Beautiful Creatures, Redbox Edition

This movie is taken from the first book in the "Caster Chronicles," so thank goodness we could get a few more of them. The story is simple enough, a young boy wants to leave his boring town for something better. A new girl moves into town and he falls in love with her. Sound familiar? 

Turns out she is a caster, or witch. And on her 16th birthday she will be claimed by darkness or light. Oddly enough, Male witches get to decide if they are good or evil, females do not. They had a throw away line kind of saying why that was, but they never really do more then just saying "that is how it is." She also happens to be cursed, and will be evil regardless. Can love find a way to overcome the obstacles put before it? 

This movie was bland, everything about it was lackluster. You would expect a magic based movie to have good effects, but anytime the casters started to show off, it was laughable at best. One magic battle resulted in the room spinning around while people yelled at each other for example. The only really good effects were wasted on a dream sequence that was the high point of the movie. The story was poorly done, and you never really come to care about the main players. I was also told the southern accents were very over the top, to the point of being annoying. The one good thing the movie had going for it was the ending, and then they copped out on that one. I do understand however that is due to it being a adaptation from a book. 

The crowd this movie would appeal to will have more then likely have issues with it as well. It does have a love story, but it is poorly written. It also hits every cliche you can imagine in quick succession. You eventually get tired of knowing what will happen next. The one good thing I can say for it, the relationship was at least fairly healthy unlike other similar movies. If you are a fan of the books, maybe this movie is for you. If you are a young girl, you may enjoy it. If you are everybody else, save the 1.25 and pass on it.