(I've seen ever Twilight movie to date, opening night. Now I know you are about to start bashing on me, maybe even call me a fan of Twilight, but know that my one simple defense is: I have a teenage sister who loves the series.)
Alright back to the topic at hand. This film, both in story and in direction top the Twilight films.
(If you are still wondering why I'm comparing the two, it's because this is directed by Catherine Hardwicke who directed the first Twilight film, and started that movie franchise off on the right foot, however vapid and empty the writing is, Catherine Hardwicke did a great job.)
Sorry, I keep going off topic. Red Riding Hood's plot is very basic in it's retelling format, but has a few nice twists I appreciated. Now don't get me wrong, I made fun of this movie so much before it released, but I was very impressed with the quality of the film when I saw it on the big screen. My soft spot for "dark heroes" got the better of not only my wallet and time, but my judgment as well.
The CGI in this film was great. However I was, and always am, disappointed when werewolves are portrayed as quadrupeds. For as long as I've known werewolf lore they're always depicted as bipeds, man with the features of wolves.
Amanda Seyfried was somewhat less creepy looking than her previous films. This was a major attribute to how much I enjoyed her acting in this movie, though campy and slightly over drawn, was believable. Shiloh Fernandez (if you haven't seen Deadgirl, you're in for a treat) played his talentless and very cliche role well, but then again I am a sucker for dark hero archetypes. This film has a simple, but dramatic competition between Peter (Shiloh) and Henry (Max Irons) for the hand of Valerie (Amanda) that probably wont make you go as far as to make a "Team Peter" or "Team Henry" t-shirt, but was good for the quality of this movie.
Not to give any spoilers, but the ending was an unforeseeable twist, and I enjoyed how they left no evidence for the audience to deduce the ending before they showed you. This to me is what makes movies, the ending. Leaving you baffled, surprised, excited, happy or upset. I've seen far too many movies with "cop out" endings cough Inception cough that are so fantastically disappointing, they leave me with a feeling of "Oh, well that was just a waste of my money."
All in all, was worth the price of a movie ticket, if you are a Twilight fan.
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