Sunday, January 04, 2009

One More Movie

I forgot that I watched Dog Soldiers last night. I saved it for when I returned-werewolves in the Scottish Highlands? Kevin McKidd? (I really hope he plays Thor)Scary and creepy? It had my name all over it.
And yet. It was scary and atmospheric-it was very well made. The scenery was good, the actors were good (love the Scottish brogue) but my really problem was with the werewolves themselves-namely:they were not scary at all. They looked like some really tall people wearing moderatly well-made werewolf masks. They were pretty strong but not very fast and WERE NOT SCARY. The story had a nice twist (the woman who offers to help them and takes them to a farmhouse to help them turns out to be a werewolf and has taken them to her house in order for her family to hunt them more easily) but I repeat-the werewolves were not scary. If you want a scary werewolf story, go watch An American Werewolf in London (a nice mix of scary/funny/gross) or especially The Howling-now that's an awesome werewolf movie. However, Kevin McKidd was very good-he made the movie worth watching-almost.

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