Beautiful Creatures
2013 Directed by Richard LaGravenese
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Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
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Going into this I thought another young adult novel adaptation what a fucking treat. I mean who can get enough of those and they're always so great.
Sarcasm aside surprisingly this one wasn't awful. The story is OK, the acting is OK, and the special effects... Yep you guessed it OK. At times it feels like one of the many TV shows that have come and gone dealing with this subject matter, but I simply didn't hate it like I thought I would. My wife enjoyed it because like a lot of women she enjoys these types of love above all else stories. It's all a bit too ridiculous for me but if you enjoy that type of thing you may enjoy this film. As for me it was just OK which makes it better than most in the genre.
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Who are these terrible, terrible lead actor kids and why are they interrupting a perfectly good Jeremy Irons/Emma Thompson ham-off?
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Basically it's the new Twilight.
Everyone knows it's the new Twilight.
And anyone knows it's the new Twilight.
Universally, it's the new Twilight.
That's it; it's the new Twilight.
It's the new Twilight.
Filling the gap left by Twilight.
Understand? t's the new Twilight.
Love Twilight? Well this is the new Twilight.Cheer emo kids! It's the new Twilight.
Rejoice sexually repressed teens! It's the new Twilight.
Embrace fans of mellow indie! It's the new Twilight.
Ascend in your masses society dwellers! It's the new Twilight.
Tell your sparkly friends! It's the new Twilight.
Unearth your Topshop Halloween costumes! It's the new Twilight.
Run to the cinema! It's the new Twilight.
Enjoy what is undoubtedly the new Twilight.
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What a bizarre beast of a film this is! There are choices that boggle the mind and dash any hope of enjoying the entire experience. And yet… you get a pretty strong whiff of a great film hiding underneath all the shit. It's about a love story between a teenage human boy who is frustrated with his small southern town existence and the girl who movies into a mysterious haunted house with her uncle. Together, they have to hope their love for each other can conquer fate and a bunch of other stuff happens.
The biggest problem is that it's all too rushed. One would think 2 hours is plenty for a paranormal teen romance about witches-sorry, they don't like…
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take richard lagravenese away from his typewriter
and all you have left
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Near the beginning of the film, when Ethan (the hicktown kid who reads banned books because they're interesting) first comes to Lena's (the new girl whose entire family is dubbed as Satan worshippers by the Bible thumping population of said hicktown, but who is actually a witch - sorry, they prefer the term 'Caster') house, her uncle (Jeremy Irons) asks her to play them something on the grand piano just chillin' in the house's huge front room, she responds with something along the lines of: "We're not in a Jane Austen novel." Jeremy Irons concedes, asking her instead to make them tea, to which she says: "Again, wrong century." This was the point when I knew I was going to…
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LOL.... like WTF is this?
Campy
Too silly for its own good
A few funny one-liners
Boring leads with no chemistry
Not to mention the lame-ass climax.
Love story? you have got to be kidding me.I think I would have liked this movie if it was more serious and darker in tone.
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Terrible. Desde el guion, las actuaciones y hasta la música. Leí el libro y debe ser por eso mi opinión tan drástica pero es que se pasaron con esta adaptación tan poco fiel a la verdadera historia que aunque no es la gran cosa o innovadora sirve para entretener y pasar el rato. Fueron dos horas de rabia contenida.
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Being a big fan of the magical and mystical this looked to be something I would enjoy, and I did.
Beautiful Creatures has the classic concepts off Christian town with 'haunted' house, darks vs light and can love conquer all?!
I did find this film a bit slow in parts, was mildly irritated by the 'women don't get to choose' idea and think the ending should have been a bit more spectacular.
However, I am a hopeless romantic and found the love between Lena and Ethan very engaging.
Also, big fan of Emma Thompson; she doesn't disappoint.
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Emmy Rossum looked yum, Jeremy Irons was, well... Jeremy Irons and that's all the good stuff this film has.
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No part of me should have liked this, and yet I enjoyed it a lot. Great performances from Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson. A lot of very beautiful shots and an enjoyable story I could get behind. I dig it.
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First Things First: "Beautiful Creatures" is not "Twilight". In fact, the fact that there have been 5 "Twilight" movies and (most likely) only 1 "Beautiful Creatures" movie makes me sick to my stomach because, while "Beautiful Creatures" might not be the greatest movie ever, it's miles above "Twilight", which is awful.... So awful.
I really liked the first 20 minutes of "Beautiful Creatures", which is before it becomes a supernatural romance with visuals that owe more of a debt to Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" (which it is also better than) than the "Twilight" movies.
It plays really well as a southern gothic romance about a teenage boy with a dead mom and a comatose dad who reads banned books in…
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I didn't think I will like this movie but it actually wasn't bad at all
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Going into this I thought another young adult novel adaptation what a fucking treat. I mean who can get enough of those and they're always so great.
Sarcasm aside surprisingly this one wasn't awful. The story is OK, the acting is OK, and the special effects... Yep you guessed it OK. At times it feels like one of the many TV shows that have come and gone dealing with this subject matter, but I simply didn't hate it like I thought I would. My wife enjoyed it because like a lot of women she enjoys these types of love above all else stories. It's all a bit too ridiculous for me but if you enjoy that type of thing you may enjoy this film. As for me it was just OK which makes it better than most in the genre.
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After a boy Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich) experiences the ever dull and uneventful life at home and college, a new girl moves to town who changes his world completely. The movie was excellently acted and surprisingly good, Alden is definitely a great actor and makes this movie all the more realistic and entertaining.