Excellent, a Must See

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Maybe this is worth 5 stars out of 10, but just something about it makes me leave my rating at 4 stars.The main reason to watch this movie is to gaze at the beauty of Vanessa Hudgens. I guess teen girls will enjoy looking at the male star.This isn't really all that bad of a movie - but it's just so simplistic and obvious and it's been done many times before - and better.I really do feel this is geared towards 12 to 15 year old kids - and not particularly smart ones. Not that that's a bad thing.But many of the rest of us will be naggingly unsatisfied by this pablum.

I don't even like love stories.... this was a fantastic movie!!! I saw I am Number Four and I loved it so i thought i should check out Beastly, was expecting a bad romance, especially because i didn't even like romances, Im more of a sci-fi action kind of guy, but i was very surprised! this movie was amazing! I found the movie on you tube actually while searching for the trailer and decided to check it out! definitely worth it! 9.5/10 --------- ____________ ------------ ______________ ----------------- _________________ ------------ ____________ -------------- ____________ --------------- ____________ ---- --------------- _______________ -------------------- _____________ ------- ----------- ______________ ----------------- _____________

Buckeston Academy is an expensive New York High School. Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) is a rich, popular, vain, arrogant student. Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) is the sweet scholarship student Kyle never bothers with. Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) is a witch and after the latest insult from Kyle, she turns him into a hideous mess. He won't turn back unless someone says 'I love you' within a year. His father Rob (Peter Krause) is shock and sets him up in an apartment. Kyle isolates himself and his father doesn't even visits anymore. Only the maid and a blind tutor (Neil Patrick Harris) is left in his life. Kyle starts following his schoolmate Lindy as his possible salvation. He rescues her from a dangerous drug dealer and forces her to stay with him.Kyle is a douche at the start. Even the rescue is tinged with a lot of self interest. The setup and that whole world is one fake construction. It's not fanciful. It's just false. Whereas 'Beauty and the Beast' takes the POV of the beauty, this takes the POV of the beast. It doesn't improve anything. Quite frankly, none of the actors do a good job. There is no chemistry and no passion. It's an interest attempt but a near miss nevertheless.

To take an elegant story like Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and turn it into this is a shame and a waste of talent. The story is horrid, the acting is terrible. The only thing I kept hoping was that was almost over.Not a big fan of Vanessa Hudgens or Alex Pettyfer, and this film did not help that.More could have been made of a live action version of Beauty and the Beast, but the filmmakers here just threw this mess together like a bad lunch. I gave it 4 stars just because I feel so sorry for the people who DID work hard! A bad movie that I wish I could have avoided! AWFUL!!