The Wicker Man

[eRev]

I saw The Wicker Man this morning. It was disturbingly terrific! In a word FRIGHTNING. In three more, full of suspense! This is a must see film, twisting and turning every moment with barely enough time to catch your breath before your next gasp of surprise. Possibly Nicolas Cage’s best performance! They will sell you a seat, but all you'll need is the edge!

Stop whatever you are doing and go see The Wicker Man!

 

[Blackguard_]

Did you see the old one? Did they actually make a good if unnecessary remake for once. What were they thinking? "an isolated pagan community just makes soooo much more sense in 2006 than 1973 or whatever"

 

[HawaiianTropicalDude]

Does he hide in people's wicker baskets or something? in Florida people have alot of wicker..this may be too scary for me

 

[eRev]

Yes, I saw the original ... way back then. This film especially Nicolas Cage’s performance is a must see.

HawaiianTropicalDude, Maybe you should start with the book.

 

[~Beauty_from_Pain~]

Scary?

 

[Blackguard_]

HawaiianTropicalDude, Maybe you should start with the book.

Or at least learn something of Druids. According to Caesar Julius the Druids built giant men out of wicker, filled it with prisoners of war, then set it on fire.

 

[radhead]

Scary White Women. That's what the movie is about.

**SPOILER ALERT* *BOTH OLD AND NEW FILMS*

I thought the main thing about this movie was scary white women. Those first three that he met when he landed on the island. Talk about horrifying. Why are they so horrifying? And the old twins. And the girls in the school. Especially the teacher. This movie is likely to scare me away from white women forever. Ironically, the only one who didn't scare me was Mrs Summersisle, played by Ellen Burstyn. She's way too cool a person to scare anyone.

The original was not about scary white women, but just scary white PEOPLE in general. Pagans off the coast of Scotland (new film is set in US Pacific northwest). The leader was Mister Summersisle, played by the always scary Christopher Lee. It dealt with an island of pagans persecuting a Christian police officer.

My main problem with this new film was the ending. The little speech that Mrs Summersisle gave the police officer at the end of the film. It was written for a low IQ audience and it was just not very effective. The audience could have figured out most of what she revealed on their own. Maybe it was more geared towards the younger viewers understanding it. In the 70's, movies tended to stand on their own.

In the original, Christopher Lee's speech at the end was truly chilling.