firefly_6075 Reviews

Red Riding Hood (2011)

painful...cringe worthy...just terrible

[3/10 · 11 March 2011]

I let my friends talk me into seeing this film with them because I think Amanda Seyfried is adorable and I had high hopes that this supposedly adult re-imagining of a children's folk tale would be entertaining in the same aspect of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow...how disappointed I was.

The acting was so corny and so ridiculous although I can't help but feel that it's not entirely the fault of the actors, but the director. The dialogue was so incredibly cheesy that at several points throughout the movie, groans were heard throughout the audience. Visually, the film is beautiful but the plot is choppy, the romance scenes are cringe worthy, everything about this film was just painful. Shiloh whatever his name is has a constant sneer/smirk on his face that makes his character so annoying. And the other love interest was just plain dull. Seyfried is a perfect Red Riding Hood but she brings nothing to the film other than her constantly doe eyed, surprised expression.

Do not waste your money on this crap.

The Number 23 (2007)

Jim Carrey was the only thing that saved this movie...

[6/10 · 24 February 2007]

Overall, the movie was just okay. The plot was just okay. The actors were just okay. The setting was just okay. And what took place in the ending has been done over and over and over again.

While it was nice to see Jim Carrey broaden his acting skills to play a borderline (if even that) psychopath, the rest of the movie just dwindled, for me anyway. I found Virginia Madsen's character to be slightly annoying, and his son, although adorable, was almost an unnecessary character and did nothing to further improve the plot.

It was overly-predictable and somewhat unoriginal. But nice job to Carrey, it would be nice to see him take on some more roles like this. He was the only thing that really saved this movie. Had his character been played by another actor, I would have lowered my rating significantly. Worth seeing, but only at a matinée price.