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   Hunter says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:30am

   Great trailer!
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   Ryan Adams says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:32am

   Much better than I ever expected. Scary good.
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   Magaly says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:42am

   well that certainly exceeded my expectations..
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   JR says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:48am

   I go to say it looks pretty damn good. Damn Universal for pushing it back for the umpteenth time.
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   bambi says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:57am

   Looks awesome and much better than Avatar (effects are certainly better). I dunno why they keep pushing this back but it looks like a good werewolf movie.
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   Kevin Klaw says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:58am

   Good sign that Universal seems to be taking it in a new direction rather than just a standard remake of the 1941 film.
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   Noah R. says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:14pm

   Not bad. I see Anthony Hopkins is doing the standard phoned-in Anthony Hopkins performance to give the film automatic street-cred, but otherwise, it’s a solid trailer. And I’ll watch Benicio Del Toro in just about anything.
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   Ryan Griffin says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:14pm

   Looks better than expected, but too bad it’s been pushed to February, where movies go to die.
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   Flapp says:
   Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:20pm

   Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

   I liked!

   Reallt better than I could imagine!
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    nic says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:25pm

    The release date move doesnt really mean that much. It has already been proven that audiences will show up in any month if there is a movie they want to see. The best example is Fast and Furious which pulled in a huge 70 million in april, and that was also from universal. Just because it is in a slow month doesnt mean it wont be a hit
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    Afrika says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:28pm

    Emily Blunt doesn’t look good in this. Apart from her, everyone else looks pretty stellar. Should be good.
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    ORDINARY COW says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:39pm

    let me say the special fx look great, also art direction, costumes, cinematography, sound… but the score is like the same score of every trailer, the same explosion at the end of the trailer…
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    bambi says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:44pm

    Lucian the Lycan Leader yells “I`ll kill you, all of you!” much better than Benicio who is, like, Oscar winner. he won`t be as great a werewolf as Underworld one or Jacob Black. But the rest looks good, Hugo Weaving as Van Helsing-for-wolves in particular.
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    filmboymichael says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:47pm

    this looks much better than i had ever expected…..to be honest, was expecting Van Helsing redux….

    really love the old archetypes they seem to employ.
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    Ryan Griffin says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:48pm

    Nic, I didn’t mean the movie wouldn’t make money because it’s February, but that February is the time of year studios dump their duds. That move tells me the studio isn’t feeling the movie.
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    filmboymichael says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:51pm

    Hey Ryan G,

    I think that studios are starting to not pay attention so much with the old adage that this month is a dumping ground or that month is poison….I think what studios are starting to do is put a movie in a place where they may hold the monopoly for a bit of time allowing there movie to have legs and possibly turn a bigger profit….

    I think if the product is right, the people will buy a ticket…..this looks great – and if it is the only film around at that time, it’s going to make a killing – imho
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    jane farley says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:00pm

    To Ryan Griffin, I know that’s the conventional wisdom but I think it’s changing a lot. If the goal is Oscars then no, of course you don’t run it in the winter months. But if you have a good film and you want to make money — which is, after all, the goal of this business — then you find a time when there’s not a lot of product. I think Taken and Mall Cop last year are perfect examples. Good movies for their genres and very profitable. Websites like this focus so much on the awards — something I enjoy as well — but really it’s about people going to the movies because they enjoy them and moviemakers making the dosh.
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    Joolz says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:01pm

    Loved it. Looks like entertainment.
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    tmoves says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:03pm

    Oh, that looks kind of toothsome. Nice trailer. A lot shown. Why couldn’t they get this out before February?
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    Yvette says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:11pm

    Love this trailer!!! Can’t wait to see it but I am sure it won’t be as good as ‘New Moon’….just kidding
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    bambi says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:13pm

    Well, New Moon is an excellent werewolf book so I expect no less from the movie. But Wolfman should also be great.
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    Meredith says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:43pm

    Wow – this looks really scary. Can’t wait! Anthony Hopkins always seems to play this role though.
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    Anthony says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:53pm

    Yay! I’m excited!

    Meredith – ” Anthony Hopkins always seems to play this role though.”

    I was thinking the very same thing…
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    Daren says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:06pm

    Well that was shocking, I did not think I would be this excited about the movie. That was a great trailer.
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    Other Ryan says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 3:11pm

    Quite good. Enjoyed the back half of the trailer more. Really visceral special effects.

    Too bad it’s not releasing near Halloween. I would be first in line to see it. February is when I try to catch up on the Oscar-nominated films.
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    OscarMovieBuff84 says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:21pm

    That looked really good (suprisingly so!) for a movie that is getting dumped in February and has had at least two significant release changes just earlier this summer it looked like Universal was measuring it as an Oscar contender. In February those hopes will be dashed but still in play for Makeup (definitely), S. Ef Ed, S. Mix, and Vis. Ef.

    It looks to be a refined horror something we haven’t had lately.
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    Kay says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:54pm

    looks good.
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    Matthew Barker says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:02pm

    Looks great! I am a sucker for a good Victorian gothic horror, especially one with Anthony Hopkins in it!
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    SaltireFlower says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:17pm

    Way more excited for this than for Avatar. Great cast, great trailer.
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    Tyler says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:40pm

    junk
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    Ryan Adams says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:41pm

    Something to be said for, whatchamacallit, “acting” and the whole “words coming out of mouths” thing, isn’t there?
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    Flapp says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:44pm

    “Way more excited for this than for Avatar. Great cast, great trailer.”

    Saltire Flower, me too.
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    Nick K. says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:54pm

    Well, it certainly has potential. But the last time they did a famous movie monster remake with Anthony Hopkins, the results were far from stellar. I’ll still keep my fingers crossed for this one.
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    Matthew Barker says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:01pm

    I must confess this trailer did excite me more than the Avatar one, too. The Avatar trailer did not thrill me at all, and did not really give me any indication of story. I am hoping the film itself turns out to be more thrilling than the trailer!
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    Matthew Barker says:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:36pm

    “The last time they did a famous movie monster remake with Anthony Hopkins, the results were far from stellar.”

    Dare I say it? I think you can blame the director for that one!
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    Retlaw Kciuq says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 1:25am

    You definitely cannot blame Gary Oldman. IMO he owned that role!
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    Matthew Barker says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 1:29am

    I think we can very safely blame it on the overindulgence of the director, and the casting of Keanu Reeves as Johnathon harker! Oldman and Hopkins were brilliant.
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    LoyalT says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 7:07am

    I’ll watch anything Emily Blunt is in!!!
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    Chamboosy says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 9:06am

    Brilliant stuff! Hopefully this does well… but not too well that people think that another American Werewolf In Tokyo/Sydney/Texas film would be a good idea.

    Joe Johnston has always turned in damn enjoyable films – even if they do turn out to be immensley mediocre half the time.
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    UnderMySkin says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10:33am

    Nice and scary! Reminded me of Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1992. Smells good!))))))
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    Tufas says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 12:55pm

    Stunning trailer. This one and Avatar are truly how trailers should be edited and scored.

    The Wolfman in particular seems destined to some recognition in the Art Direction, Make-up and Costume department.

    Can’t wait

    T.
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    Chilldude says:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 1:51pm

    Not impressed. Benicio seems lazy in this, which is either a testament to his performance or the poor editing of the trailer. I’ll also agree with the phoned in Hopkins comment. And the whole thing looks so damn digital.