tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post6635676335405267258..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: The Wicker Tree (2010)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-2422204854243472832012-01-31T03:08:11.435-08:002012-01-31T03:08:11.435-08:00I can't say, really, if this is any good. i sa...I can't say, really, if this is any good. i saw it, but I kinda see the ending way ahead already. if there's anything I could say about evil cult flicks, is that I prefer mine to be something more like Children of the Corn or Deveraux's End of The Line.Kaijinuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481843593274086819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-14534067345093050602012-01-30T03:22:32.075-08:002012-01-30T03:22:32.075-08:00Oddly I watched a Shindo movie the next day!!Oddly I watched a Shindo movie the next day!!BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-15437610228715985982012-01-30T02:27:02.570-08:002012-01-30T02:27:02.570-08:00Eeek. And I thought Terence Malick took forever to...Eeek. And I thought Terence Malick took forever to get film projects off the ground. 83, huh? Well, I'm impressed, but I bet Kaneto Shindo is laughing at him, having directed a film at age 99 (and he's still alive last time I checked).Greg Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484524631509910440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-57911381760824916002012-01-30T02:05:46.411-08:002012-01-30T02:05:46.411-08:00Sad fact: original screenwriter Anthony Shaffer sp...Sad fact: original screenwriter Anthony Shaffer spent his last years of life trying to put financing together for a "Wicker Man" sequel he had written with Claude Chabrol. Given Shaffer's record (he wrote the play "Sleuth" and the Mankiewicz film version of it, and also the underrated "Frenzy", probably the best late-Hitchcock), it would probably have been a much more interesting (and surprising) companion to the original than either "The Wicker Tree" or the Cage remake.A. Romerohttp://www.irreverendos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-46175356895651579642012-01-29T16:36:14.098-08:002012-01-29T16:36:14.098-08:00I wouldn't describe it as a good film, it'...I wouldn't describe it as a good film, it's very loose to say the least. But honestly, once it was clear to me that it wasn't a horror and Hardy just wanted to have some fun revisiting old topics, I had some fun. The guy is 83 years old and has only directed three movies in 40 years, I was expecting some roughness. Just don't think of it as a sequel to The Wicker Tree and there's really no reason to hate it.Validohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428937610230317330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-10904770402979337122012-01-29T13:35:22.330-08:002012-01-29T13:35:22.330-08:00Wow. Well, I'll wait about 8 months and catch ...Wow. Well, I'll wait about 8 months and catch this one on cable. The original is still a great film that's a must for any genre fan. I think the remake would have been better if it was done like Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutentant - Port of Call: New Orleans where you echo the original but go off and do a new story...Greg Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484524631509910440noreply@blogger.com