From the director who brought you “Twilight“, we now have a new saga called “Red Ridding Hood”. Â Cynthia and I adore “Twilight”, despite what the critics said. Â I was so excited in booking the tickets online so much so that I booked yesterday’s session, instead of today’s. Â So, we had an early weekend celebration.
There are striking similarities between “Twilight” and “Red Ridding Hood”. Â The narration, the rather helpless leading female actress, and even the fathers of Valerie of “Red Ridding Hood” and Bella of “Twilight” are acted by the same person. Â There are werewolves in “Hood”, but there is no vampires (yet?) Â In “Twilight”, we see Bella falling in love while in “Hood”, Valerie has already fallen in love since the beginning. Â Hence, in a way, “Hood” is more a suspense type of movie than a romance type drawing us to the center of the plot: Who and where is the big bad wolf? Â Looking from that perspective, the story is full of twists. Â It got me hooked all the way to the end guessing who is what and with what motive. Â The two opposing forces appear to be well matched. Â At some point, I really had no idea which way the story would go. Â Gary Oldman plays the Witchfinder General who takes over the village and volunteers to hunt the big bad wolf. Â I love his acting (since the Fifth Element days). Â And you may think, how cool if he is a big bad vampire eh?
Amanda Seyfried is beautiful. Â She is perfect for this role. Â I cannot say much about the two boys who are suppose to romance her. Â The chemistry seems missing. Â Perhaps since the part on falling in love is not there, there is hardly any opportunity for relationship development. Â If there is a sequel (sure hope there is), I bet these boys could be replaced with someone more suitable for Amanda.