Just a reminder: Red Riding Hood and her friends hit the big screen again in “HOODWINKED TOO: HOOD VS. EVIL” this weekend, April 29.
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13 Responses to ““Hoodwinked Too” opens this weekend”
my wife and i took the 3 kiddos with us yesterday to see it. they loved it and were very excited to see Red and Twitchy back on the screen. although it felt a bit short, we really enjoyed the second installment. i have to agree with the above poster – i totally dig all of the one-liner movie references.
Well I finally saw it a few days ago and I’m sorry to say that there really isn’t anything good that I can say about it. (Aside from the opening credits, which I thought were pretty cool.) Yes the fart jokes, crotch kicks, etc. were annoying, but I could have ignored them easily enough and enjoyed the rest of the movie, that is, had there been anything else to enjoy. Unfortunately the entire film was rather flat. For the first fifteen/twenty minutes or so, it was fun enough just to see the characters back on the big screen in a new adventure, but it didn’t take long for me to get bored with the unoriginal plotlines and weak humor. Again, the biggest problem wasn’t that a handful of the jokes were stupid and annoying, but that the rest of the jokes simply weren’t that funny. When I saw the first film in theaters, everyone in the audience, children and adults couldn’t stop laughing for the entire film. I’ve seen the movie at least five times since then and it never gets any less funny. However during this one, hardly anyone laughed at all. I let out a chuckle now and then, but none of the jokes got me really laughing and even the kids didn’t laugh that much. I’m confused how there could have been such a drop in the quality of the humor between films. You indicated in your review of the film that anyone over ten probably wouldn’t care much for it. However I’m sure you didn’t write it that way, right? You also stated that this has a different tone from the original and that it was taken in a different direction than you would have taken it. I know that the director of the film has a major impact on what the final production is like, but ultimately the plot and most of the jokes come from the script, right? I don’t know a whole lot about the filmmaking process, but if the film doesn’t appeal to anyone over ten, then it seems to me like that would be just as much a fault of the script as it is of the “direction” or “tone” of the film. I’m not necessarily trying to blame you for the film’s faults. I’m just confused about how they all got there. There’s no way that you could release a copy of your original script to the public is there? I understand if you can’t due to legal reasons, but if it is at all possible (or if you are ever able to in the future) I’d love to see it.
I hope I didn’t come across too harshly. I have a lot of respect for you and even if some of the things I didn’t like about the film were your ideas, I still believe that you are an incredibly talented and vastly underappreciated filmmaker. I don’t want to be too hard on Mike Disa either, as I’m sure that he put a lot of hard work and care into this film. But I still wanted to be honest about my opinions of this film.
Your observations of the sequel are very accurate. I have to say I agree with most of them. All I can tell you is that the script we submitted three years ago was very different than the one that ended up on screen. You might be feeling the story lacked surprise or originality because the first ten minutes of the movie were rewritten to forecast every surprise reveal of the first act. Also throughout the script, entire scenes were cut, entire characters added (the green troll never talked, let alone Jive talked), and the whole climax was changed.
I’m not going to analyze the script line-by-line to prove why what we wrote might have been funnier. But at the end of the day, even with an untouched draft, the success of a film is not determined by the script, but by the execution of that script — in performances and comic timing.
Anyway, your observations are accurate in my book. But we turned in a script with a lot of twists and turns and subtle humor you remember from the first film. Then other people messed with it for three years. Nothing stays the same under that kind of process, especially in Hollywood. And when I have NO control over these characters anymore (and I mean ZERO), I have to accept the results.
The first movie was great but this one really was a tough one to watch. The first had great animation, a fun story, really great music (“Red Is Blue, Doesn’t Make much sense now” hahah I still love that) Sorry your original script got mashed up. Can you post your script somewhere? It would be nice to see what the original would have looked like 🙂
I really hope there is a Hoodwinked 3. i was lucky enough, that I was on holiday in the US, it’s not airing in the UK 🙁 , so I was able to watch it and it was the best film I have seen in years.
Although the second one was good, the first was funnier and I hope that whomever ‘has control over these characters’, lets you and everyone else who contributed to the first film, make the third, as it will definately result in another hit like the first one.
If it’s an issue of the company trying to make money surely letting you guys make the film the way you had wanted to, would have resulted in the film and grossing more.
Airing it in the UK would have got a lot too, where it would have easily got everyone going to watch it, the first film probably got a large proportion of the money it made from over here, second one would have too, even more if the first one was shown on the BBC a couple of days before the second aired. Again, I hope that there is a third film and that we see the “4 unlikely hero’s” again soon.
P.S. Please don’t change the characters again, as it would … ‘just not work’, im not against what they look like now, but I would have liked to see them doing thier first couple of cases for the HEA as they looked before and then maybe
showing them as they are know for this film.
I think it would have been great to see them as they started off, but it would be as good to see them as they are know, so please dont change them in the third film.
Thanks for this nice comment. I have my doubts about “Hoodwinked 3,” since “Hoodwinked 2” had a pretty disappointing box office total. I agree that these characters have a lot more life in them, but the powers that control them are clearly not invested in the original vision the creators started. Maybe a TV series is where Red and the HEA should find new life.
The box office total was probably low because people did not know it was airing, the only reason I knew, was because it was listed in the cinema whilst I was over there, not even a poster, a lot of people who would have watched still don’t know it exists and again, it didn’t air over here, so it probably lost a fair amount.
A TV series would be good, but only if the cast stays the same and you, todd and tony are the directors, or whatever it is for TV shows. I’m still going to wish for a 3rd film and also that you guys come back as the directors and writers.
I know that in that circumstance it would easily make more money than the first one did, if only The Weinstien Company could see what they are sitting on, the ‘Hoodwinked Franchise’ could easily become the most successful film series that has ever existed. Anyway thatnks for responding earlier.
P.S. Why was there no music in the sequel, there was some but it wasn’t like the first one. Also, do you guys not own the rights to the characters, I mean you did create them, it only seems right that you should be able bring out a third movie if you wanted to.
The signature songs of Todd Edwards and others you remember from the first film were not part of the second film simply because we weren’t asked. And honestly, I’m not sure Todd was that excited to contribute to the second film anyway.
And no, we have no control over the characters. They are owned by executive producer Maurice Kanbar. If you want to see more of them, I encourage you to contact either Kanbar Animation or The Weinstein Company.
I think I might do that, ask them why they refuse to let a great franchise continue as it was, providing a fair amount of cash for them and giving people what they want.
How they decided that showing us the same films but with different characters,backgrounds and animations, but with the same story is a great way to make money and its what we, the viewers, want (when it really isn’t).
I doubt they will listen, but you never know, they might see sense and let you guys carry on giving us what we want and they might not be getting into debt so often, if they actually gave us something worth watching for once, instead of the recycled garbage they do most of the time.
Anyway, Thanks for responding and i hope that they will contact you to direct the frnchise that is yours.
April 29th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
My wife and I are going tonight. We are looking forward to it!
April 29th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Was a fan of the first one and just came back from the theater on premier night! It was great and full of laughs.
Thumbs up for Hannibal lecter quote!
April 30th, 2011 at 8:49 am
my wife and i took the 3 kiddos with us yesterday to see it. they loved it and were very excited to see Red and Twitchy back on the screen. although it felt a bit short, we really enjoyed the second installment. i have to agree with the above poster – i totally dig all of the one-liner movie references.
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:19 am
I loved the “hello clarice” laughed till I cried lol..Great flick!
May 2nd, 2011 at 1:17 pm
All things considered, I really enjoyed it. I’m kicking myself for passing up the first one. Hopefully, the stuff that was cut out will be on DVD.
And the train scene? Priceless.
May 4th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Well I finally saw it a few days ago and I’m sorry to say that there really isn’t anything good that I can say about it. (Aside from the opening credits, which I thought were pretty cool.) Yes the fart jokes, crotch kicks, etc. were annoying, but I could have ignored them easily enough and enjoyed the rest of the movie, that is, had there been anything else to enjoy. Unfortunately the entire film was rather flat. For the first fifteen/twenty minutes or so, it was fun enough just to see the characters back on the big screen in a new adventure, but it didn’t take long for me to get bored with the unoriginal plotlines and weak humor. Again, the biggest problem wasn’t that a handful of the jokes were stupid and annoying, but that the rest of the jokes simply weren’t that funny. When I saw the first film in theaters, everyone in the audience, children and adults couldn’t stop laughing for the entire film. I’ve seen the movie at least five times since then and it never gets any less funny. However during this one, hardly anyone laughed at all. I let out a chuckle now and then, but none of the jokes got me really laughing and even the kids didn’t laugh that much. I’m confused how there could have been such a drop in the quality of the humor between films. You indicated in your review of the film that anyone over ten probably wouldn’t care much for it. However I’m sure you didn’t write it that way, right? You also stated that this has a different tone from the original and that it was taken in a different direction than you would have taken it. I know that the director of the film has a major impact on what the final production is like, but ultimately the plot and most of the jokes come from the script, right? I don’t know a whole lot about the filmmaking process, but if the film doesn’t appeal to anyone over ten, then it seems to me like that would be just as much a fault of the script as it is of the “direction” or “tone” of the film. I’m not necessarily trying to blame you for the film’s faults. I’m just confused about how they all got there. There’s no way that you could release a copy of your original script to the public is there? I understand if you can’t due to legal reasons, but if it is at all possible (or if you are ever able to in the future) I’d love to see it.
I hope I didn’t come across too harshly. I have a lot of respect for you and even if some of the things I didn’t like about the film were your ideas, I still believe that you are an incredibly talented and vastly underappreciated filmmaker. I don’t want to be too hard on Mike Disa either, as I’m sure that he put a lot of hard work and care into this film. But I still wanted to be honest about my opinions of this film.
May 4th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Jeremiah,
Your observations of the sequel are very accurate. I have to say I agree with most of them. All I can tell you is that the script we submitted three years ago was very different than the one that ended up on screen. You might be feeling the story lacked surprise or originality because the first ten minutes of the movie were rewritten to forecast every surprise reveal of the first act. Also throughout the script, entire scenes were cut, entire characters added (the green troll never talked, let alone Jive talked), and the whole climax was changed.
I’m not going to analyze the script line-by-line to prove why what we wrote might have been funnier. But at the end of the day, even with an untouched draft, the success of a film is not determined by the script, but by the execution of that script — in performances and comic timing.
Anyway, your observations are accurate in my book. But we turned in a script with a lot of twists and turns and subtle humor you remember from the first film. Then other people messed with it for three years. Nothing stays the same under that kind of process, especially in Hollywood. And when I have NO control over these characters anymore (and I mean ZERO), I have to accept the results.
May 15th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
The first movie was great but this one really was a tough one to watch. The first had great animation, a fun story, really great music (“Red Is Blue, Doesn’t Make much sense now” hahah I still love that) Sorry your original script got mashed up. Can you post your script somewhere? It would be nice to see what the original would have looked like 🙂
August 4th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
I really hope there is a Hoodwinked 3. i was lucky enough, that I was on holiday in the US, it’s not airing in the UK 🙁 , so I was able to watch it and it was the best film I have seen in years.
Although the second one was good, the first was funnier and I hope that whomever ‘has control over these characters’, lets you and everyone else who contributed to the first film, make the third, as it will definately result in another hit like the first one.
If it’s an issue of the company trying to make money surely letting you guys make the film the way you had wanted to, would have resulted in the film and grossing more.
Airing it in the UK would have got a lot too, where it would have easily got everyone going to watch it, the first film probably got a large proportion of the money it made from over here, second one would have too, even more if the first one was shown on the BBC a couple of days before the second aired. Again, I hope that there is a third film and that we see the “4 unlikely hero’s” again soon.
P.S. Please don’t change the characters again, as it would … ‘just not work’, im not against what they look like now, but I would have liked to see them doing thier first couple of cases for the HEA as they looked before and then maybe
showing them as they are know for this film.
I think it would have been great to see them as they started off, but it would be as good to see them as they are know, so please dont change them in the third film.
Thanks.
August 4th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
karanjit_999@hotmail.com,
Thanks for this nice comment. I have my doubts about “Hoodwinked 3,” since “Hoodwinked 2” had a pretty disappointing box office total. I agree that these characters have a lot more life in them, but the powers that control them are clearly not invested in the original vision the creators started. Maybe a TV series is where Red and the HEA should find new life.
August 5th, 2011 at 6:58 am
The box office total was probably low because people did not know it was airing, the only reason I knew, was because it was listed in the cinema whilst I was over there, not even a poster, a lot of people who would have watched still don’t know it exists and again, it didn’t air over here, so it probably lost a fair amount.
A TV series would be good, but only if the cast stays the same and you, todd and tony are the directors, or whatever it is for TV shows. I’m still going to wish for a 3rd film and also that you guys come back as the directors and writers.
I know that in that circumstance it would easily make more money than the first one did, if only The Weinstien Company could see what they are sitting on, the ‘Hoodwinked Franchise’ could easily become the most successful film series that has ever existed. Anyway thatnks for responding earlier.
P.S. Why was there no music in the sequel, there was some but it wasn’t like the first one. Also, do you guys not own the rights to the characters, I mean you did create them, it only seems right that you should be able bring out a third movie if you wanted to.
Thanks again.
August 5th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
The signature songs of Todd Edwards and others you remember from the first film were not part of the second film simply because we weren’t asked. And honestly, I’m not sure Todd was that excited to contribute to the second film anyway.
And no, we have no control over the characters. They are owned by executive producer Maurice Kanbar. If you want to see more of them, I encourage you to contact either Kanbar Animation or The Weinstein Company.
August 5th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I think I might do that, ask them why they refuse to let a great franchise continue as it was, providing a fair amount of cash for them and giving people what they want.
How they decided that showing us the same films but with different characters,backgrounds and animations, but with the same story is a great way to make money and its what we, the viewers, want (when it really isn’t).
I doubt they will listen, but you never know, they might see sense and let you guys carry on giving us what we want and they might not be getting into debt so often, if they actually gave us something worth watching for once, instead of the recycled garbage they do most of the time.
Anyway, Thanks for responding and i hope that they will contact you to direct the frnchise that is yours.