I promise you are going to read a review of a recently-released film, but before you do, why don't you see if you can guess which film I am going to discuss. OK, the movie is about an unremarkable young woman who is caught in a love triangle with two hunky guys. She is in love with the more brooding of the two, who also happens to be less sociable than the other. Her entire self-identity is determined by which of them she chooses and she doesn't actually have sex with either one. Also, the movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
It isn't what you thought (if you figured it out), but it is close. Replace the leading candidate's vampirism with lycanthropy, and Twilight becomes Red Riding Hood. Hardwicke has remade her first film, minus the brand name, and the results are equally unappealing. Still, the lack of originality extends even further. This is one of almost twenty film versions of the titular short story, and the fourth horror movie adaption. Of said films, only Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves does something innovative with the material by subverting it as a metaphor for adolescent sexuality.
This version of the story is fodder for Twilight fans who are anticipating Breaking Dawn. It takes place in a nondescript village that could never have existed. White sand, substituting for snow, covers the ground and poorly-rendered CG snowflakes fall in the air. This production design mimics a snow globe, and its inhabitants are as three dimensional as figures you see living in snow globes. The residents speak contemporary U.S. English, which bears no relevance to the source material. The story is mostly remembered as a Grimm fairy tale, so it could have been set in Germany or even France where it was first published. Most of the actors were cast due to looks not talent, and they recite lines as if rehearsing for parts in a better film. Those who were not, namely Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried are picking up a paycheck.
Not Recommended
It isn't what you thought (if you figured it out), but it is close. Replace the leading candidate's vampirism with lycanthropy, and Twilight becomes Red Riding Hood. Hardwicke has remade her first film, minus the brand name, and the results are equally unappealing. Still, the lack of originality extends even further. This is one of almost twenty film versions of the titular short story, and the fourth horror movie adaption. Of said films, only Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves does something innovative with the material by subverting it as a metaphor for adolescent sexuality.
This version of the story is fodder for Twilight fans who are anticipating Breaking Dawn. It takes place in a nondescript village that could never have existed. White sand, substituting for snow, covers the ground and poorly-rendered CG snowflakes fall in the air. This production design mimics a snow globe, and its inhabitants are as three dimensional as figures you see living in snow globes. The residents speak contemporary U.S. English, which bears no relevance to the source material. The story is mostly remembered as a Grimm fairy tale, so it could have been set in Germany or even France where it was first published. Most of the actors were cast due to looks not talent, and they recite lines as if rehearsing for parts in a better film. Those who were not, namely Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried are picking up a paycheck.
Not Recommended