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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:58 am
>>i havent alwyas found them to be satisfying. i have yet to see Ginder Snaps (i havent heard one bad thing about it)<<
Well worth seeing, and for that matter, owning. The story is pretty basic, two sisters encounter a werewolf, one is bitten .... But the strength of the film is in the metaphor behind it. While there are scenes of rampaging wolves, the story itself is meant to reflect the changes one goes through as they mature ... the way something like puberty will alter your entire outlook on life, the confusion caused as your body changes in ways you cannot control, the sudden and previously unrealized desires which plague and often control you. Relationships are stressed, love is tested and hard choices are made. I highly recommend this film.
The sequel, while not possessing the poinancy of the first and avoiding the deeper metaphors, is still a great movie; particularly if you liked the characters in the first and want to know their eventual fate. It also introduces an attractively wicked villain that is nothing more than human ... with just enough background to make you understand how it became what it is, without making you too sympathetic. (after all, the movie isn't about redeaming this figure)
The third movie is something of a (yes, "a" instead of "an", I pronounce my "H"s like a good american) historical prequel set in the eighteenth century. (or ealier, I've never been much of an american historian) This film introduces the idea that the sisters labored under a generations long curse and shows us how it is initially contracted. Not so good as either of the previous films, it is still watchable. By the end of the third film I'm enamored enough with the recurring characters to want to see another installment.
Well worth seeing, and for that matter, owning. The story is pretty basic, two sisters encounter a werewolf, one is bitten .... But the strength of the film is in the metaphor behind it. While there are scenes of rampaging wolves, the story itself is meant to reflect the changes one goes through as they mature ... the way something like puberty will alter your entire outlook on life, the confusion caused as your body changes in ways you cannot control, the sudden and previously unrealized desires which plague and often control you. Relationships are stressed, love is tested and hard choices are made. I highly recommend this film.
The sequel, while not possessing the poinancy of the first and avoiding the deeper metaphors, is still a great movie; particularly if you liked the characters in the first and want to know their eventual fate. It also introduces an attractively wicked villain that is nothing more than human ... with just enough background to make you understand how it became what it is, without making you too sympathetic. (after all, the movie isn't about redeaming this figure)
The third movie is something of a (yes, "a" instead of "an", I pronounce my "H"s like a good american) historical prequel set in the eighteenth century. (or ealier, I've never been much of an american historian) This film introduces the idea that the sisters labored under a generations long curse and shows us how it is initially contracted. Not so good as either of the previous films, it is still watchable. By the end of the third film I'm enamored enough with the recurring characters to want to see another installment.