Red Riding Hood is a new movie coming out in theatres on March 11th. As you can see from the title, it's partially based on the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Instead of it being meant as a children's fairytale, the movie takes a dark twist towards a more frightening fantasy during medieval times. Amanda Seyfried plays Valerie, a young woman in the village Daggerhorn. She plans to run away with her lover, Peter, in order to escape an arranged marriage to another man, Henry Lazar. Valerie and Peter's plans come to a halt when Valerie's sister is murdered by a werewolf that has been haunting their village for years. The people have attempted to keep peace with the beast by offering it an animal sacrifice every month. Instead of the beast keeping up his end of the truce, he takes the life of a human. In order to get revenge, the towns people seek aid from a Witchfinder General. Instead of bringing ease to the town, the General informs them that the werewolf is able to take human form by day therefore it could be any one of them. As days progress, as well as the slaughtering, Valerie discovers she has a connection with the beast that draws them together. That obvious connection between them makes Valerie appear both suspect and bait which puts her in great danger. This film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke, also the director of "Twilight". Apparently Catherine had to persuade Amanda to work with her co-star Shiloh who plays Henry. Catherine says "Amanda had met Shiloh before and did not like him, so when I told Amanda I was going to bring him in to audition, she made a face. But she tried it, and they hit it off." It goes to show the bonding that takes place outside of the production in order to create the on screen chemistry that is necessary for great movies. Personally I am very intrigued by the plot of Little Red Riding Hood and even more so the direction Red Riding Hood seems to have headed towards.
Top 10 box office right now:
Top 10 box office right now:
- Rango
- The Adjustment Bureau
- Beastly
- Hall Pass
- Gnomeo & Juliet
- Unknown
- Just Go With It
- The King's Speech
- I am Number Four
- Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
This movie,sounds really interesting! However, the Twilight Saga is really boring, I hope Red Riding Hood is better. Do you have any clue who the werewolf is?
ReplyDeleteI like how well you explain the plot of the movie, it makes me more interested in seeing it !
ReplyDelete