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Anyone else going to see The Wolfman this weekend?

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No, but I might go see The Wolfman.

(Intentional decision by the filmmakers to omit the space.)

Seriously, I want to go. It's all going to depend if we can find a sitter.

The Wolfman was a good movie. When comparing it to the 1941 Lon Chaney Jr. classic I was very happy to see that the main elements of the movie remained the same. Details were changed and they added and elaborated on scenes but the basic story is the same and the chronological order of events remained the same. Benicio Del Toro did an amazing job of replacing Lon Chaney Jr. and I found myself thinking during the movie how much he actually looks like Lon Chaney Jr. however in my opinion Hugo Weaving gave the best performance of the movie as Inspector Abberline.

The Choice to make this movie R rated was a bold choice by the studio but I think the choice was perfect. There are some really great death scenes and the gore is over the top for a major studio release although Universal proved once before with John Carpenter's THE THING that a G rated classic can be a great gory R rated instant classic and in a time of remakes it's refreshing to see one that got it right!!

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I agree. It did a really good job of capturing the tone, or "feeling", of the 1930s/1940s Universal horror flicks.

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