Wolfman: Yay or Nay?

[zombiehorror]

Profanity?? Sexuality?? I want to take my 9 year old MonsterKid and need to know if I should. Thanks!

My 3yr old daughter said something about the family going to see the new wolfman movie and I had to say,  "Sorry pumpkin I don't think you'll be going to see this one.".  Both her and my 2 1/2 year old get to watch the trailers though and the love it.

[Uncanny]

Profanity?? Sexuality?? I want to take my 9 year old MonsterKid and need to know if I should. Thanks!

Very minor on both counts.   No 'harsh' swearing, and only the barest hints at sexuality.

That said, the film is much gorier than I expected.   So judge accordingly depending on how desensitized they are. 

[Scatter]

Thanks guys!!

[monsterphile]

Welcome to your 1st post at the UMA.  I hope you can use this place to unwind and be yourself when time allows.  There are a lot of fans of yours here (followed your career for years myself), but we're all monster kids like yourself and I'd love to see you enjoy yourself around here.  I'm sure your monster collection has some special pieces.   

Rob

[Monsters For Sale]

I did not see Van Helsing of the Mummy re-make.  I don't plan to see this or any of the other planned re-makes.  All the CGI and blood doesn't do anything for me. 

Don't get me wrong about gore - I like all the pre-CGI slasher movies.  It just doesn't seem to fit with my tastes in Classic Uni Monster movies.

I am glad that the Woflman is stirring up so much interest in the basic mythology.  I hope there is an audience spillover into renewed interest in Chaney movies.

[Crawling Chaos]

Yeah, the new Wolfman is exquisitely gory. Claw and fang action galore!  
It's got a really effective, brooding, gothic tone throughout, too.

[ChrisW]

I'm very encouraged by the comments from Mssrs. Baker and Del toro - both true classic monster fans that "get it", up date without "reimagining". The comments coming from early previewers sound promising too.
Can't wait!

BTW, thanks for posting Mr. Baker!

[Toy Ranch]

I'm trying not to watch or read anything about this movie.  I want to see it without any preconceived notions.   I'm hoping it will be better than Van Helsing, and I liked Van Helsing better than many did.  It's getting lots of hype, ads, etc.  Friday is only a couple days away and I'm there!

[fmofmpls]

I personally cant get too excited by a brooding teenage wimp vampire movie or another movie about teenagers getting killed by yet another knife wielding masked psycho. Give me a man cursed that changes into a kick ass monster any day.

Here, here! I'll drink to that any day! And welcome to the UMA Rick Baker! So very cool to have you among us.

[tv horror]

I watched it a few hours ago and I have to say how struck I was at how much Del Toro looked like Lon Chaney, it was mostly his the eyes being that of a tortured soul. The film is magnificent and I see the Oscar going to Rick for his make up, I won't spoil the film with any details but I enjoyed the Wolfman running and the first change was brilliant. Malvea was played by Geraldine Chaplin Charlies daughter a fine actress in her right. On a side note there was a murder trial in England today were the girlfriend of 16 years poisoned her former lover with Wolfsbane!

[Halloween Jeff]

caught this on yahoo:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_en_re/us_film_review_the_wolfman



Bizarro Jeff

[zombiehorror]

I will see the final cut tomorrow at the premiere.  I am looking forward to it.
It is always scary to see a film that you worked so hard on. You see all of the thing that aren't in the film, things  that you built and shot ,you say to yourself why did they use that shot instead of the one that was so much cooler. It takes a few viewings before you can totally dissociate your self from it and just watch the film.

We'll we get to hear your thoughts on the premiere when you have time?  I'm sure everyone here would love some of your insight on the final film.

[lblambert]

I'll be amongst the first to see it when it's the screens up here in the great white north. The Wolf Man was always my favorite of the classic monsters, largely due to the believability Lon Jr brought to the role. I love how Rick revamped the look to make it a modern, terrifying monster while keeping enough of the classic look to make it instantly recognizable. With del Toro, an excellent actor with genuine respect for the original film, breathing life into Rick's creation I'm just excited to see it all come together.  I'm going into it with the attitude that, even if the film doesn't live up to my expectations, it'll be great just to see Larry Talbot on the screen instead of some unimaginative, generic slasher flick.

Just my 2 cents...
Lee

[ProfGriffin]

Oh Yay for me.  Yay Yay yay.

I'm excited and very positive. 
The talent involved, the straight horror, the gothic atmosphere, and Lawrence Stewart Talbot on screen (for the first time since Abbott and Costello met him in Florida!  LOL)  And played by Benicio Del Toro!!!  Perfect.
Fun Trivia: Benicio Del Toro can name (by memory) which monsters were on the covers of every famous Monster Magazine...in order.  (A trick he shared with us when he was in Austin for Sin City).

That kind of Monster Kid devotion earns my respect and admiration. 
Talbot just couldn't be played by anyone else.

And Rick Baker...well, I think we all know how much Monster Juice pumps through his heart.  I've read (with keen interested) his battles for the look of the Wolfman and his hardships in trying to work and remain true to what he knows it should be... with 50 chefs in his kitchen trying to tell him what they want.
I'm just thrilled that The Wolfman has ended up with clothes on and not a long canine snout....heck I'm thrilled that it's Benicio IN MAKE UP!

Bravo Rick.
You have once again proven yourself as a hero of horror.

Most definately... Yay!
I have my tickets for the 9:40 pm show tommorrow night and I'll be attending with a bunch of friends, a great group of us...all very excited and all ready to howl with delight.
The medical school scene alone (from the brief clips I've seen) have me excited to see what carnage Talbot will unleash.

So...with an eye to the future of our beloved Universal Monsters...I say bring on the next generation!
Oh...and Mr. Baker, IF Universal greenlights a Frankenstein project...and YOU are (once again) the Master Monster Maker, Pierce would approve.

With the moon full and bright,

Prof. Griffin

[Anton Phibes]

With regards to the Yahoo review, all I can say is "big fat hairy deal". Evidently the reviewer is not someone who "gets it". To give a film one and a half stars out of four is to rate it with the Grinch Who Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey. Whatever.  Its my hope that this film is the perfect amalgamation of Universal era and Hammer era Gothic horror films. To the reviewer's credit thoguh, they did pick up on one point that could be the very reason why the film could be come a hit among our tribe:



To their credit, Johnston, Del Toro (also a producer on the movie) and their collaborators use Lon Chaney Jr.'s "The Wolf Man" as a solid starting point rather than simply a hook for a modern jumble of action, digital effects and wisecracking characters.

To call the film funereal and not "fun"...cripes.  The original Wolfman wasn't fun either, if anything it was extremely sad.  I remember my late grandmother telling me stories about how she left the theater crying. Apparently it had hit a nerve with her. The film remained one of her favorites, but occasionally she would still tear up at it. I am still cautiously optimistic, and will share my opinions on it tomorrow after I view it. Spoiler free of course.