The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020). Very disappointed and angry. I have been wanting to see this for a while.
That's a fun concept, you know?
But then most of the narrative with Marshall was consumed by the equivalency made between his alcoholism and the allegory of hunting down this monster that's killing people and his denial of it being anything other than a human man. I thought it'd be a dark comedy ala The Dead Don't Die (2019); it wasn't. The worst part is that without a quirky music choice(you know the kind, like Drowning Mona, to let you know that yes, these people are assholes but it's funny because it's absurd) the increasingly frequent angry outbursts by Marshall don't come across as quirky or funny in their absurdity. He's a huge dick to literally everyone and it makes him unlikable.
I get it. They wanted to lean into the "alcoholism=werewolf hunt" thing they were doing. So, his outbursts as the film goes on, are actually supposed to heighten our concern for his fracturing stability. Except, from scene one, he's short, he yells, and he blusters. Again, the only thing I can think is that it was intended to be humorous, that he's the "uptight guy" who cartoonishly rants at folks about petty stuff. But without that music that lets you take it light-hearted, instead, it's this guy with a short fuse abusing everyone.
Tl;dr :: it had a tone problem. And by the by, the plot is very run of the mill.
Quote: Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, Officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.
That's a fun concept, you know?
But then most of the narrative with Marshall was consumed by the equivalency made between his alcoholism and the allegory of hunting down this monster that's killing people and his denial of it being anything other than a human man. I thought it'd be a dark comedy ala The Dead Don't Die (2019); it wasn't. The worst part is that without a quirky music choice(you know the kind, like Drowning Mona, to let you know that yes, these people are assholes but it's funny because it's absurd) the increasingly frequent angry outbursts by Marshall don't come across as quirky or funny in their absurdity. He's a huge dick to literally everyone and it makes him unlikable.
I get it. They wanted to lean into the "alcoholism=werewolf hunt" thing they were doing. So, his outbursts as the film goes on, are actually supposed to heighten our concern for his fracturing stability. Except, from scene one, he's short, he yells, and he blusters. Again, the only thing I can think is that it was intended to be humorous, that he's the "uptight guy" who cartoonishly rants at folks about petty stuff. But without that music that lets you take it light-hearted, instead, it's this guy with a short fuse abusing everyone.
Tl;dr :: it had a tone problem. And by the by, the plot is very run of the mill.