Under the Dim Aisle Lights, A Man Seated Is a Man Bored

Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood. A little girl has a red cloak. She's going to bring food and whatnot to her grandmother. A wolf eats the grandmother and pretends that he is her when Red shows up. Red gets eaten too. A huntsman comes in at some point and saves the day.

This story doesn't drift far from that plot line. A wolf begins terrorizing a town, demanding that Red follow him into the forest so they can run away together. Red resists, but is still thought to be in league with the wolf and is trying to destroy the village.

The only thing added is a love triangle, something that has become quite frequent in the movies and stories directed at a teenage audience. Hunger Games = Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. Twilight = Bella, Edward, and Jacob. And now, in Red Riding Hood, there is Valerie, Peter, and Henry.

Outside of this love triangle, the film makers attempt to show that anyone with brown eyes could be the wolf, but the identity of the true wolf can be predicted.

At least Gary Oldman is in it. He's fantastic.

Amanda Seyfriend too. She's got the prettiest eyes ever

Overall, however, I was bored. This is probably because my friend and I were seeing two movies that night. I was ready for Red to be over so that we could go watch Beastly.