Red Riding Hood

[Hector]

I think there's room for both.

the G rated version for the kiddies...and the original graphic one for adults.

See? We can all co-exist here...

[Meule]

My point exactly. They may not see the movie, but the previews are on TV for all to see, and they can really scare little kids.

There are previews on TV for movies that are far more scary than this will ever be.
I really think you're overthinking this.
I got to hear the original red riding hood story as a kid, where grandma got eaten and the wolf was killed and I turned out OK for the most part that is

[The Toyroom]

There are previews on TV for movies that are far more scary than this will ever be.
I really think you're overthinking this.

Heck I get freaked out with previews for exorcism/demonic possession flicks Sonme of those trailers are creepier than Red Riding Hood

[samurainoir]

Company of Wolves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8W6F...eature=related

[Earth 2 Chris]

I've never seen Company of Wolves, but I always thought the guy on the video cover looked like Steven Tyler.

I saw previews for "Red Riding Hood" last night, and it looked okay. It looked more horrorific than Twilight to me, but who knows.

Chris

[ctc]

>Company of Wolves

OH YEAH! I never even thought of that, but yeah; you're right!

>It looked more horrorific than Twilight to me

Agreed; but they have borrowed some of the imagry: that weird bluish haze everything is filmed through, hunky werewolf abs. Although the girl In Red shows some expression.

Don C.

[TrueDave]

Ever see Grim Reality Tales?
You won't I hope. Local film . I've worked with the guys. Terrible film.
I get sick of Kids stuf into Horror stuff. McFarlane and his stuff with Oz, Riding hood and christmas.
In art school we had words for when people would do this.
A chick made some molds of a Virgin mary and cast them in choclate topless.
The words are : cheap, obvious, low brow.
People who cant make good stories do this Exploitation stuff.
Smurfs as Cenobites? Trix bunny an addict? Rainbow Bright a hooker?
grow up.
I know Red Riding Hood is a scary story. I've just never seen it adapted into a good film. I dont really want to. I can live without " The Kitten who thought it was a Mouse" being a movie.
I'd be more interested in getting ahold of the original stories before they were toned down 100 years ago.

Kids SHOULD have scary things in thier stories. Its fun !

[fallensaviour]

It's already been done!!!
The company of wolves.
Move along hollywood COME ON ALREADY!!!

[Brazoo]

I think Burton's Alice in Wonderland making boatloads of cash and Twighllight makes this a Hollywood no-brainer.

Personally, I think this movie looks like somethin' the cat drugged in.

[ctc]

>I think this movie looks like somethin' the cat drugged in.

HAW!

I dunno; I’ve noticed a trend with me and movies the last few years, and this one looks like it continues it. I’ve seen lots of movies that I don’t like, but don’t hate. They’re just sort of there. Competently done, nothing jarring, decent follow-through but completely unoriginal. Nothing stands out, nothing new or surprising.... Everything exactly as I expect.

Werewolves are tricky ‘cos they’re so well known and so well defined. It’s tough to come up with something different. I had the same problem with the last big Wolf-Man movie: it was very well done, so I couldn’t complain; but I’d seen it before a zillion times, so I couldn’t be impressed.

In some ways they’re really expensive B-movies; except that the old B-movies had no names, budget or schedule so they had to do something offbeat to entertain. (Note I didn’t say “GOOD.”) These ones do the opposite, with big budgets, names and skill; but they lack the viscera or strangeness of their predecessors.

Don C.

[Brazoo]

>I think this movie looks like somethin' the cat drugged in.

HAW!

I dunno; I’ve noticed a trend with me and movies the last few years, and this one looks like it continues it. I’ve seen lots of movies that I don’t like, but don’t hate. They’re just sort of there. Competently done, nothing jarring, decent follow-through but completely unoriginal. Nothing stands out, nothing new or surprising.... Everything exactly as I expect.

Werewolves are tricky ‘cos they’re so well known and so well defined. It’s tough to come up with something different. I had the same problem with the last big Wolf-Man movie: it was very well done, so I couldn’t complain; but I’d seen it before a zillion times, so I couldn’t be impressed.

In some ways they’re really expensive B-movies; except that the old B-movies had no names, budget or schedule so they had to do something offbeat to entertain. (Note I didn’t say “GOOD.”) These ones do the opposite, with big budgets, names and skill; but they lack the viscera or strangeness of their predecessors.

Don C.

Yeah - I agree with this. There's a lot of big budget colour-by-numbers stuff going on now. "Alice In Wonderland" is an example I would use - it's disguised as a 'reimagining' of the classic told by a modern "visionary", but it was really a sanitized version of a highly creative and wild story - scripted in handbook Robert McKee style.

Just the idea of taking a well known story and making it a quest with a battle with a monster at the end is the most basic B-movie approach they could have taken - but - it's like the 4 or 5 biggest grossing movie in history - so I guess we have to expect more like that for a while!

In a way big budget movies ARE made the way B-movies are made. The idea of the movie and the cast is what secures the cash - not the script - and I think that's the main problem. Then they're cranked out a quickly as possible - usually in order to make certain opening weekends - but also to cash in on popular trends - just the way B-movies do.

[ctc]

>There's a lot of big budget colour-by-numbers stuff going on now.

5 Hollywood Secrets That Explain Why So Many Movies Suck | Cracked.com

I don't think it's just "right now." (HOW MANY "Animal House" rips did I have to live through as a teen in the 80's?) But I think it's more pronounced since we don't really have an alternative movie scene. The smaller production houses all work for/are owned by/kiss up to the big companies, so they end up playing by the same rules. And as the article shows, they tend to all draw from the same well.

Don C.

[Brazoo]

Yeah - but Don those "Animal House" rip-offs WERE B-movies, not the biggest budget movies of the year like the one's I thought you were talking about.

[johnnystorm]

There's more than a few comic book versions of the fairy tales, this being the most successful:

Zenescope Entertainment

The first issues command pretty hefty prices over $100 dollars or so. Sadly, the cover art is always way better than what's inside.

[samurainoir]

^^


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