“Beastly” 2011
A story told many
times before makes its return to the big screen in an attempt at fresh
modernization. Beastly written and directed by Daniel Barnz is a recreation of
the story of Beauty and the Beast. Introduction; meet Kyle a rich, attractive
and vain high school student. Meet Lindy an unnoticed cerebral student. Then to
the twist that we all see coming; the curse brought to you by your local high school
necromancer played by Mary Kate Olsen. Our poor beast who is neglected by his
father is sent away to live with a loving maid and a blind tutor portrayed by
Neil Patrick Harris. He is forced to see the horrors of his ways and lose all
of his friends. We all know the rest beast pursues beauty. Beauty teaches beast
the meaning of love and true beauty and just in time for the movie to end the
spell is broken by true love. There are certain points of irony in the movie
and if it wasn’t for Neil Patrick Harris there would have been few humorous
moments to keep the momentum of this film. In certain aspects the message is
clear; in another way which I did enjoy was the underlying message of
cherishing things less superficial maybe its deep enough to drive a few junior
high school students to take a long hard look in the mirror. I would suggest
this movie as a date flick to the guys that somehow get a movie date with a
girl who might seem out of their league.
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