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Wicker Man Remake

 
  

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Evil Scientist
12:20 / 07.09.06
From the wiki.








Possible spoilers.









While the original film was set in Scotland, the remake takes place in the USA on a small island off the coast of Washington (though filming actually took place in Canada). Instead of a Scottish police sergeant, Nicolas Cage portrays an American sheriff for the California Highway Patrol. In addition, Cage's character is not a virgin like the protagonist from the original film, as it was thought that the idea of an adult virgin in modern American society was too farfetched. Instead, Cage's character has an allergy to bees and has to deal with attacks by bees. Ellen Burstyn also replaces Christopher Lee as the lead antagonist. Writer and director LaBute rewrote the role for Burstyn as the head of a matriarchy to give the film a "feminist slant".

Exactly what kind of feminist slant is he trying to go for here? Feminists are evil and want to kill and dominate men...with killahbeeez?

I think I've discovered Shadowsax's true identity.
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
13:50 / 07.09.06
I just need to quote this bit again:

In addition, Cage's character is not a virgin like the protagonist from the original film, as it was thought that the idea of an adult virgin in modern American society was too farfetched. Instead, Cage's character has an allergy to bees and has to deal with attacks by bees.

Obviously it follows that if we can't have an adult virgin the answer is bee allergy. And all those really creepy psuedo seduction scenes from the original? Way better with a swarm of bees.
 
 
lord nuneaton savage
14:59 / 07.09.06
I am now plagued with the visual imagery of Nicholas Cage being seduced by the Latino Bee Guy from the Simpsons.
 
 
Spaniel
17:38 / 07.09.06
Cage's character has an allergy to bees and has to deal with attacks by bees.

The fuck?
 
 
Mourne Kransky
18:28 / 07.09.06
Yeah, the bees attack the fuck.
 
 
Feverfew
18:44 / 07.09.06
Isn't that a Daft Punk album?
 
 
Peach Pie
11:42 / 08.09.06

the scene with cage in the bear suit is said to be one of the funniest in movie history. it might be a superlative film after all, just not in a scary way. you know how it is with the bears and the bees.
 
 
Henningjohnathan
17:09 / 08.09.06
In addition, Cage's character is not a virgin like the protagonist from the original film, as it was thought that the idea of an adult virgin in modern American society was too farfetched. Instead, Cage's character has an allergy to bees and has to deal with attacks by bees.

Obviously it follows that if we can't have an adult virgin the answer is bee allergy. And all those really creepy psuedo seduction scenes from the original? Way better with a swarm of bees.

CELTIC GOD OF THE DEAD: Have you brought me a virgin sacrifice?

DRUID: Er, well, yes and no.

CELTIC GOD OF THE DEAD: Yes and no?

DRUID: Ah... He's not a virgin, BUT he is allergic to bees.
 
 
Peach Pie
03:48 / 03.01.07
some uncharitable type listed this "best scenes" compilation at youtube under "unintentional" and "comedy" (contains spoilers).

"KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR HONEEEEEEEYYYYYY!"
 
 
iamus
03:23 / 04.01.07
Well fuck, if Winnie the Pooh isn't a sly wee bastard.

Cage got pwned.
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
19:38 / 04.01.07
This film looks so funny, I might actually watch it! Just when i thought Hollywood could amaze me no further, they go & turn it up to 11. In fact i wouldn't be suprised if the HOLLYWOD sign is actually a wicked Transformer that can turn into a giant turd called CRUDATRON. Brilliant!
 
 
matthew.
18:31 / 05.01.07
I just finished watching it and it was truly the greatest film of all time.

In the olden days, our entertainment came from some people we now consider the greatest. Groucho. Laurel and Hardy. Buster Keaton. All of these people... these comedic greats, these towering fortresses of pure hilarity: they're all punks.

Nicholas Cage has climbed a mountain of pure comedy. It's a hard role. It's difficult to know when to pull a joke, or to take the joke past its logical conclusion. I don't know how to do that, and neither does Cage. But it's for the best.

The jokes take their time building in this film. We're presented with a Nicholas Cage with black hair right at the beginning. It's a subtle joke, one that speaks to its clever audience. This is not a movie that insults its audience. It expects you to work at the jokes for most of the running time.

As the film's plot develops with clockwork-like intricacy, the audience is almost left behind. We cannot possibly tie all of the threads together. The dream sequences help, however. Beautifully shot in a bizarre double-exposure, the dreams help us see the duality of the antagonists in the film. The dreams are the key to unraveling the enigma that held in a wicker puzzle.

At the climax, Nicholas Cage and company go full-throttle with the jokes. Bit after bit after bit, from Cage shouting, (and here's a hilarious quote) "You bitches! You bitches!" Oh, ho, that's pure comedy gold. This film is a freight train of funny, coming straight for you.

It's zany, too. The smart film knows the audience will catch on to the Benny Hill reference as Cage runs around the forest in a bear suit. Or the Monty Python tip of the hat as Cage karate kicks Leelee Sobieski into a wall. Or when Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn shows up with her face painted, a nod to an older style of comedy.

The shocking ending that nobody could have predicted. (Spoilers after this sentence.) It turns out that Nicholas Cage is to be sacrificed! Oh no! What will he do? Well, I for one was laughing too hard to watch the film at this point, so as I remember it (and I'm pretty sure I've got it), Cage escaped, punched Burstyn in the mouth, and they all ran around in high-speed until they all collapsed in a pile, laughing gaily. The end.

Not just a comedy, The Wicker Man is a heart-wrenching examination of the human soul. And it features Nicholas Cage fighting bees.
 
 
Ticker
18:53 / 05.01.07
so what you're saying is it is utter crap and that I would rather watch a Highlander sequel than to watch Cage RUIN another fabulous moment of storydom?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
19:02 / 05.01.07
This probably wouldn't be the best time to tell everyone that they've redone The Hitcher with Sean Bean, would it?

No, probably not.

Forget I said anything.
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
10:14 / 06.01.07
Right I am off for a good cry.
 
 
Peach Pie
09:08 / 15.01.07
Not the masterpiece you were expecting Harrison?

If you take a look at IMDB user comments, it has an overwhelming average of 1/10. although according to one of the posters, LaBute takes the opportunity in the director's DVD interview to point out that, whatever you think of the film, he already has your money.
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
10:14 / 15.01.07
What do you mean? I was moved to tears by the thought of the masterpiece that will be Sean Bean as The Hitcher. after all there's nothing as amazing as a 'brilliant' re-make of a 'old classic' is there?!
I just wish that someone would re-make the Breakfast Club with Matt Damon, Liv Tyler, Ben Stiller, Jake Lloyd, Jennifer Aniston & Ted Danson taking detention.

Dare to dream.
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
07:43 / 30.01.07
I am just about to watch this movie.

I've got half a bottle of vermouth left. I think it might be enough.
 
 
Ganesh
08:26 / 30.01.07
LaBute takes the opportunity in the director's DVD interview to point out that, whatever you think of the film, he already has your money.

Unless you've borrowed said DVD from a bee fetishist friend.
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
08:30 / 30.01.07
"If you've grown up around it it's one thing, but, it's...
yes, odd."

one hour to go.
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
09:27 / 30.01.07
it's all so clear now... bees...
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
09:27 / 30.01.07
Just remember, it's all Johnny Ramone's fault.
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
09:34 / 30.01.07
I saw the for: JOHNNY RAMONE at the end.

And it would be better with glue, I think.

Still, I choose to divorce the film from his legacy.
 
 
Mistoffelees
11:26 / 30.01.07
For a moment I toyed with the idea of seeing it when it´ll be released. Then I checked the release date, and the premiere was supposedly two months ago. Oops. It must have been out of the theatres faster than you can scream beeeeees.

I also was surprised when the linked article said "42 year-old Cage". He´s actually younger than Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp, but looks ten years older. Weird.
 
 
Triplets
12:14 / 30.01.07
The bees are in his eyes.
 
 
This Sunday
15:32 / 30.01.07
But do the bees all require stunt-asses for the dance numbers?

And can the secret ending be 'And then Christopher Lee showed up for no particular logical reason and killed everybody while wearing a dress and wig and singing some hippyesque barley-lovin' song' as a special edition?

I'd pay for that edition.
 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
15:28 / 02.08.07
Is this worth seeing for the comedy value? The YouTube clips from this movie entertain the hell out of me.
 
 
sleazenation
15:38 / 02.08.07
NO.
 
 
Mug Chum
16:15 / 02.08.07
Really? I was actually thinking of downloading it entirely. Seeing how "proper" context attempts to make sense of those youtube vignettes might just make it funnier.
 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
16:28 / 02.08.07
Nicholas Cage runs across a clearing full tilt and smacks a girl in the jaw. While wearing a bear suit. I just -- I feel compelled.
 
 
Triplets
18:05 / 02.08.07
MattSheperd is my legal stem-cell Canadian clone.
 
 
Mug Chum
19:51 / 02.08.07
No, sir Mathew. You're wrong.

He:

- has the most awkward scene with a lady-cop ever.
- enters into a class of little girls, flashes his badge to them and says "I'm a cop, see my badge?" in the most hilarious patronizing way.
- right after that, freaks the fuck out screaming and calling them all dirty little liars (his delivery kills, a grown man suddenly becomes six -- why couldn't he have improved and add "whores" as well I'll never know).
- requests a bike from a amish-ish girl under the threat of a gun, "step away from the bike!"
- acts with perfection with the finest script ever, "how did get burned?" (4x)
- freaks the fuck out again storming into strangers' houses screaming he "can do whatever the fuck he wants", yelling at every woman and little girl present, ruining the fun for all the kids, punching off the masks out of the face of every little girl while going ape-shit.
- suffers the most idiotic chase scene, bee VS man, while falling and rolling down the hill.
- walks veeeeery slowly, pissed off entirely, into a smiling-lady's direction AND PUNCHES HER IN THE FUCKING FACE OUT OF THE FUCKING BLUE!!!
- kicks Leelee Sobieski into a wall and glass (wtf!), gives out another flying kick, becomes Bruce Lee for half a second and beats her into a pulp in one of the most unbelievable scenes ever (Cage: "you think that was subtle?"; director: "yeah yeah, after they see the ending, people'll go 'maybe the women had a point in their own morbid way', like they did in the original film you know, and then they'll remember this scene of you kicking her face and think 'hmm, maybe he wasn't right' and they'll see that's where we were going for all along, the ambiguity. It's all about the subtlety, man").
- walks around in a bear suit (opening the bear's mouth with both hands so he can discreetly -- because he can't draw attention to himself -- have a dialogue with his ex-wife)
- RUNNING BEAR PUNCH!!!!! You know God invented the universe just for this, right?
- goes into the woods with little girl in bear suit.
- falls into every anti-feminist's delusional nightmare while is hilariously tortured by a bunch of women leaded by Ellen Burstyin -- playing a "feminist" William Wallace.
- yells "killing me won't bring back your goddamn honey!" (that line alone deserves a special award)
- and gives the most perfect, the most awesome CGI acting in the face of this cosmos ("No, not the bees! No, I'm allergic! Ahhh, aaahh! My eyaaahs! They're all over my eyes! My eeeyyyeaaahs! I can't haz biz! Aaaah, aaahh!" -- it's perfect, it's like when you're a kid playing with a friend and you describe something that isn't actually there, so kiddie-lame, so awesome ("aaargh! My guts are falling off! aaargh! I shoot you before I die BANG!").
- various other moments not mentioned.

Without mentioning all the subtlety of the script, of the acting and the entire "holy shit!" factor. I'm totally torrenting this.

C'mon, if people here really feels that much for "ruining" a favorite film (that wasn't that perfect to begin with; a religious virgin square copper?) to the point of not being able to see how amazingly awesome this film is, then... your soul was burned and lost inside that fire with the cop.

For realz.
 
 
Mug Chum
14:17 / 03.08.07
Although certain people's excessive love for this can be quite... psychotic.
 
 
Peach Pie
13:22 / 14.02.08
The Wicker Man Comedy Trailer
 
 
Peach Pie
11:59 / 22.09.08

Sergeant Howie Trailer


Hillbilly trailer
 
  

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