Painfully underrated.
Great cast (Weavings especially seems to be having tons of fun), great practical monster/gore effects (the CGI is a bit iffy), a good gothic atmosphere and (most importantly) TONS of freaking fun!
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I thought the film was shockingly bad. Del Toro gives a poor, wooden (which is usually the case for him recently - see Che part 1 or 2), and lazy performance. The big draw for the film is a complete let-down, with the werewolf looking terrible with cheap and obvious CGI and...well, myriad other reasons that I can't be bothered to go into as this film is not worth the time I would waste. In fact, why am I even here discussing this terrible movie?
I'll get my coat...
The werewolf looked terrible? I thought he was one of the scariest looking werewolves in a long time. Stick to New Moon and Teen Wolf. They suit you.
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Wow, you know you don't need a novel there, Hemmingway. Try an abridged insult next time. Stick to the 50s werewolves as compared to today's? Please, those aren't scary at all. The Werewolf of London looked like Elvis and the original Wolf Man was a joke. A werewolf who simply strangles? Werewolves are meant to destroy their victims. But I know, people like to think that Universal Monsters are supposed to Horror ( I use the term " horror" lightly here because horror is meant to cause tension and dread; something those relics can never do. ) but they simply don't hold up to today's standard. Granted CGI pretty much killed decent transformations, you can't honestly say that you'd prefer The Wolf Man to something like The Howling or An American Werewolf In London. If you do then it's obvious that you are the one who scares easily and needs the Depends. Hell, compared to Lom Channey, JR's werewolf, I'll take an Underworld Lycan over his any day.
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You are being too hard on the original Wolf Man movie Mike. Back in the 30s and 40s nobody would've filmed gory and graphic scenes. So what you are saying is merely your preference but it wasn't the preference of people making movies in the 30s and 40s. You want graphic horror movies? Stick to the 70s and 80s.
Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw