A man named Lawrence
Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his
own family home after he brother was
slayed in the woods by an unknown
creature with mighty power.
He is plagued by nightmares about his
childhood past as well as the death of
his mother since he never knew what
prevented her death as local townfolk
people .
At a gypsy carnival he goes to the aid of
a fortune teller named Maleva (Geraldine
Chaplin) about his family and siddenly a
vicious werewolf attacks the carnival
killing people and wrecking havoc in
which Lawrence is bitten by this beast
and doesn't feel the same but suddenly he
transforms into a monstrous werewolf and
goes on a killing spree when a full moon
occurs.
The next day his estranged father Sir
John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins) tells him
that he's done bad deeds and is evil
about it. Plus, is taken away to a psych
ward as he finds out about his father's
deadly secret.
He then kills the people at the ward when
the moon is full again going to village
after village and the woman of his dreams
named Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt) wants
to help him out but yet is forced to make
a decision to kill him before she becomes
his next target.
The work on this film was magnificent
really bringing everything to life with
lots of terror and fast paced action and
suspense too. There's a nice beginning
with the camera shot up in the sky
showing the full moon and then lowering
down into the deep dark woods with a man in the
woods and then a good surprise attack
with claws slashing at him along with
nice blocking on him falling back as well
as a good camera shot on him trying to
run away with a shot on the actor playing
the werewolf with his claws exposed
leaving the film to a good start.
There's a good moment with the lead character Lawrence Talbot entering a mansion and a dog
barking and growling at him which almost
makes you jump as everything is quiet and
then a good approach by Sir John Talbot near a staircase staring at
him which looked quite dark and spooky as
well as talking to him.
There's a good close up shot on
a supporting character named Kirk in
a bar telling the tale of what actually
happened to the murder which looked
nicely done as well as a shot on Lawrence drinking a pint and acting
disturbed by what he's saying.
There's a good brief discussion between Lawrence and a fortune teller with a
good close up shot on a golden looking
necklace she's holding as well as good
fearful expressions on her when she tells
him what's going to happen to him.
There's many great fast scene's of the
werewolf attacking at a carnival as well
as a good shot closing in on a
gypsy woman looking for her daughter and Lawrence trying to save her with great
leaping actions shots on him. Plus
there's great shots on him being attacked
by the werewolf.
There's a nice romantic situation between Lawrence and Gwen when
he tries to show her how to skip a stone
on the lake with good blocking on his
behalf trying to show her how to move her
arm doing this. There's also a good close
up shot on her mouth moving while she's
trying to wipe some blood off his lip as
well as him holding her arm which looked
quite forceful and well done.
There's great shots on outside with Lawrence as well as good effects shots on him
changing into a werewolf and
great close up shot on his eyes changing. Then a good camera shot on the back
of him with his feet growing and then
running away.
There's many great attack shots on the wolfman slaying the
locals out to hunt him in the
woods which looked fast and horrifying.
There's a good moment with Lawrence waking up and Sir John standing
there speaking coldly to him that he did
some bad deeds as well as him trying to
run away from the locals on horses trying
to catch him.
There's a good wicked moment with
a supporting character named Dr. Lloyd acting evil and instructing his fellow
people to dunk Lawrence in a
tank of cold icy water as well as nice
close up shots on needles being inpaled
in his neck which makes
you cringe a bit.
There's a nice wicked moment with
Sir John visiting Lawrence chained up in a room telling him his
secret with great leashing actions by Lawrence himself trying to get after him
while he's chained up.
There's a good camera angle shot looking
up on Sir John while he's leaves
the asylum in a hallway with mental patients around him
acting whacked out which looked gloomy
and crazylike the film itself.
There's a good moment with Dr. Lloyd by making an announcement to the audience
with Lawrence tied up in a chair
and gagged with good shots on him
struggling and acting anxious while he
tries to test him out when the full moon
is about to occur and then there's great
shot on his feet changing when the moon
happens as well as his face starting to
look beastlike with great reactions on
the rest getting scared and trying to get
away.
There's many good shots with Lawrence battling against Sir John with a
fire being caught in the room where they
do their struggling battles as well as
good shots on the two of them changing
into werewolves with nice quick shots on
all of this making every moment energetic
and watchable.
There's a good shot on Lawrence as the wolf man pinning Gwen to
the ground near an edge of the forest
with her trying to talk to him and
telling him who she is with nice tears
coming out of her eyes which looked a bit
touching when he stops what he plans to
do as well as two good shots on their
faces looking at one another and then a
shot on her grabbing a gun and about to
shoot him.
This was one of
the best remakes ever and in my mind if
you're going to do a remake wait longer
than 30 years or so since the original
one was done in 1941 and the story on
this one has a very tiny bit of the same
elements on the original flick since it
was very dated. So when there were
remakes like The Omen, Friday
the 13th, Halloween,
A Nightmare On Elm Street
which happened way over 20 or 30 years
ago everyone still rememberes the
original one's and there's not alot of
different moments with them so it seems
like watching a re-run. This remake would
be a perfect example of what one should
turn out after all the decades that it
was originally written as.
The makers on this one still showed the
nice old fashioned werewolf look but
updated it a little more so it looks
monstrous and scary to this day and age
as well as the werewolf still wearing
clothes after being transformed into one
and not having the clothes torn off of
him. This also takes place in the 19th
century and not present day. Tons of fast
action attacking which makes you jump big
time.
There's also a nice unsolved mystery
between the father and son legend that
the townspeople despise both of them
which isn't used in the orgiinal plot
except for the townspeople blaming the
one who's now a werewolf but his family
was not involved with the case.
There's perfect set locations in the dark
woods with mist floating around just like
in the original version but updated to
make it look spooky for 2010 as well.
Plus there's alot of graphic horror gore
and violence which made it necessary for
today's horror standards with each scene
in this movie extremely dark and gloomy.
There's the good old fashioned werewolf
howling which gives the film a perfect
touch for an updated werewolf flick. The
film looks like it was taking place in
the autumn seasons as it will totally
give you the Halloween spirit to watch
this film.
Universal Studios did a great job making
this film which was widely advertised as
the film was delayed often but it was
definetely worth the wait and left a door
open for a sequel. There was nice
romantic moments too with the two lead
actors to top it off.
The acting is
splendidly terrific as lead actor Benicio
Del Toro (Lawrence Talbot) has a good calmness to him
and gentleman like manner as well
delivering his lines nice and clearly
along with him acting crazy and obnoxious
after he realises that he's a werewolf
bringing terrific energy and intensity
too as well as acting nervous from time to time with what he does through alot of his
scene's proving a terrific versatality to
his character in the film in which he
couldn't do it better than he already
does for the story. Plus does well by acting romantic in a certain scene as well as showing some good forceful blocking too. Plus shows a nice struggling attitude being tied up in a scene and acting believeably intense while acting like this. Does a great job breaking down and acting sick when he's about to change. Two thumbs up for
this guy.
Emily Blunt (Gwen Conliffe) really made her part
very strong with a great open minded
attitude as well as bringing great
emotions to when she tries to figure out
what's going on as well as being
pressured to kill her loved one in which
she does well with her sobbing.
Anthony Hopkins (Sor John Talbot) really brings alot
to his role acting very strange and
mysterious in his part as well as showing
a real nasty and creepy streak in him which he
brings across that he has a few skeletons
in his closet along with his cold words.
He brings out a great rage with his
character too. He's a gifted character
actor and can do anything. With this role
he really proved himself worthy.
Hugo Weaving (Abberline) shows a good stern
attitude and has great gruff looks for
his character and brings out alot of
aggressive energy in his role in which he
came across very wonderfully as one of
the nasty one's out to kill this werewolf
that he's been trying to do for years. Was good at getting stern and serious
like almost aggressive towards his fellow actor when he tries to talk to him
about what is going to happen to him with
a full moon which looked powerfully done.
David Sterne (Kirk) shows a great eccentric
attitude in his role making him a great
key line to the story of the film with
his cringing words and looks right for
the part too. He reminds you of one of
those crazy types in real life too.
Throats are slashed and in
other parts of bodies from victims
Arms, legs and heads are torn off
Bodies split in half
A bloody slit throat on a woman during a
flashback memory
Lots of blood here and there too. Yup
alot of gore in this one
There's a perfect musical
score with tons of strong classical music
in the film nicely orchestrated by Danny
Elfman with the quick violin and the
pounding music too with the werewolf
running or attacking which sounded
extremely effective as well as listening
to the spooky chanting sounds too. The
music music I've heard in a long time.
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