Beautiful Creatures
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Beautiful Creatures
Have you guys watched the movie Beautiful Creatures? It is based on a book series by Kami Garcia. I've watched the movie and to keep it real, it was terrible
The pace was too fast, and the relationship was pretty much 'insta-love'-ish and the characters were kind of just mehh. If you've read the books, how do you feel about them?
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Just a random thought. The Mortal Instrument movie was close to being terrible as well. They ended up redoing the movie as the show Shadowhunters, which is decent. Do you think Beautiful Creatures would do well as a TV show?
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Lena and Ethan are drawn together, but their budding romance is threatened by the dangers posed by Lena's being a Caster and her family's Dark powers, for upon her sixteenth birthday Lena must undergo the Claiming, a process that will decide her fate forever: Light or Dark.
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Haven't seen it, but the insta-love thing worries me. It happens a lot and really detracts.atina_abd wrote:Hello there everybody, how are you guys today?
Have you guys watched the movie Beautiful Creatures? It is based on a book series by Kami Garcia. I've watched the movie and to keep it real, it was terrible
The pace was too fast, and the relationship was pretty much 'insta-love'-ish and the characters were kind of just mehh. If you've read the books, how do you feel about them?
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Overall, I thought they were ok, not the best reads, but certainly better than Twilight.
Less idealism and a more realistic outlook that what you want doesn't come cheap.
There weren't many (if any) plot twists that were unforeseeable, however, I do share Ethan's ability to spot things before they happen.
Just watched the film. Jeremy Irons and the chemistry between the main two aside, it is terrible.
Does the book no justice whatsoever, and basically closes the door on Beautiful Darkness.
No Marion (A major player later on), Amma is made to look like a throwaway, yet in the book Macon (Or Melchizedek) is at least cautious of her, if not openly afraid. Sarafine, supposedly the world's most powerful dark caster (And a Cataclyst) is easily brushed aside by Lena, a just turned 16 year old with more angst than Harry Potter.
One biggie for me is that the books make it clear that mortals and casters cannot share prolonged physical contact without the mortal experiencing discomfort, yet sexual relations are implied between Ethan and Lena, and also Ridley and Link. (Not to mention Lena is 15 at this point which would be illegal!)
Conclusion? I think the movie was a poorly thought out attempt to rival Twilight. The authors don't make much reference to it in their website which suggests they weren't overly impressed either. But such is Hollywood.
All in all, I think the movie was a poor reflection of the books and could have been handled much better. Whilst a movie like this is a bit of a risk, sticking more to the book would have given more continuity (and made more sense).
4/10
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