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Hoodwinked : 3 of 5
1.15.2006 6:03 PM \| Link	Even though I thought the trailer for this movie wasn't so hot, I always like to see animated features in the theater, just to see how all the different studios are doing. Hoodwinked is a crazy retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, stepping all over Shrek's fairy tale territory, but to tell the truth, I was amazed at the funny and well put-together plot, which is the shining star of the movie. After briefly showing the classic "Red meets wolf in Granny's clothing" scene, the whole thing becomes a cop drama with a sophisticated frog detective interrogating Red, the Wolf, Granny, and even the Woodsman, who weave an awesome story where the causes of things in one story are revealed in another story, and so on. Seeing the whole thing come together at the end is really cool! The animation definitely doesn't have the budget or care of a Pixar film, but the animal characters still have cool designs (especially the singing goat with the interchangeable horns!), but I can't say the same for the human characters. In particular, Red is one of the worst looking little girl CG characters I've ever seen - she looks like she's made of stiff rubber and can barely move her mouth to form words. I have no idea what the designer was going for! Still, the story is good enough to get past these bad design choices, and I definitely enjoyed the movie. It's worth seeing just to hear the Woodsman say "What the schnitzel?" Labels: movies


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