Wolf Creek

FilmMakerr

FilmMakerr

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Who has seen this? Give me your review on the movie, I just viewed this last night, and I have to say its pretty decent, the ending could of used some more work but the director wanted to give a real-feel to it.

The entire movie was shot on HD, and the cinemtography was great, great picture, and I would of never guessed.
 
I read a bunch of horrible reviews for Wolf Creek. I thought it was ok. It's not something I want to watch again, but it did have a certain class about it that is lacking in many wannabe horror movies. I've heard in some reviews, and word of mouth that it was slow paced. I think it was just a different type of movie than most slasher-goers were expecting.

It felt like a mix between the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Joy Ride. The killer had much more depth than I anticipated. He wasn't some mindless zombie going after his prey for no reason. There were rays of information about his background that shown through at times. Some examples would be references to Vietnam, animal abuse, and weird reasoning for killing animals. He was doing a "service" to people by killing some roos, and then jokingly "tourists". Mick was a really gross guy, but at least he wasn't some crazy inbred mindless freak like the guys in "Wrong Turn".

I liked Wrong Turn better the first time when it was an episode of the X-Files called "Home".
 
I thought it rocked. The first 15 minutes are deadly boring...but once it gets going, I think it's a little horror masterpiece. That director (first time feature filmmaker) is going to go places. His shots where so carefully planned. Each sequence is innovative and dense with visual information. And I thought the HD picture looked absolutely amazing. Highly recommend.
 
FilmMakerr said:
lol, yeah, Wolf Creek grew on me. I just don't like the ending.
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I liked the ending. What would have been a better ending to you? I'm genuinely curious.

sean90291 said:
I thought it rocked. The first 15 minutes are deadly boring...but once it gets going, I think it's a little horror masterpiece. That director (first time feature filmmaker) is going to go places. His shots where so carefully planned. Each sequence is innovative and dense with visual information. And I thought the HD picture looked absolutely amazing. Highly recommend.
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I didn't think the first 15 minutes were boring. I liked how it not only established the characters but the surroundings. It was paced in such a way to counterpoint what was to come.

I do think that director is going to go places. I think his production looked like it cost a lot more than it actually did. It probably made quite a bit more than it cost to make too. Just based on economics he'll probably be going places.
 
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Just the fact that the guy walks away like a ghost at the end, I mean, they made him to be some kind of untouchable person, when I'm sure in real life, they could easily catch a serial killer, can't they?
 
The western part of australia is a very scary place man. I've only been to the eastern part of aussie and heard tales of the west. It's one of the most desolate places on earth. It's so sparsely populated and vast that it would be extremely hard to find a serial killer. Especially back when this was supposed to have happened. You couldn't put a dent in the distance you would need to travel to get in the thick of things, even in a helicopter.

Those CSI cop drama shows make it look easy to find serial killers. In reality it's probably closer to Mayberry RFD here in the US where it's good. In Australia, deduct a few points even beyond that.

Take a look at satellite photos of Australia. You'll notice most of it is brown and gross. The areas most people live in are the green regions along the coasts. My impression of australia was that even the populated areas looked fairly sparse. There was a charm to it, but also something ominous.

I liked the ending because it was kind of like Michael Myers in the original Halloween. He just vanishes going from being in a very distinct place to being everywhere.

I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, but I liked the ending.
 
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Maybe you're right, I havn't been to Aus myself, but if its really like that then it makes much more sense. But, I figured Aus wasn't a big place, and people could be found easier. Movie was great though, overall.
 
I loved Wolf Creek. I think I liked it even more when people walked out of the cinema during the torture scenes...

The anticipation that somthing was about to go horribly wrong was really well handled; from the car headlights coming to rescue them; to the uncomfortable conversation around the campfire.

The torure scenes were not explotational either, it's more about tension and atmosphere. I havent seen hostel but from what I hear this handles it in the opposite way.
 
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I loved Wolf Creek. I think I liked it even more when people walked out of the cinema during the torture scenes...

The anticipation that somthing was about to go horribly wrong was really well handled; from the car headlights coming to rescue them; to the uncomfortable conversation around the campfire.

The torure scenes were not explotational either, it's more about tension and atmosphere. I havent seen hostel but from what I hear this handles it in the opposite way.
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I agree. I wouldn't even say there were even any major torture scenes. It was alluded to, but you never really saw the actual torture. Your mind filled in the rest of the gaps from Mick's disgusting behaviour. I love the lights of the truck approaching. That was an extremely well done scene.

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When the girl was tied to the post you never saw her get raped or beaten. You hear her. Mick references to the dead body tied up on the wall, "I gotta whole two months of fun out of her until she lost her head". So your mind started thinking about two months of horror that woman went through, but you never saw it.

The head on a stick scene is also a reference to Vietnam, and it happens very quickly. It's more of an attack than a drawn out torture scene. You think it's a torture scene because of how the killer is describing what he's going to do. That's what sets this movie apart from others like Hostel. It lets your mind put it together, which is worse, IF you have an imagination. If you need everything spoon fed to you, well, yeah this movie was probably boring to you.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is very similar in the way it let your mind fill in the gaps. You saw the house, the hooks, the bones, the and refridgerator. You heard the chainsaw and watched the disturbing behaviour of insane people. If you think about it, that movie didn't have a great amount of gore. Even so, after the movie was over it felt like you watched a massive amount of gore. Because you did, you imagined it.

There are just certain movies I only want to see once. Wolf Creek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Schindler's List, and many others. It's important to me to experience them, but I don't want to watch them repeatedly like I do other more lighthearted films.

"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however is disagreeable, and therefore not popular" - Carl Jung
 
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I didn't like this all that much. Don't get me wrong, it was well done and had potential, but I hated the main characters (especially the women). They were so painfully stupid that they deserved to die. Not once did I get the feeling that they had any sort of survival instinct.

I was pissed off through the entire third act.
 
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