Toon Zone Talkback - "Hoodwinked": Won't be Fooled Again

[Duke]

This is the talkback thread for "Hoodwinked": Won't be Fooled Again (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=11795).

Wasn't there this hyper-active squirrel who was famous for, like, 2 weeks?

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[veemonjosh]

Wasn't there this hyper-active squirrel who was famous for, like, 2 weeks?


Followed by another hyper-active squirrel who was famous for 2 weeks about six months later. :lol:

[ElBarto]

seems to me, every CG movie needs an ADD comic relif.

[Aldrius]

I liked this alot more than I liked Madagascar... the story was simpler, and the humour is a bit more timeless. (You know how unfunny Shark Tale is going to be in TEN YEARS alone? >_>)

[Chris Wood]

I would say Hoodwinked is already less funny than Madagascar or Shark Tale.

[Tay the Cat]

Followed by another hyper-active squirrel who was famous for 2 weeks about six months later. :lol:
You referring to Hammy?

Considering he's in the Over The Hedge comic strip as well (and that strip's been going on for about ten years)...

[Golgo13]

I actually liked Hoodwinked not so much for it's technical aspects as much as the direction and writing. It has a much more solid story and better pacing than Madagascar and Shark Tale combined.

Technical wise, I wasn't expecting a whole lot since the bulk of the animation was coming out of Imaginasia, which mainly does commercials. But, hopefully, with the large amount it ranked in at the box office, the sequel will have a much better staff.

I also implore anyone who has little faith in The Weinstien Company producing these low budget animated features to give them time.

[Classic Speedy]

The main thing I liked about Hoodwinked was how the story was presented, where a new piece of the puzzle is unraveled bit by bit, told through the character's recounts.

Humor-wise, I thought the majority of the film fell flat. And of course, the animation and character designs were nowhere near what Pixar has accomplished, but that's to be expected since this was a lower budget studio.

[Chris Wood]

The concept was interesting, yes, but the execution was not. Even though it was created for little kids, the "mystery" is still awfully simple.

[mobo85]

Followed by another hyper-active squirrel who was famous for 2 weeks about six months later. :lol:

Not to mention another hyperactive squirrel making his return appearance inbetween the two of them. (Okay, he's actually a Scrat, but he's very squirrelish). 2006 must be the year of hyperactive squirrels.

[Cobblepot1982]

The squirrel, Twitchie, rules- my friends say he reminds them of me! :D

BTW, here's a fun fact for all you Hoodwinked haters- Anne Hathaway did the voice of Riding Hood. Yeah, yer saying "ok, AND...?" AND...my friend went to high school with her, they graduated in the same class, AND her picture is IN HIS YEARBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Simon Trent]

I'm beginning to loathe the Rashomon technique. It was good in the actual movie, but each time someone stole it it gradually became less and less original until every time I see it nowadays it looks like someone's been plagiarizin' again.

[Golgo13]

I'm beginning to loathe the Rashomon technique. It was good in the actual movie, but each time someone stole it it gradually became less and less original until every time I see it nowadays it looks like someone's been plagiarizin' again.

NEWS FLASH!

Nothing is original anymore.

[Simon Trent]

NEWS FLASH!

Nothing is original anymore.

That's just a lame excuse people dredge up when they don't want to be creative any more. Just because nothing IS original that doesn't mean you HAVE to lift ideas wholesale from other movies and not give them a twist to make them at least look different from the work that you're stealing from. Really, the only reason you have to use the "cut-n-paste" style of story-telling is sheer laziness.