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Showing posts with label neil labute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neil labute. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006)



A mystery directed by Robin Hardy and Neil LaBute, starring (1973) Christopher Lee, (2006) Nicolas Cage.
A police officer goes to an isolated island because he receives a letter about a missing child. The people on the island don't like him and confuse him, but he persists in his search for the girl. He finds out about pagan rituals performed there and tries to stop them from killing the girl.
These were 2 very different films! They had some similarities like the same basic plot, hating the main character and a wild ending. They had way more differences though, like: The 2006 film changed everything it could without changing the basic plot and it had a wilder ending that I wish had happened in real life. In the 1973 film, there were naked women and good music, but in 2006 we get man hating feminists. The production value of 1973 is not so great, but 2006 is way over-produced, with stupid flashback scenes every few minutes. To give you a hint about my preference, Nicolas cage is in the second one (hate his guts!) and that's why I like the ending more. I'm rating the set o.k. because the 2006 film redeemed itself for all of it's sins in the end.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

in the company of men (1997)


a romance directed by neil labute
2 men who feel that they have been hurt by women decide to compete for a relationship with a female co-worker. one of them falls in love with her, but she has already decided that the loves the other.
the audio was in that classic whisper-blast style (voices as quiet as possible followed by thunderous music) and the video was good. it was in english and subtitles were not needed.
it wasn't my style, but if you like this sort of thing I imagine it would go over well. I'll say it's ok.