The Wicker Man update feed
“The 1973 film for me while slightly missing out on the classic status was very effective and well done, very bizarre and disturbing when it needed to be and elevated by a brilliant Christopher Lee especially. Anyway that is enough, for I am not going to try comparing the film to this dross. Both this and the Psycho remakes were completely unnecessary and awful on their own terms, but if I had to edge out which was worse, Psycho but that is not saying much.
This remake of The Wicker Man may be glossy, it may be expensive, but guess what? In my opinion, it was completely and utterly pointless as well. It was hilarious but for all the wrong reasons, whether it is the meaningless plot change about Nicolas Cage's character being allergic to bees or the finale, which was way overdone i” read more
" Omg.... After seeing all the memes about this movie I was pumped to watch it but it was just so brutally BORING and B A D. Not even in an amusing way, but 99% was pure shit and poorly pieced together scenes that I couldn't even laugh at even when high. If you watch this be extremely inebriated, I'm warning you. Or just skip to the good parts like "not the bees" or Nic punching a bitch in a bear costume in the face. This movie is an iconic piece of Cage history but it might be hard to get thro"
" DVD- 1hr. 42min. First Viewing The Wicker Man doesn't become hilariously bad as quickly as most viewers would hope. Don't get me wrong, there are some bizarre scenes throughout, but it doesn't really come together until Nic Cage starts punching ladies in the face. Once we hit the point of no-return (lady-punching; lady-punching wearing a bear costume) though, it becomes the cult classic that you hope for. Before that, it's a weird and rather boring (though moments of levity make the film worth "
" Come on! Deep down you know they weren't aiming for scares with this one and this trailer proves it. If the original trailer won't make you see this masterpiece, due to it getting the tone way off, this one will!"