Werewolves, and similiar creatures seem to be running wild in the media lately, and Red Riding Hood offers a full dose to anyone who is automatically interested in the latest hype. The story begins with showing Valerie's developing romance with Peter even though she is promised to be married to another, Hunter. If that wasn't enough to bother her, a wolf keeps Valerie's village in torment after one of the villagers breaks the pact by venturing into the wolf's territory, and is killed. A hunter arrives to find to the wolf, and casts speculation on every local as they speculate on who might be the wolf. Peter, and Hunter draw attention to themselves at suspects as they still fight for Valerie's attention.
The movie is advertised as a horror film, but it definitely does not stay consistent with the image it percieved. It had some moments that would have made great for a horror movie, and it was able to capture the intensity of the fear. The movie eventually focuses too much on the romance in the end, which takes away from the feeling of what it was advertised. The setting is beautiful though, and it helps with the overall feel they were trying to capture.
I felt like Catherine Hardwick was trying to prove she could have directed the other Twilight movies that involved CGI wolves. She was even titled 'The director of the Twilight' movie on posters, and in the full length trailer. It was really difficult for me to seperate the movie from it because of that, and I think it affected the audience's view too. The CGI werewolf was not scary, and did not look like the traditional werewolves which are supposed to be scary. Instead he looked similiar to the recent werewolves showing up in the more romantic driven media. The biggest thing that probably hurt this movie was the ending, which didn't make too much sense. After spending hours hoping for something that would spin us back into the horror movie direction, we instead feel we are watching someone who intented to incorporate everything they wanted to in Twilight into this movie.
The movie is entertaining, and kept my interest. I felt there were many things that could have been done that could have caused it to be recognized as a better movie than it turned out to be. The movie is out today on DVD and Blu-ray.
The movie is advertised as a horror film, but it definitely does not stay consistent with the image it percieved. It had some moments that would have made great for a horror movie, and it was able to capture the intensity of the fear. The movie eventually focuses too much on the romance in the end, which takes away from the feeling of what it was advertised. The setting is beautiful though, and it helps with the overall feel they were trying to capture.
I felt like Catherine Hardwick was trying to prove she could have directed the other Twilight movies that involved CGI wolves. She was even titled 'The director of the Twilight' movie on posters, and in the full length trailer. It was really difficult for me to seperate the movie from it because of that, and I think it affected the audience's view too. The CGI werewolf was not scary, and did not look like the traditional werewolves which are supposed to be scary. Instead he looked similiar to the recent werewolves showing up in the more romantic driven media. The biggest thing that probably hurt this movie was the ending, which didn't make too much sense. After spending hours hoping for something that would spin us back into the horror movie direction, we instead feel we are watching someone who intented to incorporate everything they wanted to in Twilight into this movie.
The movie is entertaining, and kept my interest. I felt there were many things that could have been done that could have caused it to be recognized as a better movie than it turned out to be. The movie is out today on DVD and Blu-ray.
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