I just watched "The Wicker Man" on DVD

terrya

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Sat Sep-15-07 05:31 PM
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I just watched "The Wicker Man" on DVD

The original...with Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland. What a terrific film...an intelligent horror film. Scary...with good performances by all. As I was watching it, I also sort of thought...this is a musical. Some songs and musical numbers...especially a very memorable one by Britt Ekland.

There was a remake a year ago...with Nicholas Cage. Which I have zero interest in seeing. Why filmmakers feel the need to "improve" movies by re-making them is something I'll never understand.

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Critters2

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Sat Sep-15-07 05:33 PM
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1. The re-make of The Manchurian Candidate was a crime

Someone should be punished!!

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Liberal_in_LA

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Sat Sep-15-07 05:58 PM
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2. The remake was horrible!

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Withywindle

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Sat Sep-15-07 06:21 PM
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3. Agreed, and agreed.

I had zero interest in the remake - but the original is one of my favorites ever, campy songs and all.

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supernova

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Sat Sep-15-07 06:21 PM
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4. I bought it too a while ago

the original, in Target of all places. (It was referenced in a book I was reading about the origins of fairy-tales, of all things)

I have never seen anything quite like it.

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fishwax

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Sat Sep-15-07 06:24 PM
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5. I generally like watching remakes

the nicholas cage version of The Wicker Man sucked, though. Very, very bad.

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IntravenousDemilo

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Sat Sep-15-07 06:36 PM
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6. Finally!

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terrya

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Sat Sep-15-07 09:16 PM
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8. It took me a while, but it was worth it.

The extras were interesting. Interviews with Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Anthony Shaffer.

Thank you for recommending it, my darling. You have such good taste.

SHMILY

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nuxvomica

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Sat Sep-15-07 06:38 PM
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7. I saw the original years ago and the remake doesn't compare

My biggest complaint about the remake is that the main character isn't a virgin. That was sort of the key to the whole plot in the original.

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bikebloke

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Sat Sep-15-07 09:40 PM
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9. Liked the first one.

I saw the original, but the extras disque was defective. So they replaced it, but it had with the same problem. I returned both and the company kept the DVD's and never returned my money. So I told the island folk where to find more wicker men.

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Aristus

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Sat Sep-15-07 09:50 PM
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10. I remember Britt Ekland's song.

She danced around naked, slapping herself on the butt, right? Great stuff. B-)

That movie had the most shocking ending of any I'd ever seen. Right up until the end, I thought he was going to be rescued somehow. I was aghast at the way it worked out...

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Nevernose

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Sat Sep-15-07 10:31 PM
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11. They changed the setting in the new one, which defeats the purpose

They changed the setting in the new one, which defeats the purpose. The thing that made the original so creepy was the setting: the fact that there could realistically be a human-sacrifice cult that has lived beside us and amongst us for thousands of years, unknown.

It was the kind of thing that, afterwards, you find yourself unintentionally saying, "You know, the people next door are Mormons..."

I would really, really like to hate Nicholas Cage, but every time I start, he makes something like "Lord of War."

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muriel_volestrangler

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Sun Sep-16-07 06:29 AM
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12. The cool thing is there really are inhabited island called "The Summer Isles" off Scotland

see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=201500&Y=906500&A=Y&Z=5

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