Red Riding Hood

[DACrowe]

AWIL must be the best Werewolf movie ever made(I have not seen Neil Jordon's 'Company of Wolves' so don't know if he took the RRH story in that direction. I saw the first half hour of it at a friends house b4 i had to split, and it looked v good), but I always thought Mike Nichol's 'Wolf' was a decent enough werewolf movie, definitely good, maybe even great. I mean, I don't think there was anything wrong with the film, so it was just more of a case of whether you liked the story or not.

AWIL is the second best. The original The Wolf Man circa 1941 is the same story with a few other elements of Greek tragedy (albeit less black comedy).

As for recent quality werewolf films I can only think of Dog Soldiers and Brotherhood of the Wolf, the latter of which doesn't really count. The Underworld movies are fun, but far from being good or quality beyond some great make-up effects, casting and cinematography (at least in the first two). The Wolfman of last year was visually amazing....but had a horrid screenplay, lackluster direction and a lifeless pace. Too bad because it is visually gorgeous.

Looks like Red Riding Hood is another Twilight clone. Oh well, I didn't expect anything else. I wish they went with the original title (The Girl with the Red Riding Hood) so that we could read about how it stole its title in an unimaginative way as well. I will wait for HBO now, I guess.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

It's okay. Critics are being harsh because it's an easy target and they need something to complain about in order to attract readers. The movie is your typical B-horror flick. It's a throwback to the Hammer films. They just added the romance, so they could cash-in on Twilight. But it's very minimal. The werewolf mystery is definitely the center of the story. Like I said, it's okay. It's a rental.

Cool. Wife and I are going to see it this week. Its funny you mention the old Hammer movies. I immediately noticed just a hint of that when I started seeing the previews.

 

[Catman]

So is Gary Oldman badass in that purple robe only he could pull off?

Yes.

Brotherhood of the Wolf,

That's the one with the Native American who knows martial arts? If so, then yeah, it's kinda awesome. But also kinda dumb.

 

[jacobed]

Just saw this movie with the girlfriend wow it's bad.

 

[Figs]

So does the wolf turn out to be the girl in this?

 

[jacobed]

So does the wolf turn out to be the girl in this?

Spoiler

No its the woodcutter guy that she likes.

 

[Maximus One]

At least somebody remembers Brotherhood of The Wolf, awesome movie

 

[Catman]

Spoiler

No its the woodcutter guy that she likes.

I assume you're joking, but no, that's not THE werewolf.

 

[Rowsdower!]

At least somebody remembers Brotherhood of The Wolf, awesome movie

Ah yes. Love that movie. Not sure why no one seems to remember it.

Any director does a transition shot from Monica Belluci's rack to a pair of mountains is a f**king genius.

 

[jacobed]

I assume you're joking, but no, that's not THE werewolf.

yeah I screwed that up [BLACKOUT]in my head I was thinking the name Peter but its Cesare[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Marx]

I just saw this last night. The trailer was so deceiving. There were parts of the movie that were good, but the majority of it was just bad. Major thumbs down to who was revealed to the wolf.

 

[Marx]

The 'Rate The Movie' poll has been added!

 

[AndThePickles]

I ended up not going to see this...sounds like I made the right decision.

 

[WildcatNC]

When i first saw the trailer I thought I might go see it but after looking more into it I will never bother wasting my time.

Sounds like tween fare and crap. I will never watch the twilights either.