Beautiful CreaturesMovie Reviews

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    Written February 14, 2013

    -_-

    by marionsiegle

    I remember watching The Hunger Games and thinking, wow, they did not stick with the source material and missing all the important stuff. Compared to Beautiful Creatures, that movie was a masterpiece. As a fan of the Castor Chronicles, I have to say DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE. If you loved the books, you will HATE this movie. I know no book to movie adaption will ever be like the book. But this movie didn't even have the essence that made Beautiful Creatures such a good book.The direction is awful. The script is HORRIBLE. Just. don't see this movie. These people don't deserve your money.

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    Written February 15, 2013

    Movie Sucked!

    by bingybean

    The best part of the movie was displayed in the previews. It was long, dragged out and completly disappointing. It was so exciting that the man behind me snored through the entire movie. I was never so glad to see credits roll, I knew we should have went and seen Bruce Willis....

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    Written February 16, 2013

    Very different

    by April_LeAnn

    If you like witchcraft and mystery, you'll enjoy this movie. I was very eager to go see it. The movie was a little different from what I thought it would be but I really enjoyed it. The actress who plays Lena is a doll & I thought she did a great job. It could have used about 30 more minutes to give more details but overall it was good. I think as the movies go along-they'll get better. I look forward to seeing the others, but until then I thnk I'll read the books!

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    Written February 26, 2013

    What happened? SPOILER ALERT

    by caksmom

    If you have read the book, as many of us have, you expect the movie to follow it. As a movie viewer, you have to expect and understand that every page can not be put onto the big screen because that would mean and 2 day movie. However, I have to ask...DID THE SCREEN WRITER EVEN READ THE BOOK? I don't think they did. I think they asked someone in passing what the book was about and took about 10 minutes to understand and write a completely different movie with characters named after those from the book. I thought the acting was lacking, and the Ethan character kept smiling stupidly. There was no easy transition from "hey I like you" to "hey you're a freakin' witch!?" to "I love you and will never leave you". He had the same smile on his face the whole time. From beginning to end (why was he running in the beginning? Not in the book) to the end where she makes him forget about her? (also not in the book) What the...! Not good people, not good. Sorry, this was so disappointing.

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    Written February 17, 2013

    Great movie!

    by dreamgirls309

    I haven't read the book, so that may be why I am not disappointed as many were. It was a great movie with a nice love story. Absolutely great actors! I doubted it a bit at first when I saw the trailers but I am sure glad I went through with seeing it. At no moment during the movie was I bored or felt disengaged. As the critic said, it was in my opinion, a bit better story between the two main cast members than Twilight. I definitely think it is worth seeing!
    Other notes are it is something anybody can see and enjoy. It had some humor to it as well during several points and the graphics were really good.

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    Written February 16, 2013

    BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

    by pinaydahl

    I don't think it's fair to rate this movie simply because some story lines are different from the book. (no- I did not read the book so maybe it's good) However...I rate the movie highly from the story, plot and the acting. The way the two main characters felt for each other really pulled me in and the special effects of the movie.
    I am not disappointed at all and I do plan on adding this movie to my DVD home collection.
    I loved this movie and I look forward to any other movies to follow this like the book collection.

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    Written February 15, 2013

    Beautiful Creatures Review

    by grejon6

    This movie was actually very good. I thought that you would just get kind of lost by looking at the previews, but amazingly enough Emmie Rossum came through and blew me away again. Being a very talented actress she's played the Southern Dark Caster very well. I think people who can watch movies hard and follow them, and of course like drama's would love this movie. This movie is not really for kids, not because of violence or language but because it's hard to understand. This movie get's a 4 stars out of 5 for me.

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    Written February 28, 2013

    Book Butchers

    by A_Good_Reflection

    If you liked the book, stick with the book. The producers/directors horrendously butchered the book with this film. Acting wasn't that great, and you could definitely tell this was a very VERY low budget film. Save your money and read the book again!

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    Written March 2, 2013

    I need to read the book..

    by malayshamiranda

    So based on other reviews the book was better than the movie.. well arnt they all :) The movie was okay.. rather long but that left room for details. The main characters were great actors and the special effects were okay not fantastic to the point were I would want to buy the blu ray but good. Sometimes I got the feeling the movie producers and directors were expecting this film to be epic.. Twilight epic. But not quite there.. nice try though. Cute love story and little to unrealistic for a 15 and 16 year old.

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    Written March 5, 2013

    Read the book, it's MUCH Better

    by kubballnut

    I was beyond excited when I saw the preview for this movie. I decided I'd read the book since I love to read. After reading the book, my excitement levels sky-rocketed. Unfortunately, the movie did not live up to the book. The movie left out a lot of the little details that were in the book, important details. I did not like the movie!!!

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    Written February 15, 2013

    Beautiful, wonderful ,empowering

    by heartnsoul757

    Intelligent scripting, wonderful performances by all and downright fun. Just when I thought it was going to be predictable I was pleasantly surprised. Special effects did what exactly should be happening. Enhancing the scene not stealing the scene. Maybe because I'm pagan I can appreciate the nuances, the deeper meaning of what is happening, the messages this movie is telling the viewers. The score by "thenewno2" was outstanding!!! Especially the second song during the credits. I left the movie actually feeling empowered. A must see!

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    Written March 4, 2013

    Good, but something missing

    by RexDeaver

    I really enjoyed it, but kept feeling like some crucial information was missing. Really light on back story, and that made it hard to understand the motivations of the supporting characters. But excellent performances by the entire cast, and the effects didn't swamp the story.

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  • So-so
    Written February 17, 2013

    Entertaining

    by svaneck55

    Unlike many who have reviewed this movie, I have the advantage of NOT having read the books so I can review the movie for what it is. It was entertaining. Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson were very good (as always) despite the movie's lack of continuity. The "newer" actors were not too bad either. I did feel like they were trying to cram as much as possible into 1.5 hrs. That doesn't work too well. However, if the movie were longer it would have been too much since it does at times move at a slow pace (and I do mean slow). There are no surprises here, just an OK movie to pass the time by yourself, with friends or a date.

    Now for those who have read the books, I get the disappointment, but please keep in mind that very few book/movie adaptations are in alignment. If you just want to see a cute movie that is clean (no gore, language or nudity), I recommend you go. Otherwise, wait for the DVD.

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    Written February 19, 2013

    BIG Disappointment

    by suenunez

    I have read all of the Caster Chronicles. With that said, I was looking forward to the movie. I was so disappointed. The movie is SO FAR from the book,it was painful to watch. Characters were omitted, some combined. The story line completely made no sense any longer. The direction was lacking, sound terrible, lighting awful. They must have spent all the money on having Jeremy Irons in the movie who was the only bright spot. Anyone who has any kind of attachment to the book should not see this movie!

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  • So-so
    Written March 8, 2013

    Worth Seeing if You Like This Kind of Thing

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    While Beautiful Creatures was certainly better than I was expecting, it was still not as good as it could have been.

    The story was the typical supernatural Romeo and Juilet that we've come to expect from teen paranormal novels, though there were a few pleasant twists.

    And while the styling was absolutely stunning, the best part of the film really was the costuming and set design, I really wish that film makers would spend more time on their CGI effects if they insist on using them. There were some really beautiful or disturbing moments in the film, only to be ruined by cheesy visual effects.

    I very much enjoy paranormal romance, so I enjoyed this mostly by default, but if it's not your thing, you could probably skip this with no trouble.

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