Although there are some elements of twilight in the story. I found it to be a much better viewing experience. I was definitely surprised by how good it was. I may be biased because I like fantasy films a lot. Nevertheless, in some areas it was a little slow, especially at the beginning, but it does pick as the story continues.
Typical fantasy romance film plot, but it is fun to watch.I liked the fact that the story occurred in an isolated town and the rest of the world being completely oblivious to the existence of witches. Personally it made me feel as if something like this, no matter how absurd, could actually be happening.
Note- this is my first ever review and it is rushed, so be nice.
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Plot summary
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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May 04, 2013 at 09:24 AM
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Predictable story but a lot more fun than Twilight.
Fair teen melodrama
Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) can't wait to get out of his hometown of Gatlin, South Carolina. Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert) is a mysterious new girl in school. She's the niece to town's recluse Macon Ravenwood (Jeremy Irons). Only she and her family have a deep dark secret.
The teen melodrama has potential. The two leads are nice enough to root for. They're not big names by any means. If it was only them, then this could have been a better movie. The fact is there is too much exposition. There is too much to explain, and too much to digest. The more time taken up by Jeremy Irons or Viola Davis to explain, the more boring the movie becomes. They're trying hard to lay down the ground works for future movies, instead of concentrating on making this movie great.
Soulless Twilight wannabe
Boy, I thought the TWILIGHT series was awful, but lately I've been watching some TWILIGHT-inspired cash-ins and it turns out they're even worse. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is such a beast, a film that gender reverses the characters in TWILIGHT and swaps vampires for witches. Otherwise, the plots of the films are basically interchangeable.
And unfortunately this turns out to be almost the dullest film imaginable. Fittingly, it's a beautiful movie to look at, with the American South never looking so good, but goodness me is the script soulless. The characters are insipid and one-dimensional, and the two leads couldn't get less interesting. I don't know who's worse: Ethan, the slow-witted yokel, or Lena, the self-important outsider. The worst thing is that you can tell actors like Alice Englert could actually be good given half the chance.
In a failed bid to draw in more mature audiences, the likes of Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson are cast in supporting roles (Irons is solid, but Thompson overacts horribly). There are some occasionally CGI-dominated magic scenes which are nothing to write home about. And amid all the endless angsty soul-searching and listless "romance", all I could wonder about was why these witches couldn't put their talents to better use. How about taking a trip to one of the drought-stricken African countries and bringing them rain instead of all this self-indulgent screwing around?