the Twisted Family
Red Riding Hood
Released: June 2011
Run time: 1 hr 40 mins
For generations a medieval village has been harassed and haunted by a werewolf. A young girl, Valerie, who is in love with an orphaned wood cutter, much to her family's displeasure, is for some unknown reason connected to the werewolf. Valerie's life is at risk as the villagers try to discover the wolfs identity.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Letters to Juliet), Gary Oldman (The Fifth Element, The Dark Knight), Shiloh Fernandez DIRECTOR: Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of Dogtown, Twilight),
WRITER: David Johnson (The Shawshank Redemption, Orphan),
PRODUCED by a team of seven people, including the movies director and Leonardo DiCaprio... Yes, that Leonardo DiCaprio..!
Twisted kid chose this weeks movie:
I love seeing fairy tales turned into films. They are never the same as I have imagined in my head, but I still really like them! I think Little Red Riding Hood is one of the scarier fairy tales, so I'm hoping it makes a good family horror movie.
Miss Twisted:
Looks like a nice gothic fantasy style film... Not sure how it will deliver itself as a horror
Twisted Kid:
Well a wolf terrorizing a village seems pretty scary to me!
Twisted Teen:
Its not a normal wolf, that would be too easy to get rid of, its a werewolf. That's cooler!
Twisted Man Thing:
The thing bothering me is the lead female... Isn't she the one in a bunch of love films?
Miss Twisted:
Yeah it is her, but I'm hoping she has stepped out of the romantic stereo type for this one
Twisted Teen:
I like that its set in the 1300's. Should be some good medieval fight scenes.
Twisted Kid:
Yeah that's what I thought!
1 hour 40 minutes later...
Twisted Teen: *sigh* Just another stupid love story!
Twisted Man Thing: Yep I agree! There were maybe two action scenes and they weren't great
Miss Twisted: I didn't think too much of the story, but visually I loved it! All those deep rustic colours and then her bright red cape. Wow that was a great effect
Twisted Man Thing: But its supposed to be a movie not a flipping photograph!
Twisted Kid: The werewolf was pretty scary
Twisted Teen: Yeah the effects weren't bad
Twisted Kid: And I thought it was really cool that everyone she knew had brown eyes and could have been the wolf!
Miss Twisted: Yeah that was a nice touch, but this is certainly no horror.
Twisted Teen: Agreed.
THE TWISTED FAMILY VERDICT:
2/5 - Hmm... Let's put it in a box and forget about it for a couple of years.
Final thoughts...
Miss Twisted:
You know when you watch a film and you just 'know' its been directed by a woman? Well, this is one of those movies. Everything was just that little bit too soft and gentle. If they had taken it up a notch they would probably have succeeded. Usually I am warning people how a movie may be too much for family viewing, but this is way over at the other end of the scale, because its just not enough to keep them interested.
Twisted Man Thing:
I don't think I will remember very much about this film, which is disappointing because it is a strong cast who played their parts very well, but they were let down by the movie itself.
Twisted Kid:
I thought it was good, but I probably wouldn't watch it often.
Twisted Teen:
Its not something I would watch again, but I did get a great new high score on my mobile phone game!
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