Past experience has proved that the contrasting golden partner of "Beauty and the Beast" can always be renovated and tried and tested, but the premise is that there must be quite technical special effects production and a relatively complex story structure to support, otherwise, No matter how classic the subject matter is, it will be blasphemed and dismembered beyond recognition. The film "Beast Boy" is a perfect example of a collision with a classic and a perfect example. The strong heavy metal music in the first few minutes of the film, as well as the competing appearances of handsome guys and beauties, made me almost mistake it for a youth inspirational film with high hormones. Only kisses can break the spell, and the story is suddenly clear, there is no suspense, it is completely a realistic version of "Beauty and the Beast".
The subsequent plot can be imagined, as long as you go to the black in a pipeline-like way, you can get the true love of the beauty and lift the curse. Sure enough, there are no mistakes, and there are no extras. All the plots are so simple that the supporting characters only need to impose a sentence or a few actions on the male protagonist, and let the male protagonist obediently be led away step by step, after cursing and falling in love with girls. The pain and struggle in the aftermath only remain on the surface, and there is no extreme sense of depression and excessive behavior during the struggle. The heroine is even more brainless, a weird-looking boy, all the tricks are just to win her favor, luxury houses, famous cars, lakeside villas, take turns in battle, she doesn't ask the boy's ins and outs, just enjoy it blindly , without any doubt or thought at all. If it is the kindness and sincerity of the male protagonist that moved her heart, it would be more convincing to say that it was a bombardment from material things. How to make a proud and conceited prodigal son win the favor of a girl, everyone might as well read "Letter to Juliet".
I don't know if there are gold-worshiping women everywhere in the United States, but in terms of the current situation of money-worshiping in my country, the theme of the film "warning people" is obviously contrary to the message conveyed by the film itself. The rich children become humble and loving, but the result is that material things are the foundation of everything, even if you are a monster, you don't ask why. Imagine if the witch deprived the male protagonist of everything, smart mind, handsome appearance, and wealthy family background, starting from a Guo Jing-style poor boy, gradually going in to win the girl's love, and then strengthening the story of the girl's father, While redeeming himself, he also influenced the girl's father by the way. Although it is extremely cliché, it is a reasonable and reasonable storyline.
The male protagonist of this film is played by rising star Alex Pettyfer. It is his other film about young people after "Key No. 4". Although "Key No. 4" has a single plot, it is fortunate that The sci-fi special effects can still guarantee the bottom line, but "Beast Boy" has been reduced to a mediocre and vulgar work due to the flow of the plot and the rigid character of the characters. As for the performance of Alex Pettyfer in the film, it is even more lacklustre. It is said that at the beginning of the filming, the director asked the male protagonist to find an actor with a style similar to Robert Pattinson, obviously wanting to follow the success of "Twilight". Lu, but unfortunately, "Beast Boy" is a work that is more barren than "Key No. 4" and younger than "Twilight".
The music in this film is acceptable, especially the soothing and warm episodes sung by the Swedish indie band Marching Band, but it is a pity to put it in such a vulgar film.
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