Red Riding hood, Really?

[Utrechet]

Ok, first off.

For those who read Cracked.com, this will be known.

The original Red Riding Hood was a Tavern story. It involved Red Riding Hood actually dying in the end, unlike today's. The axeman bursts in, cuts open the wolf, and granny and red both fall out dead.
Second, before the wolf ate red, he made her do a strip tease.
Now answer this. Why. Would you do a strip tease. For your grandmother.

Several other childhood stories are also ruined by reality.

Sleeping beauty.
When the prince first laid eyes on her, he just got right to work, and she pumped out two children before she even woke up.

Go read the original Grim Brothers' stories. You may be interested at what you find.

 

[Verex]

She'll always be the stupid bimbo from Mean Girls to me.

 

[Ariyura]

It's based off a young adult book, so I'm not expecting too much.

 

[jack583]

i have a guess on what they will do after this movie:
take goldilocks and the three bears.
goldi is in college and meets baby bear (BB/beary) who happens to be able to switch from human to bear.
he invites her to his house in the woods.
his parents reject her.
but she sneaks in his room every now and then durring the night.

can you see where i'm going with this?
and if so; do you honestly doubt this piece of crap will be made?
show of hands?
anyone?

 

[Dr_Horrible]

It's based off a young adult book, so I'm not expecting too much.

Except that the story of red riding hood is about as far from today's PG-rated version as I am from a sheep. The real, older stories are very dark, violent, and far more interesting. As I said the first time I saw the trailer, why couldn't they have just played it straight, instead of turning it into a Twilight-clone?

Guess I'm just too picky about film these days...

 

[moose_man]

Look, it's a Twilight clone. Deal with it.

 

[Marsell]

I reacently saw a commercial for a new horror movie and it looked okay (but i dont like horror so whatever) so i was wondering what it was and i saw it was red riding hood... REALLY i feal like media is just rying to murder my child hood anyone else?

Naw, the internet already id that.

 

[mannsporte]

Directed by the same guy who directed Twilight indeed.
Also, Brothers Grim.

I did not know that

well actually Grimm Brothers was directed by Terry Gilliam if I'm not mistaken...

OT: The story as dark as it may seem, has been iterated a lot of times... My personal favorite'd be "Company of Wolves" by Neil Jordan... And it was quite a surreal and mature experience for a mainstream movie.. Almost like a Ken Russell flick I might dare... This one, on the other hand looks like a standart gritty looking gothic adaptation. Nothing we haven't seen so far... I'm not trying to be snarky but it's seems total garbage to me (thus, vaporises the non-snarkiness!)...

 

[Azarhac]

Red Riding Hood and Twilight, run for the hills!?

Oh boy, this will not be enjoyable...

 

[Tdc2182]

Well, this in all reality will be closer to the original books then the stories.

Spoiler

Snow white made the queen walk on Hot Coals)

The little Mermaid dies (by suicide I think)

Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half

Cinderella rips out her sisters and mother's eyes

In all reality, it just looks bad.

 

[Ariyura]

It's based off a young adult book, so I'm not expecting too much.

Except that the story of red riding hood is about as far from today's PG-rated version as I am from a sheep. The real, older stories are very dark, violent, and far more interesting. As I said the first time I saw the trailer, why couldn't they have just played it straight, instead of turning it into a Twilight-clone?

Guess I'm just too picky about film these days...

Like you I would love to see the real, darker telling of most of the old tales. As they were meant to be. But they're going with whats selling right now. And who has more expandable cash then rabid teenage girls waiting for the next Twilight.

 

[Dr_Horrible]

It's based off a young adult book, so I'm not expecting too much.

Except that the story of red riding hood is about as far from today's PG-rated version as I am from a sheep. The real, older stories are very dark, violent, and far more interesting. As I said the first time I saw the trailer, why couldn't they have just played it straight, instead of turning it into a Twilight-clone?

Guess I'm just too picky about film these days...

Like you I would love to see the real, darker telling of most of the old tales. As they were meant to be. But they're going with whats selling right now. And who has more expandable cash then rabid teenage girls waiting for the next Twilight.

Yeah, you're exactly right. The public seems to want paranormal romance, so the industry gives them paranormal romance. I figure I'll just continue to wait this trend out with classic horror movies and indie stuff until 'good' becomes popular again... It's worked fairly well so far.

 

[RN7]

You ought to reread Little Red Riding Hood as an adult. It's kind of fucked up.

Yes. Yes it is. Red Riding hood is a good girl. Shit, she's here to help her grandma. I guess the lesson was, good intentions are no shield from harm. Or maybe don't trust strangers. Or maybe "watch your ass in the woods." Heck there's a lot of good lessons there.

Read the old, OLD version. It involves bestiality, sometimes cannibalism and there sure as shit isn't a woodsman to save the day.

I don't remember a version with bestiality.

It was one of the adaptations that come from the Brothers' original. It touched upon themes of bestiality and rape, and vaguely pedophilia, and was later used a launching point for ones that dealt with ideas of feminism, on both sides.

 

[Gudrests]

Dude, think about most "fairy tales" out there. Little girl is stalked by a wolf, then is eaten alongside here aging grandmother. A pair of twins get lost in a forest, tricked by a creepy women living along, then eaten. I'm drawing a blank on many of the other fairy tales out there, but when they originally came about they usually weren't to entertain kids. They were made to scare the fuck out of them so they wouldn't do certain things.

Turning them into horror stories is just returning them to their roots.

...the wolf made little red drink her grandmothers blood....ohh my friend you need to really read the original story....shit would stop you from ever wanting to go outside again lol....there is a reason there name "Grim" lives on in infamy.

 

[Kortney]

I reacently saw a commercial for a new horror movie and it looked okay (but i dont like horror so whatever) so i was wondering what it was and i saw it was red riding hood... REALLY i feal like media is just rying to murder my child hood anyone else?

Michael Bay already ruined my childhood nothing can make me forget those horrible Transformer movies.

Also isnt Red Riding Hood directed by the same guy who directed Twilight?

I think I have said enough.

And Tim Burton has already ruined my childhood with his Alice in Wonderland.

The way I see it, one more nostalgia murderer won't hurt!

 

[PowerC]

Better than a dark adaptation of the Three Little Pigs?

 

[Ariyura]

It's based off a young adult book, so I'm not expecting too much.

Except that the story of red riding hood is about as far from today's PG-rated version as I am from a sheep. The real, older stories are very dark, violent, and far more interesting. As I said the first time I saw the trailer, why couldn't they have just played it straight, instead of turning it into a Twilight-clone?

Guess I'm just too picky about film these days...

Like you I would love to see the real, darker telling of most of the old tales. As they were meant to be. But they're going with whats selling right now. And who has more expandable cash then rabid teenage girls waiting for the next Twilight.

Yeah, you're exactly right. The public seems to want paranormal romance, so the industry gives them paranormal romance. I figure I'll just continue to wait this trend out with classic horror movies and indie stuff until 'good' becomes popular again... It's worked fairly well so far.

Sometimes I really feel like they're running out of original ideas. Or, maybe it's more like they're playing it safe, with what they know ill sell semi well then tossing money away on what might not.

 

[Death God]

It doesn't look too bad but you are right. They have made a movie about all most every childhood book which is actually quite sad.

 

[internetzealot1]

I was tentatively interested in the film until I found out that It had ties to Twilight. Now I know its going to be the exact same garbage with a few different faces. If it isn't, I'll...well, I don't know. I gues I'll see it.

 

[internetzealot1]

Directed by the same guy who directed Also, Brothers Grim.

Was that movie good? I saw it and I liked it because of how weird it was, but I can't figure out if it was objectively good or not.