NY Times Sunday Did a Big Write Up on Wolfman Movies

In "honor" of the new Universal Wolfman movie from Universal, the New York Times did a big Wolfman movie write up. I gotta say, I thought I was mean to Ed about the movie ("Why did you make a movie where you are suppose to root FOR the monster?"), but I was nice compared to the NY Times (article).

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But I did think their capsule recap was funny...

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The Wolfman (2010)

Benicio Del Toro

ORIGIN STORY How proud is Universal Pictures of its remake of the 1941 great-granddaddy of lycanthropy films, starring Benicio Del Toro in the role of poor afflicted Larry Talbot? Proud enough that the studio wouldn’t screen any part of the movie or provide interviews with its cast members or director, Joe Johnston (“Jumanji”). Hoooowwwwl!

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STRENGTHS A starry lineup that also includes Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins; the distant possibility that the film is being reworked to include unused footage from “Avatar.”

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WEAKNESSES Numerous delays in the film’s planned release, from November 2008 to February 2009 to April 2009 to November 2009 to Friday; reports of reshoots and last-minute editing changes; the unlikelihood that adding layers of latex to Mr. Del Toro’s face and putting fang-filled dentures in his mouth will make him more intelligible.

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UNDOING “The Wolfman” faces tough openingweekend competition from another horror show: the date-bait ensemble comedy “Valentine’s Day,” with Julia Roberts, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Biel and dozens more.