Beastly - 18th September 2012

After a serious drama last week, we fall back into the realm of the chick-flick this week and discover what goes on in the film;

Beastly

Beastly, is billed as a modern day take on Beauty and the Beast, so one can safely assume the plot for this film. Running at it does at around 83 minutes long, which equates to 83 minutes of my life that I will never see again.

On the DVD, there is an alternative ending. I was hoping there would be an alternative beginning, perhaps one that was good!

OK, it wasn't a good film, but let me at least spell out the plot and credit the cast. The Beast in this movie is Kyle Kingson, played the ever so good looking (so I am told) Alex Pettyfer. Kingson is an arrogant, obnoxious, good looking high school student. Good looking and he knows it.

At the start of the film there is some high school election, which was all a bit strange and difficult to follow, but the plot is so thin, it's easy to pick up the general idea. Anyway, Kyle falls foul of weird student, Kendra, who seems to be some kind of witch. Oh, here's an interesting point, Kendra is played by Mary-Kate Olsen, who has changed a fair bit since starring in Two of a Kind with her sister Ashley.

Anyway, Kendra curses Kyle.
Kyle turns ugly.
Kyle has a year to make someone say "I love you" to the now ugly chap.
Introduce love interest in the form of Lindy, played by Vanessa Hudgens and you have your story.

There are a few twists in the middle. The introduction of a blind tutor for ugly Kyle injects some much needed humour. However, on the whole, the story was pretty dire. The plot was thin. The acting was pretty wooden, especially in the alternative ending. And a lot of the scenes were really cheesey.

I normally say, if you have a couple of hours spare, on a wet weekend, then watch the film. In this case I'll make an exception, if you have a couple of hours spare, on a wet weekend, watch some paint dry, instead of watching Beastly, it will be more entertaining.

Hey, these are just my thoughts! You might enjoy it.

You won't.