The character of man is such a shiftable thing.

 Seeing as how the Harvest Moon is tonight, I had to watch The Wolfman earlier today.  Ever since I started screening these movies, this one has been calling my name and tonight was the perfect night.  I've heard both good and bad reactions to this and the bad are mostly trolls and nerdy fanboys who just don't want to see change and there is no version of this movie that would appease them.  This phenomenon has and is still plaguing all of Universal's monster remakes in their Dark Universe.  The "fans" who aren't happy are the loudest and get the most attention.  On the other hand, if Universal hadn't stopped caring about their monster properties and did something with them prior to these remakes, it might be a different story.  It's like having an older cousin that everyone praises but you've never met and then one random day you meet and are expected to get along great.  NOt gonna happen.  Also, there's a better analogy in me but it's almost 2AM and I have to get up for work in 4 hours. 
  Watching this again, I find it hard to believe I did not put two and two together about John Talbot.  It seems so obvious on these subsequent viewings so I am just going to blame it on the fact that in 2010 I was just excited to see my favorite monster on the screen again.  As I've always said, the only true gripe I have with the film is that they had Rick Baker involved and chose to do a CG transformation.  Let me correct that, they had a Rick Baker that REALLY wanted to do a practical effects transformation scene and they went with CGI.  Other than that, I think it is a decent film that the whole family can enjoy.  The adults can, don;t show it to the children, that will mess them up.  Side note, I went to Hollywood Horror Nights this year and they had this version of the WolfMan in their Universal Monsters maze.

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