Since I haven't seen the original version of 1941, I don't know how many or even original parts this remake has. The story is set in the Victorian period of the British Industrial Revolution, and the film also focuses on reflecting the rapid development of technology in the historical context, which has led people to question the psychology of religious loss of belief, which may be one of the elements that the original version is regarded as a classic. This remake is a little vague when it comes to conveying this theme. It seems to want to bury it in the plot but wants to put it on the table for commercial reasons, but it can be found in the father played by Anthony Hopkins. Apart from some clues, most of the time the movie feels like a tragic hero movie. The male protagonist played by Benicio Del Toro is indeed a hero. Although he started to kill when he became a wolf, he finally went to the so-called road of redemption. The father played by Anthony Hopkins is completely opposite to the male protagonist. If the male protagonist is a werewolf but always a person, then his father has completely lost his humanity. Although he is a person most of the time, he is already a wolf. The emotional scene between Benicio and Emily Blunt is a bit blunt and not convincing enough. Hugo Weaving's role is even more thin, no matter how you look at it, it still has the feeling of Matrix''s Smith.
That's not what disappoints me the most. The screenwriter of this new edition has created the famous "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Sleepy Hollow". Both films are known for their gloomy atmosphere. However, although the tone of "Wolfman" is still dark this time, it has the Gothic temperament of the Victorian period in London, England. , There are barren and secluded small mountain villages filled with white mist, and there are dilapidated and gloomy mansions, but they have not achieved the expected results. The special effects are as flashy as the soundtrack, and the werewolf havoc in the City of London is a miniature version of King Kong. What is even more puzzling is that "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Sleepy Hollow" are almost bloodless violence, which has become cheap blood in the new version of "Wolfman". The claws of the werewolf are like slashing by ten thousand people. With every wave, someone will cut off their fingers, arms, feet and even their heads. It is too exaggerated but not as exciting as a real bloody thriller. The so-called horror effect is only displayed through the sound effects and soundtracks that have no technical content. The vulgar "dream set dreamland" and "illusion set illusion" scenes were used no less than 3 times in the film. . So the whole movie seems nondescript, it can be a bloody thriller, after all, the violent scenes are very direct, it can be a horror movie because the sound effects frighten the audience, or it can be a romantic movie because the ending is sensational and wants to squeeze out a few tears from the audience, because too much show off Werewolf transformation special effects can also be said to be a magic film, no matter what type it is regarded as, it is far less attractive than "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Sleepy Hollow", perhaps because the director is not Finch or Burton after all, but he has directed "Sleeping Hollow". Joe Johnston from Jurassic Park 3.
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