Right off the grip I'd just like to ask the world at large, "Why?! What is going on with this new genre (I'm gonna call it the twimance genre for the time being)?" It appears to have spawned from the incredible success of the twilight saga and has developed into something of a cinematic style and even scarier, a formula. Red Riding Hood is the latest (along with Beastly which I am not going to see) addition to the genre and the first that I have actually sat through. Red Riding Hood is a somewhat distorted version of Little Red Riding Hood that was adapted to the twimance formula. As it was, I found Red Riding Hood hard to believe. Who could believe that a tiny rural village would be such a hotbed of lies, lust, and infidelity? The movie never really put a specific location on the village and woods, but they spoke with American accents and given the amount of inbreeding the movie hinted at I'm going to assume it took place somewhere in Appalachia. It did bother me though, besides the twilight style 'who do I choose?' romance thing the movie was hinting at, that despite imminent danger this village was so sexually charged, even among the adults. The acting in this movie was all right given what the actors worked with. The writing was at times unbearably cheesy. The music fit the mood if not the assumed time period. I don't think that many people can discredit the visual style of the twimance genre as a whole. It is somewhat impressive. Red Riding Hood wasn't an exception. It did look pretty good and even the wolf effects were above average. I've been sitting on this review for too long so without further ado my verdict: Red Riding Hood 5.5/10.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Red Riding Hood
Right off the grip I'd just like to ask the world at large, "Why?! What is going on with this new genre (I'm gonna call it the twimance genre for the time being)?" It appears to have spawned from the incredible success of the twilight saga and has developed into something of a cinematic style and even scarier, a formula. Red Riding Hood is the latest (along with Beastly which I am not going to see) addition to the genre and the first that I have actually sat through. Red Riding Hood is a somewhat distorted version of Little Red Riding Hood that was adapted to the twimance formula. As it was, I found Red Riding Hood hard to believe. Who could believe that a tiny rural village would be such a hotbed of lies, lust, and infidelity? The movie never really put a specific location on the village and woods, but they spoke with American accents and given the amount of inbreeding the movie hinted at I'm going to assume it took place somewhere in Appalachia. It did bother me though, besides the twilight style 'who do I choose?' romance thing the movie was hinting at, that despite imminent danger this village was so sexually charged, even among the adults. The acting in this movie was all right given what the actors worked with. The writing was at times unbearably cheesy. The music fit the mood if not the assumed time period. I don't think that many people can discredit the visual style of the twimance genre as a whole. It is somewhat impressive. Red Riding Hood wasn't an exception. It did look pretty good and even the wolf effects were above average. I've been sitting on this review for too long so without further ado my verdict: Red Riding Hood 5.5/10.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Adventures in Netflix: Monsters
Given that the words indie and sci-fi often don't work well together Monsters breaks the mold as a surprisingly good indie sci-fi film. The two main actors were above average and the movie looked and sounded great. Also, while there weren't many, the effects were, again, surprisingly good. What surprised me most was probably how moving this film was. The story was really simple but with that simplicity came a chance to explore the beauty of the movie's landscape as well as the simple beauty of the two character's stories. In particular I thought Andrew's relationship with his son was touching and, the last sequence (which I won't give away) was pretty spectacular. 4/5 Stars
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