Does the term "bad community theater" mean anything to you?
The new Red Riding Hood this week is simply that. RRH stars the wonderful new face Amanada Seyfried, and veteran bad buy actor Gary Oldman. And to absolutely no fault of their own, RRH is really a tanker.
Loosely based on the fairy tale, RRH is a boring adaptation with ironically no teeth whatsoever. It's the silly story of this little village where there are arranged marriages, forbidden love, and a mythical wolf of some kind that terrorizes the residents every full, or "wolf" moon. The wolf comes to town, rips up a few people and goes back to wherever he or she lives. But it is thought that it is a werewolf that lives among the villagers during the light, and kills at night.
Yawn! About halfway through this thing, you may find yourself asking what I did, "Why did they make this movie anyway?" It certainly can't be to entertain me, because there isn't an entertaining 5 minutes in it. It's not compelling, well written, scary, riveting, or anything. RRH just lays there like a dog in front of the fireplace.
Don't wait for a payoff, or a real exciting ending either. You sit and sit for roughly 90 agonizing minutes only to be let down by the ending you knew was going to happen 30 minutes ago. Bad script, bad effects, just bad. This really looks high school for a major release. Again, this is bad community theater.
Red Riding Hood. "Grandma, what a big terrible movie you have."
"The better to bore you with my dear"
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