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Most Shallow Movie Ever?

posted 8 years ago by Legendary_Badass
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I'm usually down to watch a teen movie from the '80s, so when I saw this was recently added to Netflix, I made a sandwich, poured some Mountain Dew, and figured to at least have a decent trip to the past.

I'm thinking those behind Teen Witch were just looking for a way to copy Teen Wolf. Teenage boy becomes werewolf turns into teenage girl becomes witch. Whereas the boy has some family connection to his transformation, Louise just sort of happens to come across a fortune teller who tells her she's getting her powers the next day.

What does Louise do with her powers? Make herself popular, of course. Does she do anything to become popular or strive for an achievement? No, she's simply popular. At least in Teen Wolf Fox's character becomes popular as a byproduct of basketball skills.

So it's a movie aimed squarely at teenage girls. I suppose there wasn't much concern to say anything bigger. Characters just talk about being popular. She falls for a popular guy because he's popular. There's the BFF who turns on the lead (like in every movie where the protagonist's stock rises). Even the final school dance scene fails to make a statement. Louise discards her necklace as though now she's not using spells to win over Brad. Umm... whatever. She never got her comeuppance, no reality check. There's a slight villain role hinted at with in Randa, the formerly most popular girl in school, AND NOTHING COMES OF IT!

Lazy, boring, unfunny, predictable. I can see why this made less than $30,000 in theatres.

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[–] dutchchocolatecake 8 years ago

eh... it's a cheesy '80s movie. It's pretty much a parody of itself from start to finish.

You're looking for philosophical depth that was never supposed to be there.

[–] ToxicShockTaco 7 years ago

She tossed her necklace to Madame Serena as a "thank you for all you've done, but I don't need to be popular to be happy"; She learned a lesson about self-esteem and self-love through her experience. Madame Serena gained a friend and an amulet she had been searching for through Louise's experience too. At the end, everyone else is just dancing and not worshiping Louise like they were mid-movie. Brad went off with Louise at the end because he truly cared about her, even after her spells wore off.