Beastly

Okay, this film is classified as a chick flick. It takes the disney story of Beauty and the Beast and modernizes it and places it in high school. This film was loosely based off a novel by Alex Flinn (with the same title). This film has a great story, and manages to maintain a great plot-line through-out the film. The acting convey's the story very well, but it won't win an emmy. The effects were subtle, and visually great. The tattoo on his arm, a tree, was well done. The tattoo on his arm is the sign that shows how long he has to get someone to say the words 'I Love You'. It does subtle changes as time  progress', however I think the white roses could have been better done. The roses towards the end didn't look like a tattoo-more like it was colored in, or was a sticker. His other tattoo's were great, and his scars were pretty kewl as well. But the smaller scars around his nose didn't turn out as good. Mary-Kate Olsen plays Kendra, the witch, in this film. This was a great return to film for her. It'll re-establish her name to a familiar audience. Daniel Barnz is a brand-new director to film having only done one short, and one un-known film in 2008. The directing was well done for this film, and the editing was great. However, I believe that this film will only be seen by teenage girls, and women who believe that romance is waiting around the corner. The story is great, but the script was written for high school teenagers-so it probably won't be as  enjoyable to older audiences. This is more of a girlfriends over and watch a rented movie sort of thing. 


So, as a new feature to my criticism's, I'll be adding in a star rating for the films I watch. Without further adue, I rate this movie a 8 out of 10 stars. As great as it is, it doesn't hold much emotional intensity outside of high school popularity.