A more recent Movie review for you guys! The Duff, the trailer captured me instantly but I never really got round to watching it until the other night!
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As usual the Imdb details;
A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.
Director:
Ari Sandel
Well I was kind of disappointed by this movie. It was hilarious no doubt about that, I did enjoy watching it. It is good entertainment, at certain parts I did cringe and want to walk away but I stuck through. It is a well done movie don't get me wrong.
However, it was a little cliche. It was predictable, by the time I was nearly half way through I made predictions and well they all happened. Obviously somethings cannot be helped, I get that but there weren't really any plot twists. And personally I like to hope the predictions I make are wrong, mainly because it leaves a better impression on me. I did enjoy watching it, it was funny, more than funny even. Having said this the whole 'Duff' idea is whole new concept, or at least I think it is. Kudos for that! It is good teen fiction I have to say, certain aspects you can relate to.
I feel like perhaps the story type has been overdone so many times, obviously that isn't the writers' fault. I understand of course in this day and age it is perhaps becoming harder to be completely original, and that there is huge legacy of movies and stories you have to make your way through in order to get yours being the best it possibly can be of its kind. It was obvious she was going to do the whole 'lets go from looking normal to looking hot' that is overdone, and there was just a lot things you could see coming.
I did gain a little something from the movie though, that if you're invisible (not literally) or not one of those constantly in your face people, you can pretty much wear and do whatever you want without anyone caring. It kind of got me thinking about the whole 'not caring what others think, they don't really care or notice'.
It was good, I will be purchasing the book. And who knows I may do a comparison :)
