I saw this movie in theaters and could not tell you anything about it. I vaguely recall the opening credits being the best part of it--I think they were designed to look like woodcuts? I might be making that up.
I watched it twice while it was in theaters and once more when the (superior) director’s cut was released on DVD, but haven’t gone back to it since. I still wonder what Mark Romanek would have done with the material, but we’ll never know because he jumped ship before filming started.
The trailers for the new "Wolf Man" film make it look like shovelware, like Hollywood was legally obligated to make a new generically-titled werewolf movie every 15 years, like how every decade needs to have an unloved Robin Hood movie. That's disappointing after his version of "The Invisible Man" actually had a point of view.
I think this one has a point of view, too. I know Whannell has talked about it being inspired by watching loved ones with incurable diseases. It just doesn't work.
There's a shitty theater in my neighborhood that's spiritually and technologically frozen in 1998. Tickets are five dollars and it seems to be 100% owned, operated, and patronized by local teenagers. It's a terrible venue for any movie you might actually care about, but it's perfect for Dumpuary horror slop like Night Swim. As soon as I saw the trailer for Wolf Man, I knew where I'd be seeing it.
I’m higher on WOLF MAN than you are, but not much higher. At a certain point, it got stuck in one gear and never got out of it.
Also, this isn’t the film’s fault, but the ubiquity of the trailer for the past six months meant I was distractedly waiting for things like the moment where the daughter says, “Hurry, Mommy, he’s coming!”
I totally forgot until scrolling through Box Office Mojo that there was a 2009 Wolfman reboot with Benicio Del Toro
Great effects but forgettable movie. Though I've started to see some appreciations of it surface.
I saw this movie in theaters and could not tell you anything about it. I vaguely recall the opening credits being the best part of it--I think they were designed to look like woodcuts? I might be making that up.
I watched it twice while it was in theaters and once more when the (superior) director’s cut was released on DVD, but haven’t gone back to it since. I still wonder what Mark Romanek would have done with the material, but we’ll never know because he jumped ship before filming started.
The trailers for the new "Wolf Man" film make it look like shovelware, like Hollywood was legally obligated to make a new generically-titled werewolf movie every 15 years, like how every decade needs to have an unloved Robin Hood movie. That's disappointing after his version of "The Invisible Man" actually had a point of view.
I think this one has a point of view, too. I know Whannell has talked about it being inspired by watching loved ones with incurable diseases. It just doesn't work.
There's a shitty theater in my neighborhood that's spiritually and technologically frozen in 1998. Tickets are five dollars and it seems to be 100% owned, operated, and patronized by local teenagers. It's a terrible venue for any movie you might actually care about, but it's perfect for Dumpuary horror slop like Night Swim. As soon as I saw the trailer for Wolf Man, I knew where I'd be seeing it.
Very eager to see I'M STILL HERE, knowing what a phenomenon it has become in Brazil. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/world/americas/a-surprise-blockbuster-in-brazil-stokes-oscar-hopes-and-a-reckoning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.uJ9Q.iEr-ScKe4a_E&smid=url-share
I’m higher on WOLF MAN than you are, but not much higher. At a certain point, it got stuck in one gear and never got out of it.
Also, this isn’t the film’s fault, but the ubiquity of the trailer for the past six months meant I was distractedly waiting for things like the moment where the daughter says, “Hurry, Mommy, he’s coming!”
It’s a rare thing to ask but we only get the chance so often: does Wolf Man have nards in it?
Unclear, but there's no reason to think he doesn't.