where: BRENDEN VACAVILLE 16 in Vacaville, CA
when: Saturday, March 12th, 2011
show: 4:55 p.m.
costs: $8.00 Ticket + $4.00 small Diet Pepsi + $13.35 lunch @ Tin Tin Buffet before the show ( + $2.25 Tip ) = $27.60
auditorium: 16
seat: 5th row, 10th column
synopsis/overview: A young woman, Valerie ( Amanda Seyfried ), is torn between the man she loves, Peter ( Shiloh Fernandez ), and the well-to-do man, Henry ( Max Irons ), that her parents had betrothed her to. Just as Valerie and Peter are thinking of eloping, Valerie's sister is killed by a werewolf. The town hires a werewolf hunter, Father Solomon ( Gary Oldman ), who proceeds to tell the people that the wolf takes on human form by day and is living among them. Now, Valerie is starting to get suspicious about all the people that are near and dear to her as panic overruns the village.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Sacrificial offering; 2.) The bunny; 3.) Sister; 4.) Mother's ( Virginia Madsen ) confession; 5.) "If you love her, you'll let her go"; 6.) The hunt; 7.) "All sorrows are lost with bread"; 8.) The red hood; 9.) The cave; 10.) "I was afraid"; 11.) Love child; 12.) Father Solomon ( Gary Oldman ); 13.) Blood Moon Week; 14.) Celebration; 15.) Attack; 16.) "I know you well"; 17.) "A man bitten is a man cursed"; 18.) "'Just a scratch"; 19.) The broken engagement; 20.) Interrogation; 21.) The betrayal; 22.) Trial; 23.) Rescue plan; 24.) "I can smell it on you"; 25.) Public display; 26.) Diversion; 27.) "My brother had children, too"; 28.) The dream; 29.) "It all made sense"; 30.) The bite; 31.) The village's old ways; 32.) The return; and 33.) Stupid bonus scene after the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience was somewhat entertained by this creative re-imagination of a well known fairy tale.
recommendation: I liked it enough. It's a Chick Flick aimed at "Twilight" fans. So, if you're such a fan, go see this movie.
spoiler alert! Why didn't the rabbit, supposedly a wild one, hop away when it had the chance? If I were either parent of the fallen victim, I wouldn't stand far-off like that; but I would be down on the ground hugging and grieving hard for my loved one. Ah, didn't the villagers know that they were walking around inadequately clothed for the winter? Shouldn't his clothes have been torn to pieces when he turned into a werewolf since it was bigger in size than an average human being and almost practically the size of a horse? In other words, whoever came out of that cave butt-naked was not a streaker, was not an exhibitionist, was not a naturist, was not a nudist, but was the werewolf! After all, people back then didn't have closets full of clothes and didn't go walking around with a change of clothes handy. Sleeping Grandma woke up too quickly. You'd think that the hand kept in that box would have been rotten by then. By the time that the villagers had formed another hunting party the day after the second attack, the snow would have already covered-up the werewolf's tracks. You would think that with the werewolf running loose on Blood Moon Week people would barricade themselves. But Grandma's door wasn't locked from the inside. How was the werewolf able to disguise its voice to make itself sound like Grandma ( Julie Christie )? Shouldn't the dead victims of the werewolf have been disposed of properly, severed limbs and all? That sure gives new meaning to "giving someone the finger."
fyi: It was not the Romans who invented the Brazen Bull--a Brazen Elephant in this movie--but the ancient Greeks. And I already talked about this on my blog for last year's SAW 3-D, THE FINAL CHAPTER.
word of advice: Don't marry for money.
tidbits: After this movie ended, I realized that I had enough time to catch the 7:00 p.m. show for MARS NEEDS WOMEN in 3-D. So, I stuck around to see this just to save a future trip to the cinemas.
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