During spring break I had a lot of time to do whatever I wanted!! I watched plenty of movies on Netflix and an abundance of Lifetime movies. But as I said in my last post, the movie of choice in the box office this week was Red Riding Hood. The movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez and Max Irons.
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In this version of the classic kids tale, Red Riding Hood is a girl named Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), who lives in a small village called Daggerhorn that has been plagued by the curse of a werewolf for years. Valerie is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to marry Henry, Valerie and Peter plan to runaway together until Valerie’s older sister is killed by the werewolf which broke the truce the beast had maintained with the people for years. Hungry for revenge, the people call on werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon stirs things up when he suggest that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises, panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast making her both suspect and bait.
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The Good
Ok so I have seen hundreds of movies and I think I have gotten pretty good at predicting how a movie will turn out. I would say I have about a 65 percent success rate but I did NOT accurately predict Red Riding Hood. Throughout the movie, they try to frame different people who might be the werewolf. I thought I knew who the wolf was but I was wrong .I love a movie that has a twist that I do not predict because it adds more value to the movie for me. This movie also did a good job on putting a spin on the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood. It had all of the major focus points of the original story but integrated them differently into the movie.
The Bad
It was clear to me that the director Catherine Hardwicke (the director of the first Twilight film) was trying to cash in on the current Twilight craze by targeting the movie towards teenage girls. If they would have aimed at a broader target audience it would have been better and possibly added more depth to the movie. On another note, even though I thought the movie had a great storyline, I think they could have put more thought into the dialogue. It was blan and seemed like it was mostly delivered as if this were a high-school play.
Overall
I went into this movie not expecting much because of my disappointment with the previous movie Beastly. Going in with low expectations, I was pleasantly surprised. Red Riding hood was generally a good movie with a great story line. The storyline was intriguing but they could have drawn me in more with better dialogue. Therefore, Red Riding Hood gets a 7.9 on the Chan-o-meter. According to www.deadline.com, Red Riding Hood came in a disappointing third place, to Battle of Los Angeles (first) and Rango (second), bringing in $14.1 million.
On to the next
I have not decided on what movie I want to see next. There are a lot of movies I want to see that hit the theaters recently but I cannot decide which one I want to see!! So I want yall to decide for me! Which of the following movies do you think I should see next Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer, or Sucker Punch?? Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!!
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