Read the book instead and forget there ever was such a nightmare. Verdict: Please for the love of all that is holy, do NOT watch the movie. Now if only she could’ve sat in the director’s chair instead… RRH is not a retelling, it’s a re-imagining. It was nothing like the classic fairy tale. I appreciate her writing style, I really do. She used great imagery and was very creative with her descriptions. Blakley-Cartwright took what assuredly was a heinous script and added dark elegance and flowing prose to round it out. Shouldn’t the book follow the movie pretty well, especially if it was created because of it? Is it just me? But this book was written FOR THE MOVIE and yet still, it was completely off the mark. And yeah, sure, the movie and the book are never the same–I get it. Not only was the Red Riding Hood movie a spectacular cheese-fest of terrible, it also was ABSOLUTELY UNLIKE the book. I was willing to give her a chance even after she eff’d up the Twilight movie (“Hold on tight, spider monkey.” Really, Catherine? Really?) But now, the gloves are off. But this is the last time I trust Catherine Hardwicke with a movie. Talk about Inception… It’s a book inside a screenplay inside a movie inside an idea. It was based on a screenplay written by David Leslie Johnson, made for a movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke, based off of an idea of Leonardo DiCaprio’s. What did you expect? And you would be right.Įxcept this book did not EXIST before the movie. I know right now you’re thinking, But Chelsea, of course the movie was garbage. No, I’m not talking about the book–never the book. Mothers should draw the shades and cover their children’s eyes.

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