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Hoodwinked--Speaking of Film Noir - saynomore - 01-18-2006
Saw this movie today; it's a retelling of Red Riding Hood, viewed through the eyes of the principal characters: Riding Hood, the Wolf, Granny, and the Woodsman. It works as film noir for kids, with a few laughs for the grown ups. It's not up there with Chicken Little, but it's funnier than Shark Tale (but what isn't?).
AC
Hoodwinked--Speaking of Film Noir - fpw - 01-18-2006
saynomore Wrote:Saw this movie today; it's a retelling of Red Riding Hood, viewed through the eyes of the principal characters: Riding Hood, the Wolf, Granny, and the Woodsman. It works as film noir for kids, with a few laughs for the grown ups. It's not up there with Chicken Little, but it's funnier than Shark Tale (but what isn't?).
AC
My grandson (6) howled with laughter at the goat and the gopher. I thought it was an extremely clever script -- loved the way the four different stories intersected and interacted. (Dare I call it Rashomon Lite?) I wish Rodriguez had tied the Sin City stories together half as well. (I'm sure he could have, but he seemed too slavishly devoted to the originals to tinker with them.)
Hoodwinked--Speaking of Film Noir - Maggers - 01-18-2006
fpw Wrote:... Dare I call it Rashomon Lite?
Sure, go ahead, that's what most of the reviewers are alikening it to. Sounds intriguing. I hear this was a very low budget animation and may pave the way for other creative animators.
Hoodwinked--Speaking of Film Noir - Scott Hajek - 01-19-2006
Maggers Wrote:Sure, go ahead, that's what most of the reviewers are alikening it to. Sounds intriguing. I hear this was a very low budget animation and may pave the way for other creative animators.
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" was made with over-the-counter software. It was nominated for an Academy Award.
Hoodwinked was fun. Like FPW, I agree that the overlapping storylines were well done.
If only coffee truly had an effect like that.
Hoodwinked--Speaking of Film Noir - Scott Miller - 03-22-2006
I took my poor daughter, sick two years in a row on her birthday, to see it this afternoon. While not destined to be a classic, it was a lot of fun to see how each person's story overlapped and arrove at the same place. All of the characters contributed to the humor, although I must admit I'm tiring of the radical elderly people bit. I liked Twitchy and the Wolf best, with the frog inspector a close second.