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This weekend I bought the DVD of the Wicker Man. I bought it because of posts made here. I paid $15 for it. I think I over paid by about $14.50. What a piece of crap. It wasn't even remotely scary or interesting. Yes, it was disturbing. It was disturbing in the fact that someone would have recommended this movie. The scariest part of the movie is the fact that I now own it.I guess you could say I didn't like it.
Mr Vinyl
Follow Ups:
After viewing Anchor Bay's new Sleuth DVD (a tremendous improvement over the original) and the extras, I must say I'm rather curious about The Wicker Man, as it sounds quite fascinating. I'm always up for a good, cerebral "disturbing" film. Unfortunately, Netflix doesn't carry The Wicker Man, nor do any of my local video stores. I'm not big on buying DVDs of films I've never seen, but curiosity is beginning to get the best of me. Would you all recommend buying The Wicker Man, and if so, should I get the twice-as-expensive SE with the extended and theatrical cuts or just the theatrical cut. Or, assuming it's in mint condition, perhaps Mr. Vinyl would be willing to sell his copy for a few bucks?
Hi Justin,Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. I haven't been here in a little while. In any case I appreciate the offer but I don't want to go threw the trouble of selling it. Besides now I have to go watch it again just to make sure I didn't miss something. However I do think you will be disappointed. I don't find anything disturbing about this movie. It only cost me $15. That's about the price of a movie ticket for two. Why not just buy it? In any case don't go by just my opinion. Apparently many people here like the movie. Maybe you will too.
If you get a chance to see it post your thoughts.
Mr. Vinyl
I saw 'Wicker Man' many years ago, and I remember two things: Edward Woodward burning in the Wicker Man at the end of the movie, and Britt Ecklund!
Back to Friday the Thirteenth for you!clark
Common Clark, do you really think that movie was scary? In what way? There wasn't one scene that could be remotely thought of as scary. Ok maybe the end but they just throw this guy into the wickerman and light it on fire? I don't know maybe I am thick skinned but my wife also didn't think it was scary at all.Maybe I disliked this movie so much because I thought it was going to be scary and disturbing. The movie itself was just barely ok in my opinion. I didn't fall asleep and watched till the end but that's it. The only thing in it that was interesting was the naked dance by the daughter.:-)
To each his own.
Mr Vinyl
It is one of these films that was "scary", in the cerebral sense of the word. I found it very subtle, in creating the atmosphere of horror, sometimes is enough to work...sometimes not. It takes alot of things to come together, to have it work effectively.It's one of them there "intellectual" films, like "Farenheit 451", "THX whatever the number is", "Collosus..The Forbin Project", "Day of The Dolphin", "Rage", etc.. Remarkably short on slash and blood and gore, heavy on making you use your noodle...
sometimes too much.Depending on a person's threshold of what Horror is, sometimes this cerebral stuff is enough to put you under the sheets faster than Freddy Kruger ever could !!!
Is Hamlet scary?What's with the need here to have a movie be scary? Or are you a teenage boy?
In film art, as in literature, one must put oneself into the position of the protagonist and experience the action on his behalf. So, was *he* scared? Plenty! Did his faith overcome his fear? Well...
And yes, I find Hamlet scary.
clark
No need to have a film scary at all. Maybe I misunderstood but I thought someone listed this as the scariest movie they had seen. If it wasn't supposed to be scary then I misundersood. I will check out the archives.After 8 years of Clinton very little scares me anymore.
Mr Vinyl
... Clinton haters are still building straw men.NOW THAT'S SCARY! ;^)
Audiophilander
Not to get too political here, but the scariest events of the past decade seem to have happened over the past 6 months.
This link from Outside says it all! ;^)
I loved it the first time
don't remember why thoughand sometimes I just post things here because I can't sleep
Is that the uncut original version? The movie isn't a masterpiece by any means, but Edward Woodward's performance is excellent. Besides, I have fond memories from the weekend back in the mid-80's when I viewed the film at a special screening at a convention in Austin; please, don't ask me to embellish [;^)].Heck, if it's the uncut Limited Edition in the wood box I'd probably buy it if you placed it for sale in the Asylum's classifieds and knocked off $5 or so.
Audiophilander
(NT)
...in a refurbished print that looks far better than the one on VHS. IMO the somewhat longer version, with most scenes added at the beginning, is actually inferior as it makes the implicit, explicit. Besides, that long track of him piloting the plane is the perfect establishing shot.clark
I guess we could... I guess clark ows you fifteen bucks.I don't think the film is bad. I don't think it is as good as clark says. But he also says you must watch it at least four times to understand.
So please, start watching again... report when done... :-))))))
Edward Woodward is good in the Wicker Man, if you liked his acting in this; he's simply outstanding in "Breaker Morant".
Eric
Tokyo*
I actually think he shows to strong a feminine side in the Wicker man, and the Morant is more in line with his true character.
Viktor you obviously just don't like women!What he shows actually is a *prissy* quality, such as some men assume when their emotions are held too tightly in check. "Stickler for details" and "petty tyrant" are similarly revealing phrases.
clark
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