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I've seen The Wicker Man and... I was surprised how bad it was
posted by HarrySkywalkerSTAFFMOD on September 3, 2023 at 1:12 AM
Many years ago I've seen The Wicker Man remake from 2006 with Nicolas Cage, which is a legendary bad movie but so bad it turns to be one of the best unintentional comedies ever. I laughed out loud during that entire movie!
I always heard and suspectec that since it was a remake of an original horror-esque movie that the original movie was massively superior.
Well I've finally seen the original movie (the Final Cut version) and I was shocked how poor it is. In fact, I rated the 2006 version a 3/10 (10/10 as entertaining and comedic factors) but now I rate the original movie a 4/10...
The original movie is boring, rather uninteresting, the acting is ridiculous, the characters are as ridiculous, the dialogue is stupid, the pace is rather slow.
The only saving graces are Christopher Lee (yet it's his worst villain role ever) and the soundtrack and music.
I really wanted to like this movie but I'm shocked how this gets high reviews and it's considered a classic.
The cop begins as a normal cop doing his job and then turns into a religious freak who starts caring more about religion instead of trying to do his own job.
All characters who interact with him have laughable interactions and the blonde girl Willow always appearing naked while dancing and the cop being sweating was so pathetic, so out of place, it made me stop taking seriously anything further that was happening onscreen.
And Christopher Lee's character then starts dressing like a woman, dancing and chanting gibberish was supposed to make us not taking him seriously at all as well...?
And the "twist" was hysterical! By the way: how in the bloody hell did that community even knew the cop was a virgin??? HOW??? Awful writing!
What a HUGE disappointment!
Reply by genplant29
on September 4, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Harry, other people disagreeing with you doesn't make them trolls. They were (though probably not anymore) interested in your topic, engaged well-meaningly, made solid comments that included observation/insight details that make evident they've seen the movie too; so it's not like they don't firsthand know specifics of the film - which they've made clear.
Please turn down the temperature.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 1:48 PM
What? Did you read what happen?
I only called troll to anyone who called me first a troll only because they were and still are missing my point.
How can you miss that the fact I was called a troll first? Then I replied in the same way.
Nobody in here is a troll but some are behaving like a troll by calling someone else a troll first.
Reply by genplant29
on September 4, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Harry, I've read the thread, and what all and how things got to the point of the "troll" word getting used.
Not everyone always agrees about films. That's normal. It's very possible for one person to see and interpret a movie entirely differently than another person does. In this movie's case, it appears that more than one person (in fact the majority?) on this thread has views that differ from yours. They explained why they do. That's good, of course, and of course is okay.
Agreeing to disagree, and no one making a disagreement (that's merely about a movie) personal, is always the right choice.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 2:33 PM
I agree with you. But I'm just saying I called troll someone who called me first a troll when I'm just stating my opinion as well.
Reply by genplant29
on September 4, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 3:06 PM
How the hell do you put smiles like that?!
Reply by genplant29
on September 4, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Do a colon ( : ), immediately follow it with the word "dove" (but without any quotation marks), then a closing colon, and a corresponding dove image will come up. 😎 😁
Another way (at least if you're on a smartphone, like I right now am - and this is the easiest way to go) is, from the typing keyboard, arrow leftward, directly above the row of selectable numerals, to locate emoji options, then select and click on whatever emoji(s) you want to insert. ✌️👌🎯 🆒️ ✔️
Reply by bratface
on September 4, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Do you have a Windows OS? If so, just press the windows key & the period key at the same time & the emoji menu will pop up.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 5:41 PM
I know how to put smiles. The problem is that the number of smiles options it appears to me is nothing compared to what many people are able to put here.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 5:41 PM
I know how to put smiles. The problem is that the number of smiles options it appears to me is nothing compared to what many people are able to put here.
Reply by bratface
on September 4, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Do you have Windows? Are you accessing the site from a smartphone or a desktop? Also, what country are you in?
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 4, 2023 at 9:40 PM
I access from both. I'm from Portugal.
Reply by bratface
on September 4, 2023 at 11:45 PM
Você achou! Viva!
⛄
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on September 5, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Isso é Português Brasileiro! LOL!
Reply by bratface
on September 5, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Sorry! I tried two or three translation programs & they all came up with my original post. This time I searched for Portuguese (European) & came up with this:
Encontrou-o! Viva!