well i liked both versions. when watching this one i tried to think of it as a seperate entity and not comparing to original so i'm able to say i liked both for different reasons. the original was more "wierd"   this strangness was what i liked. nic's version was a little easier for mainstream to handle...it focused more on the direct ritual of the harvest festival i also liked how prominent women were. in a lot of peagan/celtic historically women weren't subseveint and it made more sense for women to be in the forefront i also iddn't like the cop character in the original he was so judgemental, which is why he was so intent on finding the girl w/ nic's version it was becuase of he's connection w/ the mom and daughter(which it was mentioned on another thread that how could he not know, simple if she left as soon as she found out then how would he know esspecially going to a secluded island) i could feel for this guy, the original i had real distain for him...as far as the endings they should have went w/ the new ending it would have been a harder rating but the reviews would have been better so inturn that would have brought in more $$$$