The Wicker Man remake

No, no I'm not wild about blood and guts horror. I prefer the psychological variety. I guess what I mean is that I have never found the film scary. It is eerie and compelling, but not terrifying.

I think I'm talking in circles now so I'd best shuddup. :o
 
It's true. I read somewhere that they are in talks about it. Talks so far only I thinks that they were trying to get Roy Schneider back in the cast also.

If I find out the source where I read this I will post it to you.
 
Too many people view the original wicker man with rose tinted glasses. Yes, it's a good story but the film could have been timeless but as was the way in the 70's experimental camera work and contemporary folm music only served to date the film and date it quickly. Let's not forget that when the film was released it was released under a cloud and the studio wanted to wash it's hanRAB of it.
I'm not usually a fan of remakes but i'm more than willing to give it a try. Why? Firstly it is keeping the strong christian vs paganism themes that exsisted in the original infact it's expanding on them to the nth degree. Whereas the original place importance on the worship of the female as goddess, this film pushes that further and turns the island into a matriarchal society, men become servants and breeding tools, a direct opposition to the strong right wing christian beliefs of small town america. Instead of fruit crop's being the island's exports we see that it is honey, another product of a matriarchal society, bees.
But as someone said earlier this is not an attempt to tread on the toes of the original, it would have been easier to make a carbon copy of the original. It's actually quite clear a lot of thought has gone into this film whether the die harRAB choose to see it or not. One thing I will say is this, the few reviews on imdb actually seem very positive and if you are a fan of the original (because of the story etc) then give it a try, you might like it don't cut your noses off to spite your face. And if you do hate it then your safe in the knowledge that your beloved is far superior.
 
talking of comedians, actually i thought that the folk from the Leagure of Gentlemen would have made a better remake of the wicker man than LaBute, even if they were making it as a serious film. that's how bad the labute version was.
 
Just read this thread as I'm contemplating seeing the film (big fan of the original, like most people on this thread).

Strangely, I read the book of The Wicker Man before I saw the film. It really hooked me as I thought it was a great story with an unforeseen twist (the late Anthony Shaffer of Sleuth fame, of course; (I think Robin Hardy was more responsible for research into Paganism according to Shaffer than the plot itself)).

I was in London the other day and I noticed that the poster advertising the film had the same artwork as the original* (no cinemas in Wantage LOL). This surprised me as I thought that it would have been updated (although I suppose you could cynically say that it would attract the eye of fans of the original).

Don't know if anyone else has read Allan Brown's 'Inside The Wicker Man'.....essential for serious fans of the original. :)

*well, not strictly true.....but the most frequently used artwork, I think I'm right in saying.
 
I saw the remake of The wicker Man last Saturday and thought it was terrible. I am still amazed that they set it up for a sequel!
Then in the evening I watched the original Wicker Man as it was shown on ITV4 last saturday evening and it managed to erase the memory of the remake!
 
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