Rating of
3/4
Werewolves Finally Get Credit
Matthew Sanchelli - wrote on 08/15/07
You will find a lot of people making a comparison of this movie to the novel it was based off of. Of course you're going to have a comparison and of course certain liberties are going to be taken between transposing something from the a book to the screen. GET OVER IT!
Sorry, had to speak my piece.
I saw the movie first and read the book second. As great as it would have been to see the movie stick more along the lines of the book; the movie held it's own.
The movie gave werewolves the due that they have been over-due for a long time. Usually werewolves are usually shown as savage and ravage beasts. This movie gave them the image of a race trying to live; of course there will be some rebels in any group. But this film also gave them a little bit of sexuality, or tranquility that you usually seen as a characteristic of most vampires (or at least in more proper depictions of vampires).
If you want a change of pace from most of the blood and guts demon and monster movies...I think you'll find this to be a good filler. Of anything, it's not quite horror, it's not quite drama....but it could be a decent date movie.
