blackkore

TI noticed the book before but didn't get excited until I saw the commercial for the movie. Unfortunately I still have to say, I'm more excited for the movie than the book. The cover art gained one of the stars in my review; the spark of originality got the other. BEASTLY is an extremely faithful modernization of the fairy tale, almost too faithful. As it is, if you've ever seen the Disney version, you already know nearly every plot point in BEASTLY. The basic story is that of Beauty and the Beast-but set in modern New York. I didn't really connect with any of the characters and the Beast's personality transformation was a little odd(randomly breaking into 19th century phrases because he read a few classic books and became less beastly?). The heavy-handed literary references and moralization distracts from the flow. Just because you compare to the Phantom doesn't mean you are him. And Lindy is not as compelling a character as I would have enjoyed. She needs more wit or cleverness to make her truly something unique

2022-11-14 17:08