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Title: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Dan of Orange on July 15, 2011, 05:42:24 AM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 15, 2011, 06:31:07 AM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.

Thanks for sharing the ending.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Paul DeLouisiana on July 15, 2011, 07:39:51 AM
I like the remake with Josh Hartnett.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: mike_b on July 15, 2011, 11:20:10 AM
No one ever talks about the fact that it's a musical.  What's up with that?
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Steeley Chris on July 15, 2011, 01:30:30 PM
This is one of my favorite movies. I try to watch it every May Day.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Dan of Orange on July 15, 2011, 04:20:31 PM
It sure has some distinctive music in it and I'm looking for collaborators for a 2012 reboot of the soundtrack..ch-ching!
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Steeley Chris on July 15, 2011, 04:58:01 PM
It sure has some distinctive music in it and I'm looking for collaborators for a 2012 reboot of the soundtrack..ch-ching!
Ted Leo should be at the top of the list.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Sarah on July 15, 2011, 05:24:46 PM
Well I recall Britt Eklund's galumphing dance of seduction.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: wood and iron on July 15, 2011, 05:50:35 PM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.

Thanks for sharing the ending.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not (plain text is bad for conveying tone) but I definitely think a movie made in 1973 is long past the statute of limitations barring spoilers.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Dan of Orange on July 15, 2011, 06:53:04 PM
Sure, Ted Leo would be great to do it, I'm not sure if he'd want to do it with Autoharp and ol' timey banging drums though?
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 15, 2011, 09:22:46 PM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.

Thanks for sharing the ending.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not (plain text is bad for conveying tone) but I definitely think a movie made in 1973 is long past the statute of limitations barring spoilers.

And yet he was surprised by the ending, 38 years later, while I never will be.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: wood and iron on July 15, 2011, 11:22:02 PM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.

Thanks for sharing the ending.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not (plain text is bad for conveying tone) but I definitely think a movie made in 1973 is long past the statute of limitations barring spoilers.

And yet he was surprised by the ending, 38 years later, while I never will be.

But that's not on him. If you want to be that precious about the ending of a 38 year old movie, perhaps it's up to you to police the information you read? Even though his post didn't indicate he would reveal the ending, a discussion of the movie always has the potential to do that very thing.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Boogdish on July 15, 2011, 11:38:49 PM
I really hope that when they do a broadway adaptation of this, David Lee Roth plays Christopher Lee's character.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Dan of Orange on July 16, 2011, 12:24:55 AM
Obviously that's the dream get, but maybe just a projected CGI Chris Lee voiced by D.L.R as he might be too busy to commit to whole run of the show.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on July 16, 2011, 10:52:10 AM
I just saw this, I really thought he was going to get out right up to the last minute, upsetting.

Thanks for sharing the ending.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not (plain text is bad for conveying tone) but I definitely think a movie made in 1973 is long past the statute of limitations barring spoilers.

And yet he was surprised by the ending, 38 years later, while I never will be.

But that's not on him. If you want to be that precious about the ending of a 38 year old movie, perhaps it's up to you to police the information you read? Even though his post didn't indicate he would reveal the ending, a discussion of the movie always has the potential to do that very thing.

oh, jesus...just knock it off.

policing a conversation is a lot more predictable than the next word i'm going to read.  surely that's understood?
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Stan on July 16, 2011, 11:14:21 AM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/3104668694_681ba782ec.jpg)

 Apologies for irresponsible hotlinking.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Steeley Chris on July 16, 2011, 12:40:40 PM
Sure, Ted Leo would be great to do it, I'm not sure if he'd want to do it with Autoharp and ol' timey banging drums though?
Of course he would! He's half-American Irish! The dude plays the tin whistle!
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: hardweek on July 16, 2011, 01:04:26 PM
The only things I remember from this movie are the druid rock and the wall humping.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Sarah on July 16, 2011, 01:09:46 PM
God damn it, Stan.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: placeholder on July 16, 2011, 02:37:48 PM
Stan, that is great.

I kind of love The Wicker Man.

The pagan/renaissance fair business is inherently cornball, the Britt Eklund dancing/Edward Woodward wall-pounding scene is unintentionally funny, and the music is atrocious. But! This thing somehow manages such a creepy atmosphere in spite of all that that it works for me.

I will also note that I enjoyed the remake because of how silly and awful it is. Nic Cage is something else. Not crazy about the wall-to-wall misogyny in the thing, but somehow, to me, the flat-out stupidity kind of makes it facile. I may feel different if I was a woman.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 17, 2011, 03:09:01 PM
Is it such a God-almighty burden to discuss a movie, or a play, or a TV series, or a book without revealing plot details of the last 5% of it?
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Sarah on July 17, 2011, 05:36:35 PM
The thing is, as a message board pro, you had to know coming in that this thread was likely to contain spoilers.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 17, 2011, 05:41:35 PM
The thing is, as a message board pro, you had to know coming in that this thread was likely to contain spoilers.

What can I say, I'm a Pollyana. Besides, I saw the film 20 years ago. I was whining on principle.
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: buffcoat on July 17, 2011, 09:05:15 PM
Edward Woodward of The Equalizer?

How come no movie reboots of that franchise?
Title: Re: The Wicker Man 1973
Post by: Wes on July 18, 2011, 10:43:19 AM
God damn it, Stan.
Seriously, Stan, I'm pretty pissed right now. I was waiting to see Marley & Me until I could view it unspoiled in the proper setting. Now what am I gonna do with this house (http://www.philly.com/philly/classifieds/real_estate/20110714_Marley___Me_house_for_sale.html)?