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This reminds me of the whole twilight saga all over again. Pretty guys? Check. Damsel in distress? Check. Love story? Check.

This is like a chick's version of a horror movie. Aimed towards chicks.
 
Oh, good. A movie that is a ripoff of both The Wolfman AND Twilight.

Gee, I wonder whether her new boyfriend and Gary Oldman are werewolves.

Incidentally, while this looks like crap, someone should make FABLES into a franchise.
 
I think the film looks fine. Sure, it's targeted towards a female audience, but that's okay. Not every movie has to be for guys.
 
The cinematography is a big step up from Twilight. Mandy Walker has done some beautiful work for Australia and Beastly in addition to this -- I'd like it if Hardwicke sticks with her.
 
More details about the Plot:

Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a young woman that lives in a village called Daggerhorn. She is in love with a outsider woodsman, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents, Cesaire (Billy Burke) and Suzette (Virginia Madsen) have offered her to marry Henry Lazar (Max Irons) in order to pay a debt that Cesaire has with Henry's father, the wealthy Adrian Lazar (Michael Shanks). In order to stay together, Valerie and Peter plan to run away to Valerie's grandmother's (Julie Christie) house, but their plans are interrupted when Valerie's sister is found slaughtered.

For years, the townspeople have been tormented by a Wolfman that preys on them from the woods. In order to stop the Wolfman from coming into town, they offer it a monthly sacrifice of animals. However, the creature has changed their deal and taken a human life. The one of Valerie's sister. No longer safe from the beast, the townspeople hire Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a famous Witch Hunter, to slay the monster. Father Solomon is quick to point out that the Wolfman is nothing but a cursed human being and, thus, anyone on the village could be the creature. However, when the monster attacks again, it becomes obvious that it shares a connection with Valerie. Telling her that he'll leave Daggerhorn alone if she runs away with him, because, much like him, Valerie is also a wild spirit trapped in a conservative form.

Forced to act as a bait to lure the Wolfman out of the woods by Father Solomon, Valerie witnesses another attack and ultimately decides to retreat to her Grandmother's house alone only to discover that not only the Wolfman has devoured her, but also that it is her father, Cesaire, who has fought against his urges for many years, but has finally been overwhelmed by the beast. Valerie is rescued by Peter and the two are allowed by Henry to elope. Meanwhile, Father Solomon, who has survived an attack by the Wolfman, is discovered to have been bitten by Father August (Lukas Haas). Having previously murdered Father August's brother, who was also bitten, under the stress that "A man bitten is a man cursed", Father Solomon is murdered by Father August, who repeats the same words to him, despite Father Solomon's claims that he only hid his curse to protect his infant daughter (Yolande Hattingh).

The Wolfman has four eyes, extra limbs, stands on two legs and maintains his inteligence while transforming, speaking perfect english.

At one point, Valerie has a dream where she is in her grandmother's house, unaware that the Wolfman is disguised as her. That's where the classic "My, what big eyes you have..." scene takes place.

Father Solomon is introduced early on the beginning to the 2° Act and is killed in the beginning of the 3° Act. He is in it very briefly, but its still the coolest character.

WARNING: THE IDENTITY OF THE WAREWOLF WILL BE REVEALED. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
 
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My dad thinks this movie looks GOOD!

Never have I wanted to knock some sense into my own father with my fist. No, just no.
 
protocida, you really need to warn people that this is a SPOILER. I read the post thinking there were just some new tidbits on the movie, some info on the story, like character interactions, description of characters or how the werewolf acts and the like, and you went and revealed the villains identity.

Posting something like "ending revealed" or "plot twist detailed inside" would have been nice.

protocida said:
More details about the Plot:

Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a young woman that lives in a village called Daggerhorn. She is in love with a outsider woodsman, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents, Cesaire (Billy Burke) and Suzette (Virginia Madsen) have offered her to marry Henry Lazar (Max Irons) in order to pay a debt that Cesaire has with Henry's father, the wealthy Adrian Lazar (Michael Shanks). In order to stay together, Valerie and Peter plan to run away to Valerie's grandmother's (Julie Christie) house, but their plans are interrupted when Valerie's sister is found slaughtered.

For years, the townspeople have been tormented by a Wolfman that preys on them from the woods. In order to stop the Wolfman from coming into town, they offer it a monthly sacrifice of animals. However, the creature has changed their deal and taken a human life. The one of Valerie's sister. No longer safe from the beast, the townspeople hire Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a famous Witch Hunter, to slay the monster. Father Solomon is quick to point out that the Wolfman is nothing but a cursed human being and, thus, anyone on the village could be the creature. However, when the monster attacks again, it becomes obvious that it shares a connection with Valerie. Telling her that he'll leave Daggerhorn alone if she runs away with him, because, much like him, Valerie is also a wild spirit trapped in a conservative form.

Forced to act as a bait to lure the Wolfman out of the woods by Father Solomon, Valerie witnesses another attack and ultimately decides to retreat to her Grandmother's house alone only to discover that not only the Wolfman has devoured her, but also that it is her father, Cesaire, who has fought against his urges for many years, but has finally been overwhelmed by the beast. Valerie is rescued by Peter and the two are allowed by Henry to elope. Meanwhile, Father Solomon, who has survived an attack by the Wolfman, is discovered to have been bitten by Father August (Lukas Haas). Having previously murdered Father August's brother, who was also bitten, under the stress that "A man bitten is a man cursed", Father Solomon is murdered by Father August, who repeats the same words to him, despite Father Solomon's claims that he only hid his curse to protect his infant daughter (Yolande Hattingh).

The Wolfman has four eyes, extra limbs, stands on two legs and maintains his inteligence while transforming, speaking perfect english.

At one point, Valerie has a dream where she is in her grandmother's house, unaware that the Wolfman is disguised as her. That's where the classic "My, what big eyes you have..." scene takes place.

Father Solomon is introduced early on the beginning to the 2° Act and is killed in the beginning of the 3° Act. He is in it very briefly, but its still the coolest character.
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I sort of wanted to see this but damn this is getting slammed by critics. I love Gary Oldman and what is not to love about a werewolf killer mystery? Ugh I wanted this to be decent.
 
I really hate the way this movie looks and I have no idea why because other films look worse than it does. I like Seyfried and Oldman and but I hate Hardwicke as a director, I just find her to be terrible.

The movie has been a no-go for me for weeks now but I hope you enjoy it Pickles.
 
I keep hoping that I will enjoy one of Hardwicke's movies again as much as I did "Thirteen" :csad:
 
I have low expectations for this, but I feel like it could be a surprise. With movie tickets costing what they do now, I have to really cut back on seeing as many as I used to, so if I see this, it'll either be waiting a couple months and taking my fiance to the second-run $3 theater in town, or waiting for it to hit the Redbox.
 
Donnie Darko said:
I have low expectations for this, but I feel like it could be a surprise. With movie tickets costing what they do now, I have to really cut back on seeing as many as I used to, so if I see this, it'll either be waiting a couple months and taking my fiance to the second-run $3 theater in town, or waiting for it to hit the Redbox.
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I know, prices are getting to be absurd. I haven't seen a movie in the theater in MONTHS though because nothing has looked worth seeing...I'm desperate :csad: lol
 
There hasn't been a good werewolf film since American Werewolf of London. The Underworld series? That's debatable. At least they take their wolves and vamps in the "right" direction (ie: nothing Twilight, just badass werewolves and killer vampires). So I always lower my expectations when it comes to werewolf films. That way, a mediocre film, to me, will come off like I just stepped out of the 1st ever screenin of Terminator 2. Its a sad process, to force yourself to lower your standards, but werewolf films almost always suck.

Honestly, I just wanted to see this film to see what this film's take on werewolves is (Wolfman's werewolf was HORRIBLE and I'm not liking Twilight's versions) and that was it. Not the plot (though I did want the monster's identity to possibly surprise me), not the acting...these movies just don't work and I really only watch for the monsters now.
 
WolfCypher said:
There hasn't been a good werewolf film since American Werewolf of London. The Underworld series? That's debatable. At least they take their wolves and vamps in the "right" direction (ie: nothing Twilight, just badass werewolves and killer vampires). So I always lower my expectations when it comes to werewolf films. That way, a mediocre film, to me, will come off like I just stepped out of the 1st ever screenin of Terminator 2. Its a sad process, to force yourself to lower your standards, but werewolf films almost always suck.

Honestly, I just wanted to see this film to see what this film's take on werewolves is (Wolfman's werewolf was HORRIBLE and I'm not liking Twilight's versions) and that was it. Not the plot (though I did want the monster's identity to possibly surprise me), not the acting...these movies just don't work and I really only watch for the monsters now.
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AWIL must be the best Werewolf movie ever made(I have not seen Neil Jordon's 'Company of Wolves' so don't know if he took the RRH story in that direction. I saw the first half hour of it at a friends house b4 i had to split, and it looked v good), but I always thought Mike Nichol's 'Wolf' was a decent enough werewolf movie, definitely good, maybe even great. I mean, I don't think there was anything wrong with the film, so it was just more of a case of whether you liked the story or not.
 
SHADOWBAT69 said:
So did anyone go see this?
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It's okay. Critics are being harsh because it's an easy target and they need something to complain about in order to attract readers. The movie is your typical B-horror flick. It's a throwback to the Hammer films. They just added the romance, so they could cash-in on Twilight. But it's very minimal. The werewolf mystery is definitely the center of the story. Like I said, it's okay. It's a rental.
 
How girly is this film, 1-to-10? Would I be ashamed to be seen seeing this?
 
Sadly, the only girl I know who wanted to see this film saw the reviews.

Oh well. I just wanna see the werewolf. I'm sure an image of it will surface on the web soon.
 
So is Gary Oldman badass in that purple robe only he could pull off?
 
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