Reviews for shows/movies about teen girls
Mar. 28th, 2021 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiriel123I've watched a lot of Netflix things over the past few months, so putting them here for posterity. Again no cut because I am html deficient and this is, as always, only for me.
Movies
- The Prom: 1/10
That 1 is only because I thought the girls who played Alyssa and Emma were great. The moment I saw Ryan Murphy's name, I knew it would be bad but god it went lower than my on the floor expectations. Now granted I saw the original stage show at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta (pre-broadway) so this may have colored my perception compared to someone who hasn't seen the stage show, or even has seen the broadway stage show. I REALLY liked the stage show, thought it was ADORABLE and actually went and bought a ticket to see it a second time at the Alliance theater.
But they literally cut out every scene where the girls were being adorable together and showcasing their love and only kept the scenes where they were fighting?? Like, the closet make-outs, and the love songs were all cut! They turned the first half of their "You happened" song into a promposal for the hets, and then cut the girls' part of the song where they sang about the things they liked about each other! Plus, the message of forgiveness running through the movie was disturbing - it was like just forgive someone because they say they're sorry, or even if they don't say it! Alyssa's mom shows up at the gym at the end of the movie and NEVER FUCKING APOLOGIZES for making Emma the town pariah and RUINING her prom, but she makes a half-assed statement about trying to understand her daughter so she is embraced with love! Barry's mom shows up and is like oh, sorry I kicked you out when you were a teenager I just didn't know how to accept your abnormalities and suddenly everything is sunshine and roses between them??? Gross. So disappointing. Again, the lead girls were great, I just hate they turned this adorable lesbian romance into this dramatized mess.
Enola Holms: 7/10
Very cute. Sometimes a little much but I watched it all, and enjoyed it for what it was. Would not re-watch it, but liked it all the same.
Shows about Teen Girls
Get Even: 7/10
Enjoyed it! Will watch season 2, if it gets a season 2, and actually went and put the book on my Wish List at the library for when I have the energy to read it. I enjoyed the girls and their stories and revenge plots.
Tiny Pretty Things: 5/10
I actually bought this book about 5 years ago, and was inspired to start it when I saw it became a show. I only made it about halfway through the book when I started watching the show but that is ok, because except for the fact that both center around ballet and have a bitchy girl named Bette in them, there is NO OTHER SIMILARITY.
The show was engaging in that I kept clicking to watch the next episode but also I was definitely hate watching and cursing out all the characters. The head of the dance school was a predator, their special ballet teacher was a predator, so many adults sleeping with these underage kids. But if there's a season 2, I will probably watch it
Dare Me: 6/10
The hate watching I did for this was just a little less hateful than for Tiny Pretty Things. Mostly the hate centered around Colette French who can go choke. But I enjoyed the cheerleading drama, and the characters while they made me yell at the screen sometimes, were well fleshed out.
The Winx Saga (live-action): 4/10
Did not finish. Tried to watch the finale THREE times and failed each time. God the HYPOCRISY of the main girl INFURIATED me. Normally I can get over that (hello Clary Fray, Shadowhunters) because it's consistent but this chick. She finds out that her blood family came from Aster Dell which was wiped out by the teachers that head up the school and she (rightfully) starts to take them to task. THEN she finds out that actually her blood family wasn't from Aster Dell but the people there stole here and so it's all JUST FINE that Aster Dell was slaughtered by these people and she frees the person who headed the slaughter??? Also, by the way, while the show is trying to say she came here to learn to control her magic because she was afraid of hurting her real family, you know the people who raised her since she was a baby, but her real family just isn't important when held up against blood! And basically everything that puts students in danger is because of her selfish actions. She's the reason the wards get deactivated, she's the reason the other kids in her dormitory are going out in dangerous situations to try to save her. I hate her so much, I literally could not stand to see her face on my screen anymore.
Never Have I Ever: 7/10
Cute show, will watch season 2 when it comes out. Definitely times when I rolled my eyes at the characters but it made me feel Emotions at multiple parts and I liked watching it.
Spinning Out: 4/10
Could not finish it end to end, but I did manage to watch pieces of each episode, even though the finale was basically me fast forwarding a LOT. It was fine, but the main girl started to irritate me about 3/4 of the way through the season and it just escalated every episode. It tried to say some things about manic depressiveness and depression in general and there were parts that rang really true to me and parts that fell flat. Plus I found the plot with her little sister infuriating, like I am so tired of these shows having all the adult men sleeping with the teenage girls. If season 2 does come out I might give it a try, we'll see.
Sex Education: 8/10
I'm not done with this yet but that's only because I'm watching with a friend and we have to coordinate. It's so much fun! I get second hand embarrassment a lot, but I adore all the characters even when they're being idiots, and it's a very good representation of teenagers.
Derry Girls: 10/10
LOVED IT. Omg these girls are the DUMBEST TEENS IN EXISTENCE I cracked up at each episode. I've watched it through three times, it's so well done.
Movies
- The Prom: 1/10
That 1 is only because I thought the girls who played Alyssa and Emma were great. The moment I saw Ryan Murphy's name, I knew it would be bad but god it went lower than my on the floor expectations. Now granted I saw the original stage show at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta (pre-broadway) so this may have colored my perception compared to someone who hasn't seen the stage show, or even has seen the broadway stage show. I REALLY liked the stage show, thought it was ADORABLE and actually went and bought a ticket to see it a second time at the Alliance theater.
But they literally cut out every scene where the girls were being adorable together and showcasing their love and only kept the scenes where they were fighting?? Like, the closet make-outs, and the love songs were all cut! They turned the first half of their "You happened" song into a promposal for the hets, and then cut the girls' part of the song where they sang about the things they liked about each other! Plus, the message of forgiveness running through the movie was disturbing - it was like just forgive someone because they say they're sorry, or even if they don't say it! Alyssa's mom shows up at the gym at the end of the movie and NEVER FUCKING APOLOGIZES for making Emma the town pariah and RUINING her prom, but she makes a half-assed statement about trying to understand her daughter so she is embraced with love! Barry's mom shows up and is like oh, sorry I kicked you out when you were a teenager I just didn't know how to accept your abnormalities and suddenly everything is sunshine and roses between them??? Gross. So disappointing. Again, the lead girls were great, I just hate they turned this adorable lesbian romance into this dramatized mess.
Enola Holms: 7/10
Very cute. Sometimes a little much but I watched it all, and enjoyed it for what it was. Would not re-watch it, but liked it all the same.
Shows about Teen Girls
Get Even: 7/10
Enjoyed it! Will watch season 2, if it gets a season 2, and actually went and put the book on my Wish List at the library for when I have the energy to read it. I enjoyed the girls and their stories and revenge plots.
Tiny Pretty Things: 5/10
I actually bought this book about 5 years ago, and was inspired to start it when I saw it became a show. I only made it about halfway through the book when I started watching the show but that is ok, because except for the fact that both center around ballet and have a bitchy girl named Bette in them, there is NO OTHER SIMILARITY.
The show was engaging in that I kept clicking to watch the next episode but also I was definitely hate watching and cursing out all the characters. The head of the dance school was a predator, their special ballet teacher was a predator, so many adults sleeping with these underage kids. But if there's a season 2, I will probably watch it
Dare Me: 6/10
The hate watching I did for this was just a little less hateful than for Tiny Pretty Things. Mostly the hate centered around Colette French who can go choke. But I enjoyed the cheerleading drama, and the characters while they made me yell at the screen sometimes, were well fleshed out.
The Winx Saga (live-action): 4/10
Did not finish. Tried to watch the finale THREE times and failed each time. God the HYPOCRISY of the main girl INFURIATED me. Normally I can get over that (hello Clary Fray, Shadowhunters) because it's consistent but this chick. She finds out that her blood family came from Aster Dell which was wiped out by the teachers that head up the school and she (rightfully) starts to take them to task. THEN she finds out that actually her blood family wasn't from Aster Dell but the people there stole here and so it's all JUST FINE that Aster Dell was slaughtered by these people and she frees the person who headed the slaughter??? Also, by the way, while the show is trying to say she came here to learn to control her magic because she was afraid of hurting her real family, you know the people who raised her since she was a baby, but her real family just isn't important when held up against blood! And basically everything that puts students in danger is because of her selfish actions. She's the reason the wards get deactivated, she's the reason the other kids in her dormitory are going out in dangerous situations to try to save her. I hate her so much, I literally could not stand to see her face on my screen anymore.
Never Have I Ever: 7/10
Cute show, will watch season 2 when it comes out. Definitely times when I rolled my eyes at the characters but it made me feel Emotions at multiple parts and I liked watching it.
Spinning Out: 4/10
Could not finish it end to end, but I did manage to watch pieces of each episode, even though the finale was basically me fast forwarding a LOT. It was fine, but the main girl started to irritate me about 3/4 of the way through the season and it just escalated every episode. It tried to say some things about manic depressiveness and depression in general and there were parts that rang really true to me and parts that fell flat. Plus I found the plot with her little sister infuriating, like I am so tired of these shows having all the adult men sleeping with the teenage girls. If season 2 does come out I might give it a try, we'll see.
Sex Education: 8/10
I'm not done with this yet but that's only because I'm watching with a friend and we have to coordinate. It's so much fun! I get second hand embarrassment a lot, but I adore all the characters even when they're being idiots, and it's a very good representation of teenagers.
Derry Girls: 10/10
LOVED IT. Omg these girls are the DUMBEST TEENS IN EXISTENCE I cracked up at each episode. I've watched it through three times, it's so well done.
