Hoodwinked Too! Is the Embodiment of a Bad Sequel 

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Hoodwinked was one of my favorite childhood movies, i still watch it from time to time and still love it, so when i first saw the sequel, i am telling you i never felt more disappointed by a movie ever.

hoodwinked 2 was the first movie i distinctly remembered hating-- but i literally watched hoodwinked 1 on repeat for 13 hours as a kid so

My parents actually went to college with Cory Edwards and writer Tony Leech and has remained in contact with Cory since. I went with my father to see the sequel in theaters since my family had loved the first one, but he dreaded seeing it as Cory told him that nearly any elements of the original script were barely in the final production. And yes, we all thought it was terrible. Cory Edwards has since gone on to work on the internet cartoon Krogzilla, which has a similar set of wit in its dialogue to Hoodwinked.

They made a Hoodwinked sequel? Shout out to the Discord sound at 2:05

The first Hoodwinked ended up becoming a cult classic because it had absolutely AMAZING writing, characters, jokes, and twists, while ALSO perfectly being animated so poorly that the bad animation ended up BECOMING part of the charm. When you pair "Its so bad its good" with "Its fantastic!" you get something oddly special and also impossible to organically replicate.

You know the most messed up part about all of this? I saw this in theaters. I made my dad go with me to theaters to see this film. I'm so sorry dad I hope you can find it in my heart to forgive me.

Hoodwinked was a clever movie. When I was a kid, I was a bit put off by the animation. But the comedy and the story structure got me so hooked (pun unintended) that I just went along with it. So it was sad to see that such a movie ended up having a poor sequel. It had the potential of being the next big franchise as long as they kept that comedy and story structure. Those, to me, were the reasons that story worked well. It was truly subversive in its own unique way.

Also... Wolf, the wild card? The professional investigative journalist, who clearly has a lot of experience and resources in the kind of work he's supposed to be doing, who takes his job seriously... is made the wild card? Literally any of the other three would have made more sense as the "wild card". Kirk: The idiot who "knows the least about anything of anyone in this room", prone to causing antics and chaos due to having no idea what he's doing (he has to read a book to realize how to swing an axe, for Fairy Godmother's sake). The possibilities for "wild card" hijinks from him are endless. Granny: The thrill junkie, "I'd rather live life... to the EXTREME!" Easily could be the type to take the riskier option or go overkill on something because it would be more fun, regardless of whether it's actually the best option for the mission. Red: A relative newbie, not nearly as experienced in the world as Granny or Wolf, but shown to have a determined and independent spirit, quite willing to take action for herself if she feels the need... the type quite likely to go off the rails if given an idea. And this is all assuming you even need a "wild card" type. You don't necessarily have to have one.

Surf's Up doesn't really fall into the "pigging backing off of Shrek" category for me. If anything, it's one of the braver big budget animated movies of (somewhat) recent memory: it sticks with the documentary format from start-to-finish. That was a bold choice.

It’s honestly kind of inspiring how the first had literally everything going against it and still succeeded because it was good. It’s also honestly kind of depressing how bad its sequel is.

This movie killed the “grandma can be badass too” trope. Seriously, have you seen it resurface since?

The original Hoodwinked is probably on my Top 10 favorite movies of all time. I never watched the sequel because everything, from the crappy commercials to the Burger King toys being released long beforehand, told me that this was not gonna be a movie that interested me (and I was right).

The first Hoodwinked and the sequel are literally polar opposites The original was a movie that could have been an easy cash-grab, banking off the popularity of Shrek. But they put so much effort into it that, outside of the animation, the movie has aged like fine wine Whereas the sequel is every bad thing the original could have done, fully realised

The original is a bit underrated, this movie just sucked tho!

I love how this sequel was so crappy that it’s Burger King kids meal tie in was done literally a year prior to the film’s release, that is straight up hilarious 😂

As a kid I used to think Hoodwinked was bad because I saw Hookwinked Too and it soured me on the original. But then one time in school we got to watch it right before Christmas Break bit something, so I learned it was good again. Then that made me wonder if Too was actually better than I remembered. Since I didn’t have either of them, that remained unanswered until today.

What makes the first movie stand out is how you don’t get the full picture until you’ve seen all angles of the movie’s events. And I love how they show why each thing happened, all the way down to why the wolf scared Red in the forest, it’s because the squirrel caught his tail in the camera. It’s not revealed as to why until later in the movie and it works that way. We’re given the idea that the wolf is just the usual bad wolf, but then when he tells his recollection of events, it’s more clear as to why that scene played out that way. It’s brilliant storytelling that should be appreciated more. Hell, they went so far as to include the smallest of connections in the movie. Like when Red is on the mine cart, when there’s the part with a huge drop, for a quick moment you see another mine cart on a different track with someone riding inside it, turns out it was the wolf. Because during his telling of the story, when he’s riding on the mine cart, you see Red’s pass by quickly. Damn this movie is much better than I thought.

Hoodwinked was weird and great. This sapped all the weirdness out of it and now I forgot it existed. Also, wait, there is an explanation for the goat singing, and it's hilarious because of how non-subversive it is in comparison: a witch cursed him to sing everything.

I remember having an embarrassed chuckle the first time I heard Boingo roast that one henchman for his name not being scary. "Watch out for Keith!" Years later, we watched the film one day in my senior year (either Drama or English class) and I asked to use the restroom a couple minutes before that scene came up. I just didn't want classmates snickering at me, lol. 😅

Hoodwinked 1 is an underrated masterpiece and we don't talk about the sequel. Ever.

Oh I _loved_ this movie when I was little. We would rent it so often my parents ended up buying the DVD for me to watch it whenever I wanted,they probably got sick of it after a while. I don't know why,to this day i find it entertaining,it has a really good twist on the fairytale,the bunny thing is hilarious,and the questionable quality of the animation added some charm to it. I remember watching the sequel on TV like once and forgetting about it not long after,what a shame.

the original was very charming & lowkey underrated _why did they do my boy so dirty in the sequel..._

The Weinstein Company around that same time (2006) also distributed another animated film that tried to be Shrek named Doogal and oh boy what a disaster that was, the history of how that film got made is more interesting than the film itself, originally it was a film from France & the UK loosely based on the animated series titled “The Magic Roundabout” in February of 2005, when the film was being brought over to the states, they hired Butch Hartman and at first, Butch wanted the film to be close with the original version of the film and also wanted to added in live action sequences of the film’s story being told to a grandchild similar to that of “The Princess Bride” but that idea fell through due to it being “too expensive” and the Weinsteins decided to redub the entire movie with pop culture references and fart jokes that wasn’t in the original version of the film at all and the movie was also already in English to begin with since there was already an English dub of it with well known British actors (Bill Nighy, Tom Baker, etc) and it was also a case of executive meddling

I love the original Hoodwinked, I love the mystery and the broken narrative. The sequel had neither.

I read the title as “Hoodwinked Tool” lol

The first Hoodwinked was a genuinely enjoyable deconstruction/parody of the Little Red Riding Hood story, and I remember getting excited each time they played it on Cartoon Network back in the day. So the fact that they just turned the sequel into a generic heist/buddy-cop movie is genuinely depressing tbh.

There’s a surprising amount of love for the original movie!

Ah Hoodwinked, I remember enjoying it as a kid but not being interested in the sequel. Good thing I missed out. You know, that talk about Shrek at the start makes me think that had another studio like Warner Bros, Sony, Trigger, etc gotten the reins, I think that the Mario movie would be amazing as a giant middle finger towards the films that Illumination and Modern Dreamworks stood for. Like maybe having only two celebrities with Charlie Day and Jack Black being those with the others being voiced by experienced voice actors, a lack of pop songs and instead using music from the games and even the Wario, DKC, and Yoshi games, a parody of the minions, etc.

The original Hoodwinked came out at the right time. 3D animated movies were technically still new to the movie industry, so while we like to point out the animation looks bad, it didn't look half as bad around the time it came out. Also, the writing was pretty damn good. I remember watching it as a kid and now as an adult, I still genuinely laugh at a lot of their jokes, even if some of them are pretty dated nowadays. So when I saw the sequel Hoodwinked Too, man, was it disappointing. When will corporate-heads learn that the best content is made when you give the people you pay to create more creative freedom? Let creators create!

9:29 “Behold… *inexplicable cringe noise*” Yeah, same little buddy.

Hoodwinked is one of those movies where you could easily mistake it for a weird dream you had as a kid just because you rarely see people talk about it as you get older lmao

Hoodwinked 1 is an objective masterpiece and no one can tell me otherwise.

I liked Red constant done with everything facial expressions of the first movie, in the second she's just... normal

my dad loved Hoodwinked, and was excited to find this at the video rental shop. He quickly realized why the section for it was so small and there were hardly any copies checked out. I've lost a lot of memories from that time of my life, but I remember how sad he was during this movie. He complained and whined through the whole thing, and looked like he wanted to cry by the end. It was a good thing he didn't buy the DVD, like we usually did. It would not have been a proud addition to our collection.

I really loved the Hoodwinked movie when my family watched it. You mentioning the budget of this move made me realize how much effort the production crew went into making the movie's story solid. I remember when I first discovered the movie got a sequel (I believe it was a movie ad on the newspaper). I was both excited and nervous about watching. Then I recalled reading somewhere that it was bad. And then years later a family member had watched it, and thought it was bad. He also gave a critique of it that wasn't privy too, but it was definitely RU-vid critique worthy.

The second Hoodwinked was one of the fist movies that I remember watching and immediately disliking. It wasn’t super common for me to genuinely not like a movie, just to find it boring at the most, but I love the first Hoodwinked a lot, and watching the second one immediately upset me and I just - I hated it

I remember hoodwinked too being the second movie I ever saw in theatres, and me being anxious the entire time because my mom gave me and my brother a can of Pringles to share and I was deadly sure he was taking some more when I wasn't looking.

Loved hoodwinked. It’s probably one of the ugliest movies I’ve ever seen but the story and characters are amazing. And the ugliness honestly does help it tbh. I think it wouldn’t be as great if it didn’t

*What's the point of "appealing to a younger audience" when the audience got OLDER????* I never understood that. Your original audience would be older & new fans would have to watch the more mature previous movie.

They used to play Hoodwinked all the time in Cartoon Network. I love it

Not only was the animation a downgrade from the first, but the story wasn’t as good. On top of that, it infuriated me as a kid that they would show old footage from the first movie to lazily tie it in and tell events in the film. Also, seeing the poor goat abused wasn’t funny, minus the one time he sang like an Opera singer.

“I wish i had more positive to say” says the guy who spent the entire opening half of the video giving me the first bit of validation for my endless love for the first movie as a kid

That Discord ping got me there.

What's also hilarious and wasn't even pointed out was the fact that Hansel and Gretel being evil was 'spoiled' in the trailers 🤣, the marketing team couldn't even be bothered to try to hide it

Hoodwinked is the original Knives Out

Since I watched the first movie (Though it had a different name in my region, a common occurrence with this movie according to Wikipedia) when I was young, the odd animation wasn't a huge dealbreaker for me, though I never watched the sequel. Good to know I wasn't missing much.

I was hysterical when you said, “probably Theodore that fat fuck” 😂

I find interesting that the first movie became a cult classic, I mean my family always enjoyed it and thought it was pretty clever. Plus I thought the crappy animation actually worked in its favor to make characters like the squirrel’s speed look more believable. But, yeah. The second one was a complete mess

I vividly remember Hoodwinked, It was pretty wild ngl, the way that each character had a different perspective was something that I admired

I haven't seen hoodwinked 2 in a while and I remembering it to be okay ( although I do like I can do it alone so I was glad to see it for my first exposure to it). Now seeing the why it failed made me think such potential lost

As someone who only saw the sequel as a kid even without seeing the first film, it's still a pretty generic film that I quite literally forgot about until seeing this video, but in comparison to the original, it's a complete insult to it with the only improvements being in visuals with everything else just being a complete downgrade.

Its so weird to think of this as one me and my siblings favorite movies growing up. I dont even remember how and why we got the DVD but we watched it so many times. It just goes to show that you dont need to highest budget or biggest Names to make smth truly special. I would even call it leagues above many of the later Dreamworksfilms. I really dig it.

I loved Hoodwinked, but I've used the DVD of Hookwinked too to trace circles for crafts and as a base for a small Christmas tree.

Hoodwinked to this day forever impressed me. While the animation nowadays may look a bit…..interesting, everything else from the humor and writing, to the plot, to the characters even the twist still work well to this very day!

I don't know why, but I've always kept looking back at Hoodwinked Too! as a trainwreck. It's so bad, yet I couldn't help but pay attention to it. Sure, it's a drastic step down from the original, but it's oddly charming in its awfulness and ineptitude.

I watched this movie for over 6 hours straight when I was like 9...Can't say I'm proud.

Honestly the sad thing is, these movies two main ideas are brilliant on paper. Red and the Wolf being forced to work together to solve a mystery. GREAT IDEA! The two would naturally have tension based on their antagonistic relationship in the first movie and them realizing that they don't have any logical reason to dislike each other could lead to a solid lesson of the dangers of judging other based on a misunderstanding. Then, the idea that Hansel and Gretal are secretly working WITH the witch is really clever too! Whenever Hansel and Gretal is subverted, it's always "the witch was good, the kids were evil" So the idea of working with the witch is almost a subversion of a subversion! They had two pillars for a really solid sequel, it was just exacuted badly.

I'll always remember the first movie for 2 reasons First my mom took my sister and I to watch it and she loathed it and fell asleep halfway through while we were having fun since it's legitimately fun And second it was the first time I experienced the feeling of a dated reference when they added a joke referencing a politician accused of corruption when the Wolf goes looking for a snitch sheep on the Spanish dub

when I first saw hoodwinked it was the first ever CGI movie I ever watched (yes even before Shrek) and I was amazed of how it looked, the idea of everything looking more realistic instead of drawn out was mind blowing. The sequel did good as well with the animation (though lacked on parts as well), but I think the reason I loved this movie was because it was eye candy to me, though there are more well animated movies nowadays this one will hold a place in my brain as the first ever CGI movie i ever saw

When I was a kid I had absolutely no concept of what was a good or bad movie, so every time I hear that somebody hated a movie as a kid I am absolutely puzzled

Fun Fact, my family loved the original hoodwinked so much that we still often say 'Dina-me-tay: must be Italian" every time we look at or buy candles. We also collectively hated the sequel.

I remember being a kid and seeing bits and pieces of the trailers for the second movie and for some reason I had thought the movie was going to be about Red being upset and depressed over the industrialization of the city moving into the forest and the movie was going to be a kind of progress vs nature kind of film. Now I see my kid brain was just trying to think of a more interesting plot than the final film

I still hold Hoodwinked in my heart as a childhood favorite along with Quest for Camelot and Shrek, etc. Even today, it is lowkey my meme material. I still remember how bored and disappointed I was in the sequel. I think the only part I was interested in was seeing Boingo again.

There was a lot of promotion for the first Hoodwinked. Not for the second one. I recall only one or two commercials for the second one. I knew it would be a shitty sequel.

When I saw this when it came out, the running gag with Japeth actually made me laugh, because he was my favorite character in the first movie. But the final gag, where he's about to be injured again and then starts singing opera, was painfully unfunny. I thought it'd have been way funnier if, instead of singing opera, he ended by talking in his regular voice before walking away.

1:15 Man, those movies are classics. Especially Surfs up.

At the very least, this sequel gave us a slap that's being used on Discord

I still remember my initial reaction to seeing the trailer for Hoodwinked Too on TV as a kid: “There are a lot of red flags, here. Number 1 being how long it’s been.”

i remember watching these movies EVERY SINGLE DAY when i was a kid

It's like shrek is the boys full of cynicism and ridicule but hoodwinked is like invincible respects the past but brings something new

didn't think I'd hear invincible being compared to hoodwinked today, you're not wrong though

This is the cycle of independent creations. They start of as a Huge Success until the studios want more control over how the sequel should be made and it ends up running the project.

The movie at least resulted in the, "Do I look like some sort of clown to you?" meme, so there's that.

I remember we were going to see this movie as a family when I was young, but my brother got in trouble and had to stay home, so only me and my mom saw it. Don't understand why I had to be punished by see this thing where he didn't.

Finally someone understand the brilliance of Hoodwinked 1

I will never get over the fact important character got copy and pasted everywhere and the cheaf bear the cop was not only at a night club, but doesn't interact with red or be a cop..and I'm just salty I wanted a 3rd to redeem it

Disney even fell in love with Shrek...and started making fun of itself. I didn't even realize that Hoodwinked got a sequel.

Kind of off topic but that poster is one of the most creative ways to introduce the voice cast

This is definitely one of the better animation critic youtuber avatars I've seen in a bit. It's actually well drawn and the design doesn't make me cringe.

I had the original hoodwinked DVD. And I liked listening to the directors talking over their movie and how how it was made and stuff, it was a feature that came with the DVD. But yeah. Originally hoodwinked started out in one of their apartments. Which is kinda wholesome ngl. But they were so proud of their movie. Even going to too see it in movies just to gage the audiences reaction. It was kinda sad how it got botched with their 2nd movie.

This is the kind of movie that I could watch anytime. Doesn't matter how often I've seen it. If it's on tv I'm sitting down and enjoying it all over again.

This is a good example of how you don’t need good animation or visuals to be good or have a good story. Because nowadays it seems like people, particularly the ones who really want 2D to make a comeback, look at animation based on how impressive it looks and judge the entire show on that even if the story is mediocre or shit.

Someone who remembers and loves the original movie is ok in my book

i feel i remember watching hoodwinked but its such a vague memory that im unsure and this movie had escaped me for years like some form of cyprid.

For my final project I painted a rabbit wearing a rabbit mask thing (hard to explain unless you see it) and well the mask looked evil so it often reminded people of this rabbit and the one from monty python.

man i love Hoodwinked, it’s something i watch on repeat and love so much

To me, Hoodwinked feels like the Citizen Kane of the animation medium, telling a story from different perspectives, with the audience being lead by a seemingly untrustworthy narrator

ive watched hoodwinked too, too many times i lost count but it’s honestly the best childhood movie ive watched. every year i at least watch back the sequel movie. also there’s a new movie called “bad guys” coming out and it’s like hoodwinked except the main characters are all evil

I remember absolutely LOVING Hoodwinked Too when I was a kid and never getting tired of watching it. I think since I was a very visual child, I cared little about the writing and more about what pleased me in the scenes, like Red and the fights (always loved action lol). Even though the first movie had lots of action, my attention was always on Red. She was my fave, so having a movie that goes especially around her was the peak of my satisfaction. So it still has a special place in my heart, as I know it was such a great piece of my childhood. Only now I can see how the second movie was messed up in some aspects, and how the first one was way more charming and original. But as I said, the only thing I cared about was Red kicking some butts >:)

I loved the original but never got around to this movie. Glad I didn’t miss anything.

Oh man this is the first movie i distinctively remember being disappointed with. I remember watching the credits roll, partially expecting an end credits scene that would excuse the crappy movie and being shocked that yes. That was it. Kid me loved the original Hoodwinked and I remember being genuinely frustrated that I didn’t love the second one as well, even though I was too young to actually understand what exactly made me like one movie and hate the other.

I remember I watched hoodwinked too! Before I watched the first one cause the second one was the only one that was on Netflix…. Let’s just say I was very confused by the sequel until I saw the first one

The funny thing about the Hansel and Gretel twist is that they spoiled it in the previews when it was advertised on television. Really threw what little worth it had out the window straight from the commercials

The best part of the video is the discord ping about two minutes in that made me think i was going insane lmfao

My opinion? Don’t start a sequel until you see the first one SUCCEED And, if you want to make money, MAKE ACTUAL EFFORT.

Thankfully, I never knew that a sequel ever came out. I loved the first one as a kid.

The animation is actually Pop Up Book styled, I don't get how EVERYONE in the WORLD missed it, literally the whole movie STARTS with a Pop up book, the characters MOVE like they are IN a POP UP BOOK, whjich they are, yes it's "bad animation" and it's likely due to inexperience, BUT they literally weave into the narrative WHY they move the way they do.

hoodwinked too may have been a bad film but the scene where the giant slaps the rhino and sends him flying across the room like a pinball is comedy gold

the weird thing is i can’t relate to all this cuz i had only ever watched hoodwinked too and i didn’t even know it was a sequel as a kid and i still liked it then 💀