Originally Posted By smeeeko finally got to see Hoodwinked on the Netflix queue.. does anyone recall if this film did ok with kids?? This is the one with the original caffinated squirrel and a freaky looking red riding hood... all I can say is that was defnitiely 2hrs SeanYoda & I will never EVER get back. I feel bad just having it on his Netflix queue. Slapdash, BAD BAD animation.. and if you didn't know who the 'bad guy' was within 10min of the OVERLY long & drawn out should-have-been a 5min festival of animation short-but-wasn't.. I just feel bad for anyone who paid to see this movie. MISERABLE I was.. and twitchy. This makes me even less likely to hack Sean's queue to see THE WILD or whatever else is out there. FOREWARNED YA BE! You want cute whacked out squirels? Skip this one. ps: OH! now I remember what the squirrel's name was.. TWITCHY~ makes sense now.. "what'll we call the squirrel?" "I don't know but the movie left me TWITCHY!" (oh and don't get me started on the singing goat.. and what you saw in the movie was the SHORT version of the song.. groan!!!!)
Originally Posted By smeeeko LOL.. =) I just feel really bad because my hubby could have seen one of his anime films.. he's being nice as it is to let me hack his queue to see the films I'm curious about.. I didn't mean to sound so ranty.. The animation really bugged me though.. and it did seem to drag on.. I'm usually good about seeing non-disney stuff.. I was having a hard time with the bad animation though.. there was something weird with the faces.. the policemen bear got on my nerves too.. as well the woodsman.. I think this is the worst reaction I ever had to an animated film since.. Atlantis II and Hunchback of Notre Dame II (direct to video)..
Originally Posted By knightnfrees The only part of that movie I liked was the wolf character voiced by Patrick Warburton...It was amzing how many refrences from the movie Fletch there were in regards to him. Being a big fan of Fletch, I got a kick out it. I think my gf & I were the only ones that got it when we were in the theater.
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^yah the wolf and the squirrel.. they were the best parts. I just didn't like the style of animation and really felt like they could have wrapped it up a LOT quicker than they did. Also the goat.. horrible! It was like the song that never ends.. fun at first then you just wanted it to be OVER already. I did laugh a little bit, especially the Christmas Story gag.. "dee-nah-mee-tay.. must be Italian!" =P
Originally Posted By hopemax I actually liked Hoodwinked. Better than I liked Chicken Little or Home on the Range or Ice Age or Shrek. The animation is not as polished as a major studio, but I laughed a whole lot more during this movie than I did at the ones I listed above. Rumors in the animation community is that this movie was done for between $5-$15 million, and I think they accomplished a lot for a first try. Did you watch the "making of?" I'm guessing NOT, based on your reaction. It reminded me of an "old-style" process. The whole thing was storyboarded, recorded first with just the friends of the guys who did the movie, shown to neighbor kids, and consultation with the "Illusion of Life" book. If anyone here had any thoughts that they COULD make a movie, this is an excellent case study, that yeah, if you are determined enough... Yes, yes you could.
Originally Posted By Chelledun ^^I agree with this, I really liked it! I laughed every couple of minutes, especially at the singing goat .
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It was on an airplane that I was on (one with several channels), and I just couldn't bring myself to watching it. I would try for a couple minutes, and then the graphics would start to bug me and I would switch to something "better" (note to self: do NOT watch Failure to Launch yet another time) because I've seen video games with better graphics. If it was actually made for $15 million or less, I geuss it looks really good, but for supposedly being one of the big new movies, it just couldn't deliver for me, at least.
