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wait, so wikipedia now details every time some random person does a parody on youtube? How exactly is this noteworthy? There are numerous parodies of every movie ever made, on youtube. Am I alone in thinking this is self-promotion or needless fluff? 72.65.102.76 ( talk) 17:09, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
this is way too long
Got rid of the Raising Arizona trivia, per discussion below. Also nixed the unsourced, seemingly original research bit about police officers touching the trunks of cars they pull over. Jacobus 04:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
>no problem that you got rid of that part, it doesn't really have anything to do with the movie, but they do train police officers to touch the trunks of cars. as far as I can tell, to both test and make sure they're shut (so no one pops out or anyting), and also to leave a print (ie driver incapacitates the officer and runs off, when they catch up to the car it's just more evidence against the guy. Probably used more when they didn't have the dash cams) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Viper13 ( talk • contribs).
Edward Woodward, star of the original Wicker Man, has said that while he was offered a part in the remake and declined, he nevertheless was "surprisingly impressed by the quality of the script".
At the beginning of the movie when Nicolas Cage leans down and picks the doll up while he is riding a motorcycle is a reference to an earlier Nicolas Cage film, Raising Arizona in which his character leaned out of a car and picked up diapers. Also in the film the motorcycle riding bounty hunter Smalls reached down from a motorcycle and picks up Nathan Jr.
Uh, why is this here at all? These parallels are meaningless, minor and above all irrelevant.
>Yeah get rid of that.
What is this message doing beneath the plot summary of this film:
Note: This movie should not be taken as literal fact in the judgments of modern Pagan religious faiths and many would agree the film does not represent modern religious beliefs, regardless of any historical resemblance in past centuries.
This has no place in the plot summary--at all. I won't remove, as I don't feel that I have the authority to do so. But someone who edits this page on a regular basis should. 65.7.138.84 23:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)A Devoted Lurker
I think it's worth mentioning in the article that unlike the original this seems to be purely a horror movie, lacking the commentary on religion of the original. Trailers and publicity seem to indicate this, especially the use of the word 'Evil' to decribe the pagans, which frankly misses the whole point of the orginal movie, that both the policeman and the pagans believe themselves to be the embodiment of goodness and righteousness, and are doing the right thing by their differing gods. The end scene of the original showcases the rediculous nature of their beliefs, when both sides can do little, or in Howie's case absolutly nothing, except sing at each other. But I suppose the Hollywood execs are opposed to any criticism of religeon that might alienate their audience, not to mention Cage's obvious hostility towards non-believers indicated by his recent ill-informed comments regarding athiests while being interviewed in regard to Oliver Stone's recent 9.11 movie. A great shame in my opinion, since a remake might have found a unique social relevence in today's world, but now seems destined to be another cut-rate scare movie, whose highest aspiration will be to make a few million bucks and maybe spawn a few awful straight-to-DVD sequals that will serve only to make this first movie look a little better. Lauriet 02:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia's own wickerman article describing Caesar's account of Druid festivals infers that the Druids never did this at all, and the legend comes from Caesar's need for a "reason to war" causus belli. Anyone and everyone should really treat this and every movie as a work of fiction and fantasy. —Preceding
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Having just seen the movie earlier today, there's no indication the bees on the island are africanized or killer bees. Cage's character is just allergic to bee stings.
I did some cinema-hopping after a film I had paid for, and slipped into the beginning of this movie. I wondered what it was about, read that it was filmed by Neil LaBute, and therefore stayed for another couple of minutes - until I really had to go because it became THAT stupid and the same time boring that I had to leave. I wonder what got Neil LaBute into that project? I only knew him as an interesting theatre playwright. You never know. Probably money... Solobratscher 06:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)--
"In addition, Cage's character is not a virgin, like the protagonist from the original film, as it was thought that the idea of an adult virgin in modern American society was too far-fetched." Is this intended to be a joke, or perhaps somebody's speculation about the producer's motives, or is this an actual cited reason? It seems preposterous to suggest that adult virgins don't exist in modern American society. If I had to guess, I would assume that it's a matter of Hollywood trying to market to their perceived audience, as in "Like, Cage's character can't be a virgin, man. That'd be like totally lame. Everybody would think he was a total dork", or some such. Of course, encyclopedias aren't a place for speculation. A citation might help here.-- 220.29.92.4 16:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
While I respect the amount of time that appears to have been put into the plot summary section, it is detailed to a ridiculous extent and uses some decidedly unencylopedic language. It also has a large number of shifts in tense and aspect. It could well use some serious pruning by someone familiar with guidelines behind producing a reasonably-sized summary. 207.7.163.116 18:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC) Anybody think this movie had a touch of misandry about it?
Sorry I don't really know how to make a new section. This bit should fit. The plot summary doesn't appear to make sense. There seem to be important parts missing and as someone who hasn't seen the film some parts are bewildering. Particularly the part at the end with Rowan.
"The famous plot twist from the original film is missing in the 2006 remake, where the policeman, at the point of his sacrifice, in turn admonishes the villagers, claiming that sacrificing him will be an act of murder, and will not restore their crops' yield. He predicts that when the crops inevitably fail the following year, the only suitable sacrifice will be the Lord Summerisle himself (Sister Summersisle was Lord Summerisle in the original movie)."
WHAT famous plot twist?! The above is rubbish, this isn't a plot twist. The twist is when the policeman discovers that he has been misled by the villagers all along and he is to be the sacrifice. Someone change the synopsis accordingly. 90.221.208.142 ( talk) 14:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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What is meant by "The remake is largely considered "sicker than The Wicker Man (1973)"."-- Beardo ( talk) 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
"In an infamous scene, Malus also asks how the doll got burned, to which Willow replies she does not know." - why infamous ? -- Beardo ( talk) 21:47, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Nicholas Cage shouting "How'd it get burned?" has become something of an internet meme hence its 'infamy.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.36.100 ( talk) 14:27, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I've never heard this meme before. It is not infamous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.150.222.100 ( talk) 16:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
This all started with Julius Caesar's outrageous lies to demonize the Gauls which a few Christians saw fit to repeat in order to demonize pagans as they were burning them at the stake (oh the irony). There is not a single shred of evidence that anyone was ever burned alive inside a Wicker man. Beyond doubling as a funeral pyre or acting as an effigy for someone reviled (like Julius Caesar) it was the Wicker man ITSELF that was the sacrifice, not a human victim burned screaming inside it (as if one could not break out of such a structure). I am amazed there is nothing about it's similarity to the Jewish Blood Libel in the criticisms, this is just as bad. -- 67.58.85.57 ( talk) 13:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
IMDB 102min, here 220? 88.114.29.138 ( talk) 21:25, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Switching out for "I don't believe in remakes. You can make a follow up to a film, but to remake a movie with such history and success just doesn't make sense to me." from here. Not sure why the original ever made it into the article, and in fact am only substituting because from my googling the British media assures me that Christopher Lee was critical of the movie instead of just indifferent to the whole thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.155.125 ( talk) 03:34, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
I saw a version which does not have the "not the bees" scene. The article mentions different versions, but doesn't mention this particular change.
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wait, so wikipedia now details every time some random person does a parody on youtube? How exactly is this noteworthy? There are numerous parodies of every movie ever made, on youtube. Am I alone in thinking this is self-promotion or needless fluff? 72.65.102.76 ( talk) 17:09, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
this is way too long
Got rid of the Raising Arizona trivia, per discussion below. Also nixed the unsourced, seemingly original research bit about police officers touching the trunks of cars they pull over. Jacobus 04:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
>no problem that you got rid of that part, it doesn't really have anything to do with the movie, but they do train police officers to touch the trunks of cars. as far as I can tell, to both test and make sure they're shut (so no one pops out or anyting), and also to leave a print (ie driver incapacitates the officer and runs off, when they catch up to the car it's just more evidence against the guy. Probably used more when they didn't have the dash cams) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Viper13 ( talk • contribs).
Edward Woodward, star of the original Wicker Man, has said that while he was offered a part in the remake and declined, he nevertheless was "surprisingly impressed by the quality of the script".
At the beginning of the movie when Nicolas Cage leans down and picks the doll up while he is riding a motorcycle is a reference to an earlier Nicolas Cage film, Raising Arizona in which his character leaned out of a car and picked up diapers. Also in the film the motorcycle riding bounty hunter Smalls reached down from a motorcycle and picks up Nathan Jr.
Uh, why is this here at all? These parallels are meaningless, minor and above all irrelevant.
>Yeah get rid of that.
What is this message doing beneath the plot summary of this film:
Note: This movie should not be taken as literal fact in the judgments of modern Pagan religious faiths and many would agree the film does not represent modern religious beliefs, regardless of any historical resemblance in past centuries.
This has no place in the plot summary--at all. I won't remove, as I don't feel that I have the authority to do so. But someone who edits this page on a regular basis should. 65.7.138.84 23:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)A Devoted Lurker
I think it's worth mentioning in the article that unlike the original this seems to be purely a horror movie, lacking the commentary on religion of the original. Trailers and publicity seem to indicate this, especially the use of the word 'Evil' to decribe the pagans, which frankly misses the whole point of the orginal movie, that both the policeman and the pagans believe themselves to be the embodiment of goodness and righteousness, and are doing the right thing by their differing gods. The end scene of the original showcases the rediculous nature of their beliefs, when both sides can do little, or in Howie's case absolutly nothing, except sing at each other. But I suppose the Hollywood execs are opposed to any criticism of religeon that might alienate their audience, not to mention Cage's obvious hostility towards non-believers indicated by his recent ill-informed comments regarding athiests while being interviewed in regard to Oliver Stone's recent 9.11 movie. A great shame in my opinion, since a remake might have found a unique social relevence in today's world, but now seems destined to be another cut-rate scare movie, whose highest aspiration will be to make a few million bucks and maybe spawn a few awful straight-to-DVD sequals that will serve only to make this first movie look a little better. Lauriet 02:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia's own wickerman article describing Caesar's account of Druid festivals infers that the Druids never did this at all, and the legend comes from Caesar's need for a "reason to war" causus belli. Anyone and everyone should really treat this and every movie as a work of fiction and fantasy. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
72.179.22.36 (
talk)
14:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Having just seen the movie earlier today, there's no indication the bees on the island are africanized or killer bees. Cage's character is just allergic to bee stings.
I did some cinema-hopping after a film I had paid for, and slipped into the beginning of this movie. I wondered what it was about, read that it was filmed by Neil LaBute, and therefore stayed for another couple of minutes - until I really had to go because it became THAT stupid and the same time boring that I had to leave. I wonder what got Neil LaBute into that project? I only knew him as an interesting theatre playwright. You never know. Probably money... Solobratscher 06:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)--
"In addition, Cage's character is not a virgin, like the protagonist from the original film, as it was thought that the idea of an adult virgin in modern American society was too far-fetched." Is this intended to be a joke, or perhaps somebody's speculation about the producer's motives, or is this an actual cited reason? It seems preposterous to suggest that adult virgins don't exist in modern American society. If I had to guess, I would assume that it's a matter of Hollywood trying to market to their perceived audience, as in "Like, Cage's character can't be a virgin, man. That'd be like totally lame. Everybody would think he was a total dork", or some such. Of course, encyclopedias aren't a place for speculation. A citation might help here.-- 220.29.92.4 16:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
While I respect the amount of time that appears to have been put into the plot summary section, it is detailed to a ridiculous extent and uses some decidedly unencylopedic language. It also has a large number of shifts in tense and aspect. It could well use some serious pruning by someone familiar with guidelines behind producing a reasonably-sized summary. 207.7.163.116 18:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC) Anybody think this movie had a touch of misandry about it?
Sorry I don't really know how to make a new section. This bit should fit. The plot summary doesn't appear to make sense. There seem to be important parts missing and as someone who hasn't seen the film some parts are bewildering. Particularly the part at the end with Rowan.
"The famous plot twist from the original film is missing in the 2006 remake, where the policeman, at the point of his sacrifice, in turn admonishes the villagers, claiming that sacrificing him will be an act of murder, and will not restore their crops' yield. He predicts that when the crops inevitably fail the following year, the only suitable sacrifice will be the Lord Summerisle himself (Sister Summersisle was Lord Summerisle in the original movie)."
WHAT famous plot twist?! The above is rubbish, this isn't a plot twist. The twist is when the policeman discovers that he has been misled by the villagers all along and he is to be the sacrifice. Someone change the synopsis accordingly. 90.221.208.142 ( talk) 14:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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What is meant by "The remake is largely considered "sicker than The Wicker Man (1973)"."-- Beardo ( talk) 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
"In an infamous scene, Malus also asks how the doll got burned, to which Willow replies she does not know." - why infamous ? -- Beardo ( talk) 21:47, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Nicholas Cage shouting "How'd it get burned?" has become something of an internet meme hence its 'infamy.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.36.100 ( talk) 14:27, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I've never heard this meme before. It is not infamous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.150.222.100 ( talk) 16:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
This all started with Julius Caesar's outrageous lies to demonize the Gauls which a few Christians saw fit to repeat in order to demonize pagans as they were burning them at the stake (oh the irony). There is not a single shred of evidence that anyone was ever burned alive inside a Wicker man. Beyond doubling as a funeral pyre or acting as an effigy for someone reviled (like Julius Caesar) it was the Wicker man ITSELF that was the sacrifice, not a human victim burned screaming inside it (as if one could not break out of such a structure). I am amazed there is nothing about it's similarity to the Jewish Blood Libel in the criticisms, this is just as bad. -- 67.58.85.57 ( talk) 13:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
IMDB 102min, here 220? 88.114.29.138 ( talk) 21:25, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Switching out for "I don't believe in remakes. You can make a follow up to a film, but to remake a movie with such history and success just doesn't make sense to me." from here. Not sure why the original ever made it into the article, and in fact am only substituting because from my googling the British media assures me that Christopher Lee was critical of the movie instead of just indifferent to the whole thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.155.125 ( talk) 03:34, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
I saw a version which does not have the "not the bees" scene. The article mentions different versions, but doesn't mention this particular change.