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     Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
One of the greatest films ever made - the US remake of The Wicker Man - is on C4 next week. I certainly won't be missing it. There may or may not be sarcasm used on one or more parts of the above statement... | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.200.223 |
At least it offers a few good unintentional laughs, such as the immortal line: "step away from the bike!" | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.6.182 |
Alas, it's interminably boring - if it were bad but entertaining, that would be one thing, but the remake is DULL.... | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I think it was Simon Morden who came out with one of the best responses ever, when this remake was first being touted on the Masters Of Horror forum: "If you Americans dare remake this classic British horror and set it in the USA, we will remake Deliverance and set it in Wales - 'bleat like a sheep, boyo!' " | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.200.223 |
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| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.10.77 |
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| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.153.164.5 |
Absolute pure gold. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 88.202.206.180 |
I liked the review that said "I'm building a wicker DVD player to put this one in." | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Unfortunately, I will genuinely be watching this tonight... There is a reason. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
I couldn't do it on myself, Weber... you're a braver man than me! | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Sometimes when you go into a film with less than zero expectations, you're pleasantly surprised... In this case i wasn't. This wasn't as good as I thought it would be... and I think I've made it clear previously how good that is. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Sometimes when you go into a film with less than zero expectations, you're pleasantly surprised... << You had me gasping for breath when I read that bit .. before I read the next bit! Like Stephen says, you're a brave man, Weber. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 88.202.206.180 |
you're a brave man, Weber. Or just a masochist. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.23.22 |
I saw a bit of Wicker Man and wanted to see it all - it had something about it that made it feel unpredictable. It almost felt like a sort of odd comedy. My view of films; if you're not bored, it's not bad. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Believe it or not, I found a worse remake last night... Day of the Dead remake, Day of the Dead turned into a teens in peril story complete with a friendly vegetarian lovesick zombie. Dire doesn't begin to describe it. The only reason I kept watching was because I was trying to work out where I'd seen one of the actors before. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.23.22 |
i liked the clip of Wicker man I saw. If a remake makes us reconsider the original I think that's good. It's like picking the original up and seeing another side of it. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
But if it just takes a big dump on everything that was good about the original... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.23.22 |
The bits I saw - I think I was watching it wrong. I think it was trying to do something different. Sometimes we go to things with expectations. Maybe this wasn't horror this time. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
It certianly wasn't horror. Not sure what it was. But it wasn't horror. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Caroline. I just emailed you. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Responded, Weber.  |