The Wicker Man

**Dolemite** · 08 Sep 2006, 10:44 AM

Saw it for free last night. It wasn't worth it.

I saw the original (yes, this is yet another remake) a few years ago. I know it's supposed to be considered a classic, but I only thought it was okay at best. Anyway, the remake is the SAME EXACT MOVIE, right down to the twist ending. Only far more boring.

The only differences? Nick Cage isn't a devout Catholic and instead of the pegan residents of the island being happy, colorful, 60's hippy-types (which made the twist at the end a little more effective), they were gloomy and weird and hostile to Nick's rather stupid and unhinged character. Kind clued you into the fact that something bad was going to happen.

Plus, Nick keeps having flashbacks of this kid he couldn't save from a car crash and these flashbacks take up something like 50% of the movie. Get over it, dude.

BTW, Nick Cage has big jacked arms but the most spindly little stilt-legs I've ever seen. It's weird.

**Advocate** · 08 Sep 2006, 11:38 AM

Figures this would be a bad movie. Thanks for the heads up.

**animegirl** · 09 Sep 2006, 05:03 AM

This movie fucking sucks. I hated every minute of it. It does have Nicholas Cage running around in a bear suit though.

Originally Posted by Dolemite

Plus, Nick keeps having flashbacks of this kid he couldn't save from a car crash and these flashbacks take up something like 50% of the movie. Get over it, dude.

They also made no damn sense in the context of the story.

**Changeling** · 09 Sep 2006, 06:07 AM

This movie should have never been made. Wicker Man is a friggin classic and shouldn't have been touched. I heard that the movie is so bad that its good so I'm sure I'll download it out of morbid curiosity.

Hollywood needs to die. At least there hasn't been a Suspiria remake(yet

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Originally Posted by animegirl

This movie fucking sucks. I hated every minute of it. It does have Nicholas Cage running around in a bear suit though.

They also made no damn sense in the context of the story.

These were added to "scare up" the story, so I've been told. Makes for nice previews.

**Dolemite** · 11 Sep 2006, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by animegirl

They also made no damn sense in the context of the story.

You're right.

**Salsashark** · 22 Jan 2007, 11:28 PM

I have to bump this thread for some comedy gold:

Looks like you poor souls who actually saw this were right. This was probably the worst idea for a remake ever in the history of awful ideas for remakes. That is, until the Suspiria remake hits, if that ever happens.

The changes they made totally sap this movie of every bit of value that the original had, btw.