#THE WOLFMAN 2010 FULL#

Is the condition passed through the blood? Apparently. I am not sure of the natural history of wolf men. The werewolf moves so lightly here he almost cries out: Look! I'm animated! Adding weight and slowing him down in the second film were some of the things that made that sequel great. In the first ' Spider-Man' film, you recall, Spidey swung around almost weightlessly. He would be more convincing if he moved like a creature of considerable weight.

No doubt there are whole scenes done so well in CGI that I didn't even spot them, but when the werewolf bounds through the forest, he does so with too much speed. The film has one flaw, and faithful readers will not be surprised to find it involves the CGI special effects. And he's well turned-out, especially for a man who lives almost in the dark. His father, Sir John, however, is played by the bearded Anthony Hopkins as a man holding up perhaps better than you might expect. The family manse is haunted by his memories. It's the earlier loss of his beloved mother. Del Toro makes Lawrence sad, worried, fearful, doomed. The music by Danny Elfman creeps around the edges. What you might like to know is that 'The Wolfman' has been made with care by Joe Johnston, and is well-photographed by Shelly Johnson and designed by Rick Hendrichs. In the 19th century, a pub served as the evening news. Meanwhile, down at the obligatory local pub, the conversations of the locals center on a strange beast marauding in the district. (There is a silent classic named ' The Fall of the House of Usher' that actually has dead leaves scuttling across a mansion's floor.) Lawrence views his brother's body, which seems to have made a good meal. The gloomier and more ominous the better. Lawrence arrives in a foggy, chilly dusk of course, and his voice echoes in the vast lonely mansion before his father emerges from the shadows. Gwen writes to Ben's long-estranged brother Lawrence ( Benicio Del Toro), an American actor who is appearing in London in 'Hamlet' and indeed is holding poor Yorick's skull when we first see him. Sir John's son Ben and his fiancee Gwen ( Emily Blunt) were living there until recently, when Ben was savagely killed. Gas was well known as a means of illumination in 1891, and indeed electric lights were not uncommon, but Sir John makes do with flickering candles carried from room to room, the better to cast wicked shadows.

Inside it is derelict and unkempt, inhabited by the sinister old Sir John Talbot ( Anthony Hopkins) and his faithful manservant Singh.

An early exterior shows Chatsworth in Derbyshire, perhaps the grandest of all English country houses.

#THE WOLFMAN 2010 FULL#

The film's opening and closing shots are of the full moon, which is correct.

The wolfman 2010