2013 Directed by Richard LaGravenese
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.
Alden Ehrenreich Alice Englert Jeremy Irons Viola Davis Emmy Rossum Thomas Mann Emma Thompson Eileen Atkins Margo Martindale Zoey Deutch Tiffany Boone Rachel Brosnahan Kyle Gallner Pruitt Taylor Vince Robin Skye Randy Redd Lance E. Nichols Leslie Castay Sam Gilroy Cindy Hogan Gwendolyn Mulamba Cole Burden Billy Wheelan Christopher Darby Jackie Tuttle Camille Balsamo Lindsay Clift Lucy Faust Justine Wachsberger Show All…
Who are these terrible, terrible lead actor kids and why are they interrupting a perfectly good Jeremy Irons/Emma Thompson ham-off?
Film#52 of 'It's June Jim, but not as we know it'
Doomed from the start to be considered a Twilight clone, this film deserves a lot more credit for actually being watchable and somewhat interesting.
Sure, this film is trope heavy, covering just about every base imaginable a film based on a fantasy novel for young adults should cover, but found the backdrop rather charming and some characters actually interesting. These stories always have to be about troubled love and for that to work you need a central couple to believe and invest in.
In Beautiful Creatures this partly succeeds. Alice Englert is ok, but a bit one-note. It is Alden Ehrenreich, however, who completely sells this film for me.…
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? It'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.
So overall, it's the new Charmed...
I had seen this for the first time back at the start of December and really enjoyed it. Needless to say when the wife asked if I wanted to join her in watching it again, I did it with a happy heart.
The Young Adult genre was something new to me. I'd heard people talk about it but wasn't entirely sure what it was. When someone mentioned "Twilight", I kind of got the gist of it. I'm never too keen to admit it but I'm a fan of "Twilight". A lot cleverer than it's given credit for, it found a niche in the book buying market and exploited it to the max. The inevitable films were always going to be…
Beautiful Creatures, based on Kami Garcia’s novel of the same name, is another Young Adult adaptation about chaste love, supernatural forces and teenage sexual awakening. Thankfully, it is rather more entertaining than Twilight although still not without its significant problems. Ethan, a well read Southern jock longs to leave his small town until he meets new girl Lena who also happens to be a witch. As is the way with these YA stories their love is complicated by a supernatural curse as Lena must choose either to embrace the light or dark side on her 16th birthday.
Richard LaGravenese film has more personality than the majority of its counterparts but it still suffers from many of the same failings. The…
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 moves 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…
I’m really mad that I liked this movie, because I only put it on to kill time smh.
Anyway, Twilight-ish but with characters you actually like and a fun Southern Gothic twist
(Emmy Rossum owns my ass)
Alden Ehrenreich was very attractive. Emma Thompson was delightfully campy. Viola Davis was super underused. I'm not sure about this movie's politics (somehow it makes fun of southern religiousness but there's nothing about racism?), and the unredeemable evil witch curse is a lot, but it was cute. Also anything involving things lighting on fire during sex has to be good.
this was my favorite book series in middle school & ill never forgive them for fucking it up
Expecting more of a magical world and not just witchcraft. But well, not everything you want can happen and that is demonstrated in this movie.
Interesting, but that ending? bruh
The movie was so good from the beginning until the end but that ending was just so.. what?
Great poetry reccomendations btw.
4/5
In the genre of melodramatic-paranormal-romance, I’ll take this one just because it focuses on a couple of literature dorks.
Mejor veo shittty movies, los jóvenes actores son puro talento emergente qué pedo.
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