The 1973 Robin Hardy-directed film was long and short, and the 2006 remake had two endings.
From the names of the protagonists to the locations of events, the new Wicker Man differs from the original in many ways, but maintains more similarities.
The main characters:
*Edward Malus
While the critics didn't have much to say about Cage's performance in this film, I think he did a really good job.
The characters' reactions to situations are so real that it feels like normal people would do.
While not many of Nicolas Cage's films have been seen, it can be seen why he won the Oscar for Best Actor.
*Willow Woodward
I don't know if this woman is like that in the other scenes, but she's more than a little out of her mind in The Wicker Man.
Could it be that in her mind, anxiety + confusion + fear = stammering?
Every time I talk, I suddenly look into the distance, and those who don't know think she is mentally retarded + mentally disabled...
An actor who can't even finish a sentence, what's the use of asking her.
Plot:
- After searching on the Internet, it seems that in the 1973 version of the story, the island where the protagonist arrives is very mysterious, and the residents of the island do not know whether they are friends or enemies.
But why at the new stage, the intentions of the people on the island are obviously like the daytime?
- The ending was really surprising.
(I'm going to reveal the plot now... whoever minds to avoid it first) The
police officer Edward Malus was asked by his ex-fiancee to come to a hidden island to find her missing child.
While searching for clues, the protagonist discovers that the island has strange beliefs and acts.
Just when I thought that the finale would be the protagonist saving the girl and reuniting with his ex-fiancee, the plot actually took a 180-degree turn.
It turns out that everything is a play played by the islanders.
The girl didn't disappear at all, the purpose was to lure him to the island... as a sacrifice to the gods.
The innocent protagonist had his legs broken and burned to death in a huge human-shaped tower made of wicker.
Incomprehensible things:
- There is a part at the end of the movie where the protagonist's girlfriend is going to seduce another to be her victim...
but since the protagonist's friend knows where he is going, why didn't anyone search for that after he disappeared island?
And it seems that this kind of thing happened not once, so why is no one suspicious?
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