STICK TO THE ORIGINAL !!!
I had to edited this review, its the day after & Im still thinking of this movie..... for all the wrong reasons......
This makes no sense right from the start. It starts with Lily driving along with her mum, they put a song on & Lily starts crying...... we never find out WHY !!! All it does it sets it up they she may just be an over emotional teenager who cries at anything. I also don't understand what was the point of the youngest son... ok he was nice to Lily but those scenes / conversations could have been with ANYONE !! In the original you see the girls daily struggles, from bullying, being outcast, rumours, lack of self confidence etc.... this made you feel & root for them. But in this take theres nothing like this, no struggles at all to be on their side.... the closest is when Tabby mentions she's wanting to protect her brother. and no one sits with them at lunch, even transgender character Lourdes was under-utilised for portraying struggles, the only thing mention by her is she doesn't get a period.... are you kidding me !!! What a waste for not giving her more of a platform........You never see any real struggles, its just portrayed they're just wanting 'super powers'. The only good thing to come out of this is it gave the young cast a job, but clearly the older cast were hard up for a pay cheque to agree to star in dribble. This is just a bunch of embarrassing fluff. There are hints of misogyny throughout.... I kept waiting for this to build to something bigger.... granted no amount of misogyny is acceptable but it seemed like this would become a bigger thing (again another thing lacking). When it came to the final confrontation honestly they could have just used a cardboard cut out for all the thrill & action the 'big bad' gave. They only intimidating thing was their eyes went black.....and even that was just eye roll worthy....
Not sure whether thats due to lack of a strong story or whether has been watered downed by the studio to make it appeal to a wider audience, but has caused major harm.
If your a fan of the original AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!! If you must see, wait till its available for free then cleanse your palette with the original. This is only going to appeal to a younger audience who haven't seen the awesome original.
I was skeptical when the rumours of a remake started, that was then heightened when the trailer dropped.... The story was all over the place & just seemed like a lot of fluff that hadn't been fleshed out enough to make a good story with a good confrontation. Just a bunch of glitter dusted misogyny (that wasn't developed enough to be the big bad). Even when the girls decided to take a break made no sense... Im still shaking my head trying to make sense of what I just watched & why the hell there was so much glitter eyeshadow....... Very poor attempt at a reboot, more time should have been given to get it right.
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