Red Riding Hood, adult version

LOG · Nov 19, 2010

Apparently Leonardo DiCaprio and Catherine Hardwicke think having a mature version of Red Riding Hood is somehow terribly original.
Obviously neither of them has seen The Company of Wolves...

I am hopeful though, the trailer has a rather moody feel to, more than I was expecting; that scene with the iron wolf mask in particular has me interested.

The constant references to Twilight annoy me, as if that's some sort of literary standard for fantasy novels involving werewolves...Patricia Brigg's Mercedes Thompson novels is a better example of the genre. (Hmmm, come to think of it, I believe that series has been optioned by a film studio, although I doubt it will end well. The series as a whole doesn't strike me as being the kind that lends itself well to movie series.)

seun · Nov 19, 2010

As soon as I saw your thread title, I thought Company of Wolves.

defcon6000 · Nov 19, 2010

It makes me sad that everything is getting the Twilight treatment. Supposedly the Spider-Man reboot is receiving the same thing. *sigh*

Just don't tell me the wolves glitter.

K. Taylor · Nov 19, 2010

From what I read, it's a lot darker and sexier than Twilight.....but the media is equating paranormal/Twilight now, and ugh. (And there's still 2 movies left *shudder*)

Entertainment Weekly has a little write-up about it in the mag. Probably online, too.

Ken · Nov 19, 2010

... will stick with Tex Avery's Red Hot Ridin' Hood from the 40's:

ajkjd01 · Nov 19, 2010

As a writer who JUST FINISHED a contemporary fantasy with Grimm's Fairy Tales coming to life (1st draft, anyway)...I am ecstatic to see this coming to theaters...and the recent TANGLED movie that just came out involving Rapunzel.

There's a big part of me that just doesn't care about the Twilight references...it just makes me excited that my work might be timed right (My goal is to be querying about the time that this movie is released...and I set that goal before I knew about this movie!)

Toothpaste · Nov 19, 2010

The trailer looks so cheesy TWILIGHT horrible. But hey, trailers have been wrong before.

Gotta say, it's not on the top of my list. Now Cowboys and Aliens?? Yeah, that looks cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZMW9kIoZg&feature=player_embedded

soapdish · Nov 19, 2010

Hmm, I like the idea, but yeah, the trailer is cheesy.

I actually thought of the movie Freeway when I saw this post. :Shrug:

I haven't seen Company of Wolves, but now I'd like to.

LOG · Nov 19, 2010

Toothpaste said:
The trailer looks so cheesy TWILIGHT horrible. But hey, trailers have been wrong before.

Gotta say, it's not on the top of my list. Now Cowboys and Aliens?? Yeah, that looks cool.

It does look...interesting. I worry it will be too cheesy and involve highly improbably events somehow miraculously defeating an alien invasion. *coughMarsAttackscough*

Cyia · Nov 19, 2010

ajkjd01 said:
As a writer who JUST FINISHED a contemporary fantasy with Grimm's Fairy Tales coming to life (1st draft, anyway)...I am ecstatic to see this coming to theaters...and the recent TANGLED movie that just came out involving Rapunzel.

There's a big part of me that just doesn't care about the Twilight references...it just makes me excited that my work might be timed right (My goal is to be querying about the time that this movie is released...and I set that goal before I knew about this movie!)

Ugh. And here I started a thread ranting about this movie last night. I had the exact opposite reaction to seeing it, considering my WIP is a RRH story. I found the timing annoying, but the more I listen to people here, maybe it's not a bad thing. Maybe retold fairy tales will be the next wave.

Cella · Nov 19, 2010

I keep thinking this is a thread about me!

yeah, feels like Twilight in color. Though, I bet this girl smiles more.

I'll probably see it, though.

jennontheisland · Nov 19, 2010

Ug. That looks cheesey at best. Maybe some kind of drinking game could be devised?

slcboston · Nov 19, 2010

LOG said:
Obviously neither of them has seen The Company of Wolves...

Um, what difference does that make? Aside from the fact that it might be a fair bet that neither of them has seen it, as it's not exactly the most well known flick out there and it is at this point now over a quarter of a century old, it's not as though the tale hasn't been revisited since then.

Case in point:

soapdish said:
I actually thought of the movie Freeway when I saw this post. I haven't seen Company of Wolves, but now I'd like to.

Freeway is something that came to my mind as well, even if it is a modernized retelling.

But just because a film has been done before hardly means it can't be done again. I would think the recent remake of The Wolf Man is a positive example of that. If nothing else, advances in special effects ought to take away the cheese factor that *any* older werewolf film suffers from these days.

I mean, I like The Howling and all, but the werewolves themselves kind of make me giggle.

So, even if they *have* seen TCOW, why does that make any difference?

defcon6000 · Nov 19, 2010

LOG said:
It does look...interesting. I worry it will be too cheesy and involve highly improbably events somehow miraculously defeating an alien invasion. *coughMarsAttackscough*

Pssh, Mars Attacks was awesome. It gives us the reason why yokel country music exists.

veinglory · Nov 19, 2010

The should just reissue Company of Wolves instead.

LOG · Nov 19, 2010

slcboston said:
Um, what difference does that make? Aside from the fact that it might be a fair bet that neither of them has seen it, as it's not exactly the most well known flick out there and it is at this point now over a quarter of a century old, it's not as though the tale hasn't been revisited since then.

I mean, I like The Howling and all, but the werewolves themselves kind of make me giggle.

So, even if they *have* seen TCOW, why does that make any difference?

How did the werewolves of The Howling enter into this?

I brought up TCOW because DiCaprio and Hardwicke seem under the impression that an adult version of Red Riding Hood is original, which it's not, we know it's not. TCOW isn't exactly the most edgy thing out there, although it has it's moments, it contains a very mature message.
That's what it's about, it's like the Ginger Snaps series, it's all an allegory for adolescence and puberty. And as Ken pointed out, the idea of the Wolf and Little Red having an inter-personal relationship isn't new either.

jennontheisland · Nov 19, 2010

I doubt they think it's an original idea. But they have to portray it that way to the media and the public in order to gain interest.

Not many people would sit up and notice if they were droning on about how many times this idea has been done before.

soapdish · Nov 19, 2010

Regarding the originality discussion...part of me wonders if the "isn't this cool and original" thing, is more about how they want to market it to their specific audience (Twilight's audience, I guess).

What I mean is, maybe they (DiCaprio etc.) *do* understand that it's not original...but the bottom line is that the audience they are marketing it to would be more receptive if *they* thought they were discovering this concept for the first time.

As a teenager, it's fun to think you've stumbled onto something new. Dark and sexy is an added bonus too. So I think they are just playing into their audience and what will make them want to see it.

Does that make sense?

ETA: Or what Jen said

I take too long to formulate...and I ramble.

ceenindee · Nov 19, 2010

That aerial shot of the woods looked exactly like Twilight. I hope it's not a carbon copy of that or anything else (haven't seen Company of Wolves. I do like the idea.

Toothpaste · Nov 19, 2010

LOG said:
It does look...interesting. I worry it will be too cheesy and involve highly improbably events somehow miraculously defeating an alien invasion. *coughMarsAttackscough*

Not sure why you'd think that. Considering it's clear Craig's character has an odd connection to the aliens and doesn't seem to remember why, there are a lot of possible outcomes that could result in a somewhat believable defeating of the aliens. It's not like it's just a bunch of cowboys fighting aliens. Though . . . I mean . . .that's what the title suggests

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Wait. You have seen the trailer right?: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/cowboys-and-aliens.html

defcon6000 · Nov 19, 2010

Toothpaste said:
Not sure why you'd think that. Considering it's clear Craig's character has an odd connection to the aliens and doesn't seem to remember why, there are a lot of possible outcomes that could result in a somewhat believable defeating of the aliens. It's not like it's just a bunch of cowboys fighting aliens. Though . . . I mean . . .that's what the title suggests .

Wait. You have seen the trailer right?: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/cowboys-and-aliens.html

That looks SO amazing. Wish it had a better title, but oh well. I'm just glad it isn't another remake or reboot.

And man does Harrison Ford looks ragged.

LOG · Nov 19, 2010

He looks good ragged, he should stop trying to look young.

defcon6000 · Nov 19, 2010

We should all stop trying to look young.

Toothpaste · Nov 19, 2010

When has Harrison Ford tried to look young?

In any event, he certainly looks his age in the this one. In a good way

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Day O' · Nov 19, 2010

Obviously neither of them has seen The Company of Wolves...

I was just thinking, like last month, of that movie and how I wanted to watch it again as an adult, and see if it still seemed to capture that fairy tale feel I remember as a teenager.

After watching the trailer of this 'new' one, I'm more interested in re-watching The Company of Wolves.

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