"Hoodwinked" - Talkback (Spoilers)

[isaac15]

please post your reviews for Hoodwinked here. if you guys watched it. and you can post your thoughts about movie. so for there is one review for it. and they say it is pretty good. hero realm gives it a 3 out of 5 and says.

Hero Realm says. HOOKWINKED is a fun movie. With the plethora of family entertainment out this holiday season, this is one that parents looking for something to take their littlest tikes to should be pleasantly happy.

the trailer looks really funny.

[sdp]

i saw the trailer in coming attractions and liked it a lot, i made a thread but no one, replied :(
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=154161

[isaac15]

yeah it looks kinda like a shrek funny.

[Jon Hanson]

The look of the movie makes my eyes hurt. It seems like a highly funded student animation project,although that's kind of an insult to the quality of student animation.

[Michael24]

I actually heard a few groans and "pfffts" when I saw the trailer. It didn't do much for me and looked just another loud and annoying kids movie. Most of the time I hear some kind of general reaction after a trailer, but the theater was dead silent after this one. LOL!!

[tb4000]

Most reviews are divided. Some don't like it, some do. It reminds me of Jimmy Neutron to an extent, both with the animation style and the jokes. It seems pretty clever, more or less like a feature length cartoon series.

[SirLemming]

The look of the movie makes my eyes hurt. It seems like a highly funded student animation project,although that's kind of an insult to the quality of student animation.
I agree. I haven't seen it yet, and some trailers show a little bit of promise with the writing, but I really, really hate the look. It just... it just looks bad. Especially the Red Riding Hood character with those ugly, lifeless eyes. And the secret agent granny or whatever looks like a pretty cliché character.

[judyindisguise]

Most reviews are divided. Some don't like it, some do. It reminds me of Jimmy Neutron to an extent, both with the animation style and the jokes. It seems pretty clever, more or less like a feature length cartoon series.

The movie was made for around 15 million (here's the link to an article where that info came from http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1147914_1_0_,00.html), and it shows. I gotta defend "Jimmy Neutron" here - a typical episode of that show has more glitz and energy than anything in the "Hoodwinked" trailer OR preview. And the character designs in "Hoodwinked" are abysmal. The Wolf looks like a bad sports team mascot (in fact the actual wolf mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs looks far far better), and every idea demonstrated in the trailer is as old as the hills. I'm not sure how this thing will do. The main family film of the season, "Narnia", has been out for weeks, so maybe kids and families are hungry for something new. And audiences haven't seemed to tire yet of the novelty of CGI. But as for me, I hate the sight of the thing, so it won't be getting my $7 FWIW.

[Zubby]

It looks pretty bad to me as well. The New York times gave it a bad review today. They complained more about the writing than anything, they didn't have much to say about the animation.

[anime_guru]

Granted I think we've all seen better 3d cg...but I think it may be a funny movie, and I get to tie it in and make fun of a friend of mine who hates this one person who is known as little red riding hood.
I think the comedic value may make this movie a nice treat...though I typically don't watch movies in theaters

[Elven Moon]

I'm just not interested, it has zero appeal for me. Maybe when it's out on DVD and I'm bored and feel like renting something. But I'm not paying $8 to see it.

[Roman Legion]

Didn't care for the style of humor in the trailers, so I think I'll avoid this until someone forces me to see it on DVD. With my luck, I'll probably wind up seeing it on an airplane. I could be wrong, of course, but I'm not in any hurry to find out.


The look of the movie makes my eyes hurt. It seems like a highly funded student animation project, although that's kind of an insult to the quality of student animation.I'd swear they were using Maya's default renderer. Maya's default render isn't great, but a good technical director with no other options should have been able to cover it up better. The character design doesn't appeal to me, either.

Meanwhile, why do ignorant people write reviews (http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&tsn=1&tid=20429&webtag=ws-showbiz)? ::sigh::


In my day, when the cartoons featured Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig, there was nothing for adults, except for those who find humor in the wabbit’s “Eh, what’s up doc?” and in the proliferation of explosions which do no more damage to the characters than muss up their hair.Gah.


Unlike the Merry Melodies Looney Tunes of days gone by, writer/directors Cory Edwards and Todd Edwards use stop-motion animation, which looks like painstaking slow work indeed. This means taking individual frames, moving the characters slightly, then taking the next frame, etc. Since the camera churns at 24 frames per second, we get the illusion of movement.I've seen people mistake stop motion for cg, but never cg for stop motion...

--Romey

[Baltofan]

I agree, it looks bad!

[Tay the Cat]

I've seen people mistake stop motion for cg, but never cg for stop motion...

--Romey

I was watching a "making-of" special yesterday, and the two creators indeed say that it's meant to resemble stop-motion.

[SirLemming]

I was watching a "making-of" special yesterday, and the two creators indeed say that it's meant to resemble stop-motion.
...............................................why??

[Sr.Infierno]

From what I saw on a tv spot, the CGI looks horrible. I thought I was watching a kid's cereal commercial

[judyindisguise]

I was watching a "making-of" special yesterday, and the two creators indeed say that it's meant to resemble stop-motion.

Excuses, excuses...

[Tay the Cat]

...............................................why??
They're fans of stop-motion, and they wanted to do a CGI movie that tried to resemble it.

Yes, the animation looks awful, but I liked the trailer otherwise.

[Golgo13]

I was able to catch a screening of it on Wednesday and after being informed that it was the first animated film to come from the Weinstien Company and that it was done with a very small budget, the film isn't that bad.

The story and gags were okay, nothing epic like Nemo or Shrek but still funny. The animation was a little bit better than expected though I will admit the designs are pretty odd.

Overall, it was an okay film. Not bad, but not great either. I will say it does give hope for those who want to push independent animations into the theatrical world.

[Tintin]

Honnetsly with the trailers, i find the movie good. Sure the 3D design was not the best but the french voices made in Quebec was look pretty nice

[TheMecca]

I came into it skeptical, but it turned out to be one of the best written CGI movies ever.
Plus, the Andy Dick musical number is worth the price of a matinee ticket alone.

EDIT: What's everyone's deal with the animation? The only problem I had with it was Red Riding Hood and how terribly large her head was, and how ugly she looked in motion.

[SirLemming]

EDIT: What's everyone's deal with the animation? The only problem I had with it was Red Riding Hood and how terribly large her head was, and how ugly she looked in motion.
Well... Didn't you just answer your own question?

[Dark Fact]

I didn't like the animation or the storyline of this movie when I watched the preview on TV. The only funny part was when the cattle prod was used on the wolf. Aside from that, blah! :sad:


Honnetsly with the trailers, i find the movie good. Sure the 3D design was not the best but the french voices made in Quebec was look pretty nice
The French title of this movie is actually pretty long! :eek:


Well... Didn't you just answer your own question?
Owned.

[Figaro]

I just got back from seeing this movie. I had actually NOT seen the trailers prior to this, but reading the reviews on this and other sites (such as IMDB) and hearing that it was made for $15 million or so made me curious.

This movie is HILARIOUS!!!!!

Animation-wise, I had read reviews stating that the animation was not up to par. The way I see it, comparing this movie to Pixar or PDI product is kind of like comparing Jay Ward cartoons to The Lion King or those classic Rankin-Bass specials to Corpse Bride/Nightmare Before Christmas. No, it isn't the highest-level animation, nor, I think, did it NEED to be. Like the Ward/RB stuff, I found the quality of animation (or lack thereof) to be part of the charm. What this film lacks in animation quality (which, by the way, I did not think was bad at all), it more than makes up for in its clever script, hilarious vocal performances (particularly Patrick Warburton as The Wolf, Glenn Close as Granny, Andy Dick as Boingo and director Cory Edwards as Twitchy) and great use of songs.

All I can say in the end is that whatever the trailer looked like, don't use it as a basis to judge this film. See it for yourself.

By thy side,

Figaro

[TheMecca]

Owned. Indeed. However, everyone was saying that all of the animation was awkward, which I don't think is true.

[sun]

Lots of gags, and lots of in jokes..not bad...I guess you really got to know a lot of the in jokes to get the full humor Unfortunatle, I only knew some...(the kids will never get them, too bad) ,,,there were some easy gags to see, but, some, well not everyone has seen Goldfinger...The evil villian, who I will not disclsoe, says this lab needs a lazer beam, in obvious reference to the famous scene in the James Bond movie using a lazer...The digs at Arnold were good, but the three other villians, well, I am not sure of, one looked like the evil lady in Superman II, but I doubt that is who they were making fun of. The animation was not so bad..wouldn't fault it..Look at Pokeman!!
...There was a lot of satire...I saw it in a theater near Chicago, thought it would be full, not by a long shot..The Bears were losing in the playoffs..It was fun, but no Shrek, and it might bomb, because I am not sure the kids will go back a 2nd and third time. I don't think it has the appeal that makes these kinds of movies so profitable.( But if it only cost 15 mil, well it may turn a profit? )(Just found out it took in over l6mil by Sunday eve, ranked 1 by Exhibiters Research)..
....It may have overshot itself, we will see. Besides,I don't know....I never thought Titanic would make a cent,,,,the boat goes down...last I heard....................................Stuart
..

[judyindisguise]

Yeah, I just read at Box Office Mojo that Hoodwinked will likely be #1 for the weekend. Guess that's not too surprising. There were ads for the movie all over Nick and CN last week, there was nothing else new for families at the theatres, and it was a four-day weekend. Now, having said that, Hoodwinked only took in what looks to be about 16 million. Puny puny opening take compared to Madagascar, Shrek, Incredibles and so on. But since it was made so cheaply there's no doubt it will turn a profit. And the CGI fad roars on!

[Dogasu]

So I didn't see a thread for this movie, so I thought I'd go ahead and make one.

So I saw the movie last night, and it was entertaining enough. Sure, the animation is garbage, but the writing and voice over performances more than made up for it. There were some genuinely funny quotes and some great characters, and the songs weren't annoying at all.

The critics haven't been too kind to the movie, however. A lot of them complain about the lack of creativity or how it's not "as good as Shrek" (which I think is an overrated movie, by the way). While it won't make anyone's top ten list or anything like that, I think it's an entertaining way to spend an hour and a half and is genuinely better than a lot of the animated films that have come out in the last year or so.

[judyindisguise]

Well, you know, the critics weren't kind to "Chicken Little" either, and hey, I thought it was fun. Not exactly on the level of Pixar when it comes to writing and content, but surprisingly entertaining. And in that film the animation WAS superb. I don't know if I'll see "Hoodwinked", however. The whole Red Riding Hood idea bores me. FWIW.

[Daikun]

Ahem... (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=156181)

[MonkeyFunk]

Check this out:
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2756

I guess we should be celebrating the crew, even if the film wasn't too impressive...

[Figaro]

That is a great article.

By thy side,

Figaro

[Daikun]

The movie was made for around 15 million (here's the link to an article where that info came from http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1147914_1_0_,00.html), and it shows.

Are you sure it wasn't 15 thousand?

[judyindisguise]

Are you sure it wasn't 15 thousand?

*snort* :zim:

[Jerry Mouse]

I just saw it this afternoon. VERY FUNNY! To me the animation was great. Yes, there have been movies with better animation, but it looked pretty decent to me. The story was pretty solid and the jokes were quite funny. The voice acting was rather good too. Patrick Warburton sure voices a darn good wolf. The action scenes involving Granny were almost like the writers watched the Vin Diesel flick "XXX" a million times while writing them. But, I like that movie so it's all good. Also, did anybody notice that the wolf was dressed like Chevy Chase was in the movie "Fletch"? You know, the hooded zippered sweatshirt with the purple Lakers basketball shirt underneath?

[Leviathan]

The Writer/Director has posted his defense to the criticisms Hoodwinked here (and also details the production of the film): http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011029

I assuming this was in response to Amid Amidi's super-negative critiques on Hoodwinked.

[Daffy Dork]

Well I saw it today and I really enjoyed myself.

I think anyone who doesn't like this movie is setting their standards too high. Sure, the animation is crappy and the trailer made it look lousy, but this isn't the sort of movie to judge by a trailer. The best scenes are ones that have to be viewed as full length, so SEE this movie regardless of what you thought of the trailer.

Also,the characters are each VERY unique and funny. You had the nutjobs like the woodsman and the Granny, and the more sarcastic humor like the Wolf.

One thing I really liked about this movie was the original songs. The Singing Ram scene got to the point where the more the Ram sang and annoyed Red, the funnier the scene became. My other favorite scene was the Schnitzel song which is delightfully wacky and left me grinning. And my other favorite scene was also a musical one, and the song is sung by none other than Andy Dick. If anything, Just see this movie for it's songs.

The movie also succeeds in the fact that (in my theater at least) The adults AND kids were laughing. At some points, The Adults were laughing more than the kids. THAT is a sign of a good movie.

However, the story is pure sillyness, so if you're looking for a good story, turn away. But that's a VERY minor flaw and really shouldn't stop you from seeing this movie.

In short, A VERY funny and light hearted movie,which you wouldn't expect.

4/5

[Dr. Daedalus]

I just got back from it. It was..... OK. I definitely won't be buying it when it comes out on DVD, though.

I've written a much longer review for the news page, so whenever that gets published you can see my reasons.

[SirLemming]

One thing I really liked about this movie was the original songs. The Singing Ram scene got to the point where the more the Ram sang and annoyed Red, the funnier the scene became. My other favorite scene was the Schnitzel song which is delightfully wacky and left me grinning. And my other favorite scene was also a musical one, and the song is sung by none other than Andy Dick. If anything, Just see this movie for it's songs.
Interesting that you mention this: I just found out that John Painter of Fleming & John (and countless other collaborations) did the score and songs for the movie, and that Fleming McWilliams (also of Fleming & John, of course) sings on several of them. Now I have no choice but to see it. Not sure when, of course.

[judyindisguise]

Well, it looks like "Hoodwinked" had a good second weekend. It's made about 29 million so far - again, chump change compared to "Madagascar" and just about every other CGI film except "Valiant" - but it's going to make a profit, no doubt about it. Which, despite its apparent crappiness, translates into two very important things: Animated films are on a great roll, which means more animated films for toonaphiles like us YAYYY!!!! And more work for animators, YAYAYY again!

Here's the link for the box office totals this weekend for "Hookwinked":

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

[mg_winxclub]

The trainlers don't do the movie justice. This movie is THE FUNNIEST movie I have seen in a VERY long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jex]

The writing was good..But the designs..Bothered..My eyes...