A new segment here on The Cinema Diva will be choosing a movie that releases each weekend...and talking about what I think about it. It will typically be a movie that I see incessantly advertised on the television and such.
One such movie is the one I will be discussing today - Beastly.
I first saw the trailer for Beastly sometime last year. This modern day Beauty and the Beast tale was, well, not really catching my attention. I get the concept and I love when people put twists on old stories that I love (that even influences my own writing a majority of the time), but the trailer was not really catching my attention like it probably should have. The entire thing seemed a bit cliche and predictable. The above trailer has the movie releasing this summer, but, as we know, it release March 4. Perhaps those high in the cinema food chain knew this movie would not be able to go against other summer juggernauts.
The more I watch the trailer, the more the movie tends to grow on me. I can not see myself going to actually pay to see this movie, but it is certainly something that I will probably check out in the future - possibly becoming one of those romance guilty pleasures I normally have.
So, I will pass on seeing this in the theaters, but can not wait for a DVD.
Another movie releasing March 4 is The Adjustment Bureau. This is more my speed when it comes to what I watch in theaters. The only thing I don't seem to like from the trailer is the little love story that seems to be going on. Why do movies always have to throw in a sub plot? This movie is way more deeper then that (or so I have observed from the trailer) and Matt Damon should be more worried about these bad ass guys in fedoras then some girl. The Adjustment Bureau seems like it will be attempting to get audiences to question their existence and whether something is controlling it - in a literal or theological sense. It also seems like a "What Would You Do" movie - what would you do if you found out about the Bureau? I would question them immensely about my plan although I am sure they would not tell me one word.
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