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Red Riding Hood
Jan. 28th, 2021 11:17 pmIf I had a nickel for every dark-ish fantasy-ish movie I've seen that was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, based on different source material, at least partially about werewolves, featuring a love triangle with an obvious conclusion, where Billy Burke played the protagonist's father...
I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.
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Periodically Alex and I remember that tubi (the kind of off-brand streaming service with a surprisingly extensive catalogue) exists AND forget that we don't use it because the ad breaks are so damn long and half the time force you to restart the movie because the picture and/or sound die afterwards.
This time it suggested the 2011 Red Riding Hood film under the horror category. (That may be overstating it, but okay.) I hadn't seen it before, despite being exactly the target audience for aesthetically pretty dark/horrorish fairy tale retellings.
I enjoyed it. It's probably not going on any top ten lists for me or anything, but it was fun in a pretty, brain-popcorn way, and the ending was satisfying. I liked it more than Twilight, the other one I'd have a nickel for, though that maybe isn't saying much. Really, I enjoyed Red Riding Hood the whole way through, which is much better than a lot of recent movies I've watched have given me.
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Also, bless AO3. As soon as there was a scene where the 'rival' love interests decide to team up to rescue the protag with a reluctant "you need me" "we have to work together for her" kind of thing, my hindbrain gave an *eyes emoji*: wouldn't it be a shame if this love triangle resolved in a surprisingly equitable OT3 kind of way? And then I can go to AO3 and discover that at least three other people in the decade that this movie has been out came to the same conclusion.
I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.
.
Periodically Alex and I remember that tubi (the kind of off-brand streaming service with a surprisingly extensive catalogue) exists AND forget that we don't use it because the ad breaks are so damn long and half the time force you to restart the movie because the picture and/or sound die afterwards.
This time it suggested the 2011 Red Riding Hood film under the horror category. (That may be overstating it, but okay.) I hadn't seen it before, despite being exactly the target audience for aesthetically pretty dark/horrorish fairy tale retellings.
I enjoyed it. It's probably not going on any top ten lists for me or anything, but it was fun in a pretty, brain-popcorn way, and the ending was satisfying. I liked it more than Twilight, the other one I'd have a nickel for, though that maybe isn't saying much. Really, I enjoyed Red Riding Hood the whole way through, which is much better than a lot of recent movies I've watched have given me.
.
Also, bless AO3. As soon as there was a scene where the 'rival' love interests decide to team up to rescue the protag with a reluctant "you need me" "we have to work together for her" kind of thing, my hindbrain gave an *eyes emoji*: wouldn't it be a shame if this love triangle resolved in a surprisingly equitable OT3 kind of way? And then I can go to AO3 and discover that at least three other people in the decade that this movie has been out came to the same conclusion.
