Reviews for Red Riding Hood

[Cha0tix]

Superb

Yep, can clearly see the movies influence in this flash. Great, fluid style of animation mixed with ambient music. At one time however, the voiceover became hushed, but I do not know if that was a problem on my end.
Since this was so well made I will give you some warning:
Do not become heavily influenced by outside sources such as media. It is alright to take small aspects of media, but make sure to heavily incorporate your own ideas into your work. I enjoyed this very much, and it would be a shame if such talent were to fall to the conformists around here.

[Ashpaw]

Fantastic!

I absolutly loved this, loved the visuals, the music was great, and it gave it sort of a darker feel, I suggest you do more.

[existentialvoid]

Closer to the origional.

Western tales like Cindarella, Little Red Riding Hood and a whole collection of storys that have been handed down were substantially altered with the advent of national education and literacy programs for the youth. In taking these tales and teaching reading and national identity through them, the governments of Europe (since America imported the altered versions due to its youth as a nation) changed them. All of them were bloody, sex filled, violent affairs.
This flash animation is a very good attempt at getting back the violence that was indicative of the tales of old. A violent world, where life was cheap and the threat of violent death a very real possibility (as can be read in Hobbs and Maciavelli <sp>) of the times, where sex was traded and taken at will, and the young, especially young girls <since womanhood began very early> was an important part of their survial tools.
While the sexual element has been taken out (red is the sighn of a woman bleeding, a time when you could sleep with men and not become pregnant), the overall violence has been brought back in a vivid way. Very fine work.

[Caedn]

Amazing

It may be a bit darker than the original version (and definitely the disney-tized version), but no more sick and twisted than most other fairy tales (in their original form, at least). I was impressed by your reinterpretation, though. It can be hard to do that, especially with really well-known stories. I was also impressed by the voice acting. Many times speaking parts end up sounding rather cheesy. I think the movie could've benefitted from a greater difference between characters' voices, though then the voice acting would lose the "storyteller" feeling to it. This is definitely one of the jewels of newgrounds and I look forward to seeing more from you.

P.S. Rating scale explanation: 5 is neutral (meets all expectations). Also, I score on quality and usage. For instance: Even though there wasn't much of it, violence gets a 10 because you used it well as a storytelling tool rather than using blood and gore as a substitute for skill and talent.

[MuroKhan]

So this is what you've been doing.

I loved the adaptation of the fairytale. Your voice actor did the narration and laughter at the end very well. The animation was a bit jerky and needed to turn down the quality though, but I still enjoyed it. Keep it up, and give your associates a pat on the back as well.