The Wicker Man (2006)

[jcdenton]

Some of the best unintentional comedy ever.

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[hornpharmd]

That is some seriously funny ****. I actually just watched that on HBO last week and the movie was horrible.

 

[Viper Daimao]

not the bees! nooooo not the beeeeeeesss!!!!!1

 

[jcdenton]

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[FAST FRED]

The original version of "The Wicker Man" is much better, a classic in fact for those who appreciate the genre.

The remake was really bad.

Give the original a try; I got it from NETFLIX.

Here's the review I posted after I saw the original version:




This is the 1973 British movie with Edward Woodward from "Breaker Morant" and TV's "The Equalizer," Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento and Britt Ekland.

This movie isn't for everyone, but I'd heard of it for years and always wanted to see it.

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I liked it a whole lot for it's modernized Shakespearean vibe and thoughtful use of the thriller genre.

This is a thinking viewer's "horror" movie without gobs of gore, for those who appreciate an increasingly suspenseful storyline with a real twist at the end.

Think of the original "Village of the Damned," either version of "The Fly" and some of Alfred Hitchcock's scarier stuff.

Or the excellent "The Body Snatcher" starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi or either version of "The Cat People" or even that moody Clint Eastwood and Genevieve Bujold flick, "Tightrope."

All these are scary movies where what is as yet unrevealed is emphasized over the all too obvious.

Fine acting all around, especially from Woodward and Lee, and some fine bare boobage and buttage from the nubile Miss Ekland, who also was Mrs. Peter Sellers.

Excellent story by Anthony Shaffer, who also penned "Frenzy" for Hitchcock, wrote "Sleuth" for the stage and screen and did the screenplays for two Agatha Christie books made into movie mysteries, "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile."

Here he does a fully realized "Twilight Zone" type take on present day druids.

The dialog when Woodward and Lee argue the points of difference between believing in only one God or the old gods is delicious.

Some beautiful cinematography of the Scottish islands is a nice plus in this maddeningly mysterious investigative tale of the pagan and occult, which starts out strange and gets stranger, in what I found a very entertaining way.

Lots of top talent was involved in this, I think, unappreciated dramatic, off the track a tick, slick, cinematic effort.

I thought it was a really good psychological thriller and recommend it to those movie fans not easily turned off or offended by the offbeat and who are also adventurous and patient enough to be satisfied with an mystic movie mindf*ck, rather than a predictable, boorish bloodbath.

I haven't yet seen the recent remake of "The Wicker Man," starring Nicholas Cage, but I eventually will do so.

However, I predict I'll still like this original version much, much better.

Maybe you would too.

 

[mhayden]

Sorry Fred, the original really wasn't any good either. Good ending that you didn't see coming, but it was a pretty crappy movie otherwise.

 

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[BattleshipTexas]

The first Wicker Man was pretty good. Hard to see how they thought this new one would be an improvement.