Arrrooooooooo.
If you're going to howl at the moon, it's probably best to stick with David Naughton or Lon Chaney Jr. The 2010 wolfman story leaves a l-o-t to be desired.
Things missing were the whole beast-within-theme, tortured soul, decent dialog, story line, etc.
Things it had, but only because I had to: an old gypsy woman, the wolf guy's dead brother's wife (a.k.a. the love interest), the creepy old dad (wolfy, I'm your father. it is your destiny…), oh, and a creepy psych ward with a scary german accented crazy doctor who got his comeuppance right before Scotland Yard is forced to shoot up half of London in a beast-chasing sequence that could only be rivaled by Mel Gibson chasing cars on foot in one of those Lethal Weapon movies.
Suck suck suck.
It was pretty. The sets were well done, the transformation into the beast(s) were super cool. The actual beast, no so much. I was reminded of Roddy McDowall in that movie about those apes that had their own planet.
The big fight at the end between Wolverine and Bumble Bee was kind of nice. The burning of the house as the troops marched on Atlanta was ok. The "uh oh I got bit and even though the werewolf monster is dead but at least there can be a sequel if this one makes enough money" was a little predictable.
Lame, predictable, boring. Even the Danny Elfman theme couldn't bring this one up.
Is it just me, or is Hollywood really cranking out the formula these days? When will something come along that rises above that?Isn't it about time?
