Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2019 17:58:18 GMT
Aug 4, 2019 17:07:34 GMT @jamesavalon said:
Well, having just watched it (thank you, Prime!) I enjoyed it more this time around but for something that didn't register when I first saw it.
It is a very good depiction of American small town life, small town family and those bonds that never go away. The King novella doesn't begin to do this, so credit to the makers of the film.
And what happens when those bonds are tested by some threat, in this case a werewolf. (is the werewolf a metaphor for liberals? Hmmmm)
On that level, I think it succeeded better than as a werewolf movie, though there is much to like there, too.
I think the fog scene was intentionally hilarious. It goes for laughs almost the entire time.
I think Busey was unintentionally hilarious, at times. I liked the quiet moments when he talked to Marty and Jane as their uncle. But his reaction to finally seeing the werewolf had me howling.
This is a film that plays very differently, at least for me, from when I saw it as a kid compared to as an adult.