Abberline was a real person, he was not bitten by a werewolf, that bit just pissed me off

Wasn't he? He always knew

how to sniff out a crime

... hehe...

niallon

Sleazus wrote: »

Wasn't he? He always knew

how to sniff out a crime

... hehe...

I thanked cause it's late and I giggled but you didn't deserve that one! I did actually like his inclusion,

The fact that he failed to crack The Ripper case instantly led to him being thorough on the case and as a result explained his heghtened scepticism and clinical approach

but after that it was all a bit "League Of Extraordinary Gentleman" for my liking!