Cursed: so, is it bad?

[Bartwald]

Saw it, Craven fans? I did - and was disappointed. The first half an hour is pretty entertaining though, plus the actors do their jobs well, so I wouldn't call it "bad". Just very disappointing with an AWFUL man-changes-into-a-werewolf scene. Damn the crap CGI!

[Quorthon]

My Mom picked it up for the Library she works for (she's the boss and does the movie buying for the place) and asked if I wanted to watch it. I flatly said no--I think we watched some humerous shlock from the 50's instead.

[Phoenix]

I'm waiting till it hits cable tv. I refuse to pay extra for it b/c I've heard many of the same sentiments about it as you Bart.

[Graveworm]

You do know that Craven doesn't like the movie in the form it is in just now. He stated something like he was not giving any more time or effort into making the movie. As they could just go ahead and release it what ever way they want to. He was severely pissed off with the whole production and the time it took to make it (over 3 years I think). It still wasn't up to Craven's expectations (if that is the correct word to use here), when it was put out that is.

So he doesn't think too highly of it either. I voted No - but it disappointed.


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One thing it does have, for me anyway and that is Judy Greer as she is lovely. She is the main werewolf in the movie. For those who have seen it so you know who I mean

[Bartwald]

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SPOILER ABOVE - DON"T READ THIS, EITHER

Heheh... some strange taste you sport here, Graveworm... Then again, I surprised myself thinking "The girl's got SOMETHING" at some point in the movie. Maybe you're right, after all?

[Graveworm]

I've always had a "thing" for her sinse I saw her in the Mel Gibson movie What Women Want. Glad you kind of agree with me lol

[Bartwald]

graveworm said:

I've always had a "thing" for her sinse I saw her in the Mel Gibson movie What Women Want. Glad you kind of agree with me lol

I sure do! Kind of. And hey: I don't remember her from What Women Want - what's up with that? And I even liked the movie. Well, kind of...

[Graveworm]

Here is a link to her filmography on IMDb.com.

www.imdb.com/name/nm0339460/ Her name was Erin in What Women Want. She was the shy secretery type girl in the ofice, that no body noticed. And one day she was off work ill and Mel Gibson visited her at home, as he wondered why she was off work.

There aint nothing wrong with liking the movie either Bartwald sir. I like it, I like many a different style of movie, horror, comedy, rom/com, drama, thriller, true stories etc etc

[Bartwald]

graveworm said:

There aint nothing wrong with liking the movie either Bartwald sir. I like it, I like many a different style of movie, horror, comedy, rom/com, drama, thriller, true stories etc etc

Ah, sure - same with me. Just kidding back there.

And the secretary no one notices: yes, I remember now. Liked her there, too.

[slayrrr666]

Went with it's all right. I've seen worse werewolf movies out there (as I am a huge fan of these movies) and it had a few good things (the opening attack, the werewolf look, CGI be damned, and I can't say enough good things about the garage scene) and Ricci does look better as the film goes on, but still too much "WB-stars-in-a-horror-movie" feeling to it. I could complain about the final battle, but no use in that one. I've seen worse ones than this one.

And Wes, release the version you originally shot, I'd love to see that version...to compare notes...I guess.

[Bartwald]

How was this version different, slayrrr?

[slayrrr666]

What do you mean?

[Bartwald]

I mean, did Craven ever mention what are the differences between the first version and the one that was released?

[Phoenix]

admin said:

I mean, did Craven ever mention what are the differences between the first version and the one that was released?

There's an interview w/him in Fangoria about it. He never went into specifics about changes but he made it very clear that he doesn't ever plan to make a "director's cut" of the film b/c he was so absolutely sick of the whole thing. He wants nothing more to do with it was the gist of the interview - and he plans on having creative freedom in the future.

[slayrrr666]

The original version was supposed to be radically diffferent. The original script of Cursed had three absolute strangers getting into an automobile accident and attacked by a werewolf. The movie was to star Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, and Skeet Ulrich in the leads. Mandy Moore was to play Jenny (Mya's character) and Ileana Douglas was a gypsy (Now Portia De Rossi). If I remember, Heather Langenkamp, Scott Foley, Omar Epps, Robert Forster, and Corey Feldman were also cast in the project. They filmed a good amount of footage for a story that opened at a PETA party and had its climax in a wax museum. It was supposedly very dark and extremely gory. But that footage was scrapped; the official line from Dimension was that the filming was stalled due to technical problems with the werewolf effects. Other people contend that the studio had problems with the tone of the script and the intensity of the violence. They demanded rewrites, and the production did not pick up for several months. The one out is the reshoot footage from the second production. I wanted to know what the original stuff was, as it featured a non-CGI werewolf and was supposedly a hard-R for gore. That was why I was looking forward to this one.