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Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon... (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
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It’s basically Twilight. Same filters, same character behaviors—love, jealousy, hatred, forgiveness, betrayal—all wrapped up in a slightly mystical take on the Red Riding Hood story. The director turned it into more of a romance novel than a fairy tale. On one hand, it’s kind of nice. The sets were really well done, and I did feel like I’d been transported to a medieval village. But as the story went on, it morphed into a full-blown romance, which frustrated me—especially since I’d been looking forward to this movie.
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Yes, sometimes I have slightly masochistic tendencies and wander into cinematic realms that are as close to my heart as Shakespeare is to Steven Seagal. It was a little less stupid than the genre-related Twilight, but that was only because of the colourful production design, something that could be described as "plot", and Gary Oldman's character, who probably needed to pay the rent for the year ahead. On a side note, I still don't understand Leonardo DiCaprio's name in the "producer" column.
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Apparently, European classics are not good enough for those raised on Disney shows, which is why they have chosen to bend European culture to their image. One of the dark fairy tales by the brothers Grimm was turned into an emo film that will make American prepubescent girls and housewives want to touch their naughty bits. What I found funny was the blatant critique of denunciation, obscurantism, and the presumption of guilt. It’s precisely these three issues that are integral to the genetic makeup of every true American patriot and are now exported worldwide with great success. The film was really dull, and both of the two suitors of the big-eyed protagonist were as wooden as an old sea wolf's prosthesis, but I wanted to be nice and give a one-star rating after all, but the botched ending made me change my mind. / Lesson learned: An asshole in times of need is an asshole indeed.
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It is therefore a very distant variation on the well-known fairy tale, although it was probably declared in advance. The most famous conversation between Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother in the movie is quite humorous. I think the atmosphere was fairly well built, it looks nice on a larger TV and in the cinema, the story lacks a bit more momentum and tension, and at times it goes around in circles. The resolution surprised me, it was watchable, so three stars seem appropriate to me.
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