The Wolfman (2010)

The original Wolfman from 1941 is a classic; I've seen it myself along with the other classic Universal Monster films (Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man). 69 years later, Joe Johnston, director of such hits: Jurassic Park III, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji, and my favorite film The Rocketeer, directs this awesome remake of The Wolfman. I thought Benicio Del Toro's performance as Lawrence Talbot a.k.a The Wolfman was terrific. He looks exactly like the original wolfman actor Lon Chaney Jr. Rick Baker, the great makeup designer for this film, turned Del Toro into a scary looking but badass wolf man monster and even makes a cameo in the film as one of the hunters. I thought Anthony Hopkins's performance was brilliant as Lawrence's estranged father Sir John Talbot. He’s both funny at some points but absolutely brilliant. And the performances of Emily Blunt as Gwen Conliffe and Hugo Weaving as Francis Aberline were both terrific. I was surprised to see two familiar faces: Art Malik, who's in one of my favorite Schwarzenegger movies True Lies, played Singh. And Geraldline Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's daughter who also appeared in her father's 1992 film and played her actual grandmother, plays the gypsy Maleva. I'm also glad they picked no other but Danny Elfman to do the music for the film. I mean hey, how you think Tim Burton's movies have great scores. When I saw this movie, I thought it was going to scare the hell out of me. But it didn't. I loved the part when Del Toro transforms while he's in the mental asylum and kills some of the doctors and the part when he is strapped to a chair and being lowered to ice cold water was brutal to see. Two years it took to get this movie onto the big screen, and now it finally came. As I said before, the original Wolfman is great wonderful horror classic. But for this Wolfman for 2010, is a hell of a lot better.