#1 2009-11-09 20:34:59
35 years ago, this would of gotten up my nose. After being here and on Cruel for so long, not so much.
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#2 2009-11-09 20:53:33
I've always had my suspicions about the Teletubbies.
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#3 2009-11-09 21:06:54
Wow, someone found a way to make The Wicker Man scary.
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#4 2009-11-09 21:10:00
It was never meant to be "scary"... if you follow it closely, it is like reading The Golden Bough...
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#5 2009-11-09 21:13:16
I stand corrected. It was meant to be "shocking."
Christ what a boring movie, says the guy who watches 2001 a couple times a year.
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#6 2009-11-09 21:22:27
What's not to like about Britt Ekland dancing naked....
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#7 2009-11-09 21:23:16
I must have slept through that part.
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#8 2009-11-09 21:25:42
Oh, its quite tasty in a 1970's kind of way. One wonders what she saw in Peter or Rod. The girl was a major talent!
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#9 2009-11-09 21:26:11
jesusluvspegging wrote:
I must have slept through that part.
It was the only redeeming part of the movie for the most part.
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#10 2009-11-09 21:26:44
I do love 70s chicks.
I'll give that one another go, just for you.
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#11 2009-11-09 21:29:16
Dmtdust wrote:
Oh, its quite tasty in a 1970's kind of way. One wonders what she saw in Peter or Rod. The girl was a major talent!
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#12 2009-11-09 21:35:45
fortinbras wrote:
Found it!
...and now I don't have to watch the movie again. TY Forti!
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#13 2009-11-09 21:41:48
That is a travesty. Some asshole added their interpretation/music... shame.
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#14 2009-11-09 21:46:54
I loved The Wicker Man as a kid...Maybe you had to be there, but to see, in the 70s, a devout Christian character crying out to God and Christ to save him from burning alive, and then have him not be saved, and burn alive...
It probably has a lot to do with my upbringing; but I promise you I watched through the end credits absolutely positive that Edward Woodward was gonna get rescued somehow. And how I loved it when he didn't.
I rented it a few years back, and it honestly didn't impress grownup me nearly as much. But Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward are still cool to watch.
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#15 2009-11-09 22:03:43
There are two versions, the UK and the US release. The US is superior. No, it doesn't shake my tree anymore, but then, I have run through most everything. Still, the book was interesting. I realized it (the film) was derived from "The Golden Bough" by Fraser. Then again I left Xianity at the age of 7 when I discovered Homer.
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#16 2009-11-09 23:37:52
Dmtdust wrote:
There are two versions, the UK and the US release. The US is superior. No, it doesn't shake my tree anymore, but then, I have run through most everything. Still, the book was interesting. I realized it (the film) was derived from "The Golden Bough" by Fraser. Then again I left Xianity at the age of 7 when I discovered Homer.
Really? I much prefer the original. The new one was interesting but I didn't find it nearly as compelling and I suspect much of that was because of its location. The idea that there might be an isolated population, not too dissimilar from you and I mind you, that still practices exotic, pagan rituals seemed all the more plausible to me in its original setting. Somehow, moving the story to Puget Sound seemed, well, a little less so. They come off more as deadly New Age pagan-wannabes.
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#17 2009-11-10 00:32:57
Taint wrote:
Dmtdust wrote:
There are two versions, the UK and the US release. The US is superior. No, it doesn't shake my tree anymore, but then, I have run through most everything. Still, the book was interesting. I realized it (the film) was derived from "The Golden Bough" by Fraser. Then again I left Xianity at the age of 7 when I discovered Homer.
Really? I much prefer the original. The new one was interesting but I didn't find it nearly as compelling and I suspect much of that was because of its location. The idea that there might be an isolated population, not too dissimilar from you and I mind you, that still practices exotic, pagan rituals seemed all the more plausible to me in its original setting. Somehow, moving the story to Puget Sound seemed, well, a little less so. They come off more as deadly New Age pagan-wannabes.
No, never saw the remake I was talking about the 2 cuts of the original film (1973), some 20 minutes different in length.
G
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#18 2009-11-10 00:35:32
Dmtdust wrote:
Taint wrote:
Dmtdust wrote:
There are two versions...
Really? Blah, blah...
No, never saw the remake I was talking about the 2 cuts of the original film (1973), some 20 minutes different in length.
Ah, I missed the key word "cuts". I didn't know that.
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#19 2009-11-10 05:28:07
The Wicker Man was campy even for its time, but just below the camp was a decent film with a radical theme if not a message. The music sucked but the lyrics were excellent. Well, you might not think that if you're a religious fanatic. Anyway, it's a very quotable movie, my favorite being-
Sergeant Howie: Religious? With ruined churches, no ministers, no priests... and children dancing naked!
Lord Summerisle: They do love their divinity lessons.
Sergeant Howie: [outraged] But they are... a-are NAKED!
Lord Summerisle: Naturally! It's much too dangerous to jump through fire with their clothes on!
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#20 2009-11-10 11:28:00
I had the book for a long time until someone walked with it. It actually made semi-decent reading. I agree, the underlying film was worth all the campiness.
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