The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man begins with the main character
Edward Malus driving down a highway giving tickets
to wrongdoers when a car ahead of him drops a doll.
Edward then picks up the doll and gives it to the
people in the car ahead of him, when all of a sudden
a truck smashes into the car, killing both people
inside. A few days later, Edward is confronted by a
fellow a police officer who gives him a note that says
there is a missing child on an island named
Summersisle. Edward then decides to go to
Summersisle to find the child (Rowan), but is soon
troubled when all of the residents of the island have
no idea who Edward is talking about. After asking
many people, he finds himself at a classroom, where
there are only female children, all looking very
similar to each other. Edward then looks at the
attendance records of the class and finds out that
everyone has been lying to him, and that Rowan
existed after-all. After learning that Rowan actually
existed, he asked the teacher (Sister Rose) where
Rowan was, finding out that she was burned alive.
Then Edward finds out that there is a festival, and
follows where everyone is going; finding Rowan tied
to a pole. Edward charges for Rowan and saves her,
the follows her to safety, finding out that he was
fooled the whole time and burns alive in the wicker
man.
I found that throughout the entire movie there were
many scenes that didn't contribute anything to the
plot, including Edward Malus purchasing a book
named "Everything's Okay", the book was brought
up further in the movie, but did not have anything to
do with the context of the storyline. Along with this,
there were scenes that seemed to add details to the
finding of Rowan, but as the movie progressed you
find that the scenes didn't actually have any
relevance towards finding her. The overall
characters were interesting, as you slowly learned
more and more details about the ways of
Summersisle, but in the end of the movie none of it
really seemed to add up; the ending was so abrupt.
There were so many little details that could have
lead up to a great ending, but instead lead to a
simplistic and disappointing ending that was easily
predictable from the start.
•Screenwriter: Neil LaBute,
Anthony Shaffer
•Director: Neil Labute
•Year: 2006
•Star Actors' Names: Nicolas
Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate
Beahan
•Awards Received: Best
Cinematography in
Theatrical Feature
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Nicolas Cage with this face -> D:
http://gordonecker.tumblr.com/post/1510946911
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Nicolas Cage with bees around his face
http://veryaware.com/2011/10/things-no-one-sho
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Nicolas Cage in a bear suit