Red Riding Hood

Hats off to the people who made the trailer for Red Riding Hood because they made something that was pretty average look really good.

It's a shame, actually, because this could have been a decent film but it suffered from trying far too hard to be Twilight.

Probably shouldn't be surprised at that given it has the same director.
The casting people must also have been Twilight fans because they found two so impossibly good looking guys they are kind of distracting who also look just enough like Robert Pattinson to be Edward Cullen-like.

Then there is Valerie (Amanda Seyfried). She lives in a small village that has been terrorised by a wolf for many years. When her sister is killed by the wolf the townspeople decide to hunt it down once and for all, without success and with a further casualty.
Enter Father Soloman (Gary Oldman) who arrives promising to rid the village of the wolf.

To further complicate things, Valerie is in love with Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) but is promised by her parents to marry Henry (Max Irons).

When the wolf attacks and confronts Valerie, urging her to run away with him, the number of possible suspects narrows pretty quickly. Who is the wolf?
It couldn't be Red Riding Hood without a trip to grandmother's house, and it is her grandma (Julie Christie) who gives Valerie the red outfit.

I have to say this fell into the 'so bad it is almost kinda good' category of films. As I said, it suffers from wanting to be Twilight, right down to the way Peter strokes Valerie's face, just as Edward does to Bella.

A 5 out of 10, not a complete stinker but not overly brilliant either. But it might keep those tween girls who can't wait for Breaking Dawn busy for a while.