Movie Quote of the Day: Hoodwinked

I picked this up because I was looking for inspiration for this Snow White satire I'm working on. I'm writing the script and looking for movies with a modern take on fairy tales to watch. Hookwinked is a modern twist on the Little Red Riding Hood story. It's animated and for children but it is really freakin' funny. It's directed to look like an action movie. The music and slow-mo action sequences give it that feel. It's also voiced by some impressive talent with Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, James Belushi, Chazz Palminteri, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Anthony Anderson and Andy Dick. I visit the IMBD boards of films I had a reaction to and read what other viewers think. Most of the time if I get a weird thought like, "Whatever happened to Chunk from The Goonies?" I can look it up and find out he became an entertainment lawyer in L.A. (who woulda thunk?). Just about every movie will have some negativity thrown at it with "Worst movie ever made" threads, but I have a whole new appreciation for the craft. It's very challenging medium. One of my instructors called it "the most masochistic art form there is". I never thought it would be as much work or be as time consuming. I'm especially impressed when people can do a lot with a small budget. Anyhoo, on the IMDB message boards for this movie a lot of people bitch and moan about the computer animation being "cheap". This movie was made for less than $20 million, which is impressive considering the talent they had. Just enjoy it for what it is, a funny, family movie. Directed and Written by Cory Edwards and Todd Edwards.


The story is told as an investigation. Red (Hathaway), Granny (Close), The Wolf (Warburton), and The Woodsman (Belushi) are being held for questioning by the forest police who are looking for the "Goodie Bandit". The story is told four times through four points of view. Which is different because each time a story is told, it adds another layer and more elements. Agent Flippers (Ogden Stiers) is the main interrogator with the incompetent and the conclusion-jumping Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) and Detective Stork (Anderson) attempting to assist. One of those films marketed towards a young audience when a lot of the jokes are aimed at an adult audience. In the beginning when Red enters Granny's house, she starts saying to the Wolf in Granny's clothing, "what big eyes you have, what big hands you have, etc. Here it is...

Red: What big ears you have....
The Wolf: All the better to hear your many criticisms.
(It's all in the delivery)

Til next time.......