Teen Wolf & Teen Wolf Too
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Movie Reviews of Teen Wolf & Teen Wolf Too
Movie Review: Your typical 80's teen comedy...
Summary: 4 Stars
Let's see: a 'geeky' guy is on some sports team that REALLY needs to win. He also has this unpopular girl as his friend (who happnes to have a crush on him), and has a crush on the most beautiful & popular girl in school, who couldn't care less about him. Suddenly, the guy discovers he had inherited the family 'curse' - he is a werewolf. After the initial scare, he finds out he can use it to his advantage - he helps his sports team win, which makes him popular, which attracts the beautiful & popular girlfriend, which makes her boyfriend (who is, incidentaly, on the opposite team) mad, which leads to a big fight, which leads our protagonist to the conclusion that he had abused his power as a werewolf and the importance of team work. This leads to a confrontation with some sort of an authority figure, but eventually the team (lead and inpired by the protagonist) wins the day, and the guy gets together with the geeky girl he discovers he liked all along.Since this can describe both the movies, the unoriginal & repeated story line is the biggest fault I could find with the Teen Wolf 2 movie. OK, that and the fact Michael J. Fox (who made the most of the 1st film) wasn't in it.
These are typical early tot mid 80's teen dramas, and the fun in them (at least for me) is the memories rather than the story and the laughs. And oh yeah, Michael J. Fox.
Movie Review: "Teen Wolf" Was Robbed
Summary: 4 Stars
This DVD is a disgrace to the epic masterpiece that is "Teen Wolf." I grew up watching this movie every other day on a scratchy old VHS we taped off of network TV. My brothers and I memorized nearly every line. It's humorous, eccentric, sentimental; a freakin' great movie."Teen Wolf Too," on the other hand, should never have existed. It is shameful that instead of loading this disc with extras from the original movie (it would have been great to see some of those scenes shot for TV, or even some commentary and outtakes), they put the ... retread sequel on here, whose first and greatest sin is that it is without Michael J. Fox.
I love the original "Teen Wolf" and the DVD is worth buying just to get a good version of it, but it deserved better treatment. Much, much better. Whoever is responsible for this should be ashamed of themselves.
Movie Review: GIVE ME A KEG OF BEER!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is funny becaue of Jerry Levine. His character (Styles) is far and away the funniest thing about this movie. With repeated viewings, the movie as a whole isn't as interesting, but certain lines and scenes never stop being funny, and, for some reason, I like the ending too. Jerry Levine's agent should have parlayed Levine's role here into a comedy career for Levine, but that never happened. Michael J. Fox gives a typical performance, but it's affecting, and sincere. The basketball scenes are hysterical, particularly in light of his lack of height and basketball skills. The supporting cast is good, with Styles leading the way as top WOLF BUDDY. I recommend it for Levine's performance and a handful of great one liners. As far as the sequel goes, stick to reruns of The Hogan Family if you want to see Jason Bateman in the 80s-Movie Review: Like Highlander, there can be only one
Summary: 4 Stars
The only reason I'm not giving This forthcoming DVD five stars is that it's paired with the sequel, which is better left in the vaults of the MIB. The original is, simply put, a masterpiece that transcends the genre of teen movies. It takes the clever idea of using lycanthropy as a coming of age symbol and plays it out beautifully. Michael J. Fox is at his best, and the rest of the cast compliment with excellent chemistry. It's just as fun to watch the tenth time around as the first; I'm finding myself memorizing and quoting it like Star Wars. The sequel does it no justice. Jason Bateman does OK, but the script was too much an attempt to duplicate the original, while the first movie clearly broke ground.Movie Review: Howling Good Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I must admit that this is a good movie, despite the horrible make-up that Micheal J. Fox wears when he transforms into the "wolf". Why is it that every movie (and TV Show) that has a werewolf in it, the "werewolf" looks more like Bigfoot than an actual wolf? Hellsing is the only movie that I could think of that doesn't turn the werewolf into a Bigfoot rip-off.
But Teen Wolf is a good movie about this basketball star that becomes a werewolf, and his father is too. I never saw the sequel to Teen Wolf, and from what I hear that's a very good thing. This is a movie from my childhood and it's very good, despite that Bigfoot make-up.