sometimes laughter in the middle of a horror film be a signal of it greatness . i remember the nervous laughter from the audience in the re release of the excorcist really nervous laughter . it punctuate just how freaked out we all be watch the voice of satan come out of a 12 year old girl . in the case of the 2006 remake of the 1972 cult classic the wicker man however and it make me think that this new wickerman be about as scary a the south park character and scuzzlebut and the friendly forest monster with tv patrick duffy for a leg and a celery stalk for an arm who favorite hobby be weave wicker basket . 3 year ago a friend of mine in hollywood tell me that he hear that nicolas cage be go to do a remake of the film . i start laugh and my friend ( keith ) get mad at me tout nicolas cage a a great actor . i just do not think that he could pull it off and unfortunately for moviegoer i be right . go be the realness and the outstanding original music and the originality and the creepiness and the wonderfully powerful dialogue . instead we have horror movie clichés and affect acting and change to the storyline that make any believability fall apart . like many of the countless hollywood remake we have be inundate with lately this feel like we be watch 4th grader on a playground playing wickerman . the original film take place on a remote scottish isle where a scottish police officer be lure there to find a missing young girl name rowan morrison . in the new spin a california cop ( cage ) be lure to an island of the coast of washington state by his ex girlfriend to find her miss daughter . she send a photo and the missing daughter look exactly like a young girl he try to save in a fiery crash not long ago . the crash still haunt him in part because the girl body be never find . yet even after he get a letter with her picture in it that connection be completely cast aside a he head north and alone and to help his ex girlfriend find her daughter . he arrive to find an island full of actor pretend to be the descendant of wiccan and many of whom seem like they do not get call back for role in the village . and like the village it isn not long before you realize there be nothing to be afraid of here . not even the cloudy eye blind sister who speak in unison . i think that the opportunity in hollywood to make great amount of money on a film often come at great expense to the artistry . i think someone like nicolas cage who be in so many film these day lose touch with the magic that film can be when it get to the point where he have a personal chef on the set prepare his snack . we need a bad re make of the wickerman like we need yet another 9 11 movie . i be start to wonder if nicolas change his surname from coppola because he want to or because he be plead with to do so .