This YA Beauty and the Beast Retelling is SHALLOW and BORING | A Beastly Breakdown 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ 

"it doesn't matter because he'll always be ugly because he's a kidnapper" I'm fucking crying bro 😭

Female characters in these kinds of novels need to stop parading around, throwing out the titles of these English classics and using them to justify entering abusive relationships. Your reaction to her misunderstanding about Rochester in Jane Eyre is identical to mine whenever I read any discourse from teenage girls about Wuthering Heights. Too often in these novels women talk about the toxic relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff as though it's an ideal to be lived up to, and I'm just like, "Did this writer even READ Wuthering Heights or did she just read the blurb on the back of the book about how it's one of the greatest Romances of all time?" It's enough to make me want to bang my head against a wall repeatedly.

May I just say the Mary Kate and Vanessa Hudgens actually made this dumb dialogue sound good.

I was gonna make a joke about the witch finding out he broke the curse only to be told that he basically bought this girl from a drug dealer and held her captive, but the fact she WAS THERE

You should do beautiful creatures, I feel like no one talks about that one and the movie has heavy hitters like Emma Thompson and Viola Davis

I've said it once and I'll say it again, your channel is criminally underrated.💜

Halfway through this video and the best thing about it is that I finally found some who doesn't think Jane Eyre is a literary masterpiece instead of the too many page torture device that it was!

I loved Beastly in my high school days 😂 Was it good fiction/filmmaking? Hell no. Was it entertaining and captivating to my teenage self? 💯%

Him blackmailing the dad in order to get her tracks with his personality: selfish and entitled. That decision to get him to do that matches with the character

I would love to see your take on Beautiful Creatures. I'm currently listening to the Fallen audiobook because it takes no real attention and my job is manually intensive so I appreciate having noise to occupy my mind that doesn't take too much to process.

I remember that trend of modernizing and/or fairy tales Dark & Gritty. I hated it after the 100th book. They really don't like going into the stuff that's there, do they?

I actually did read this book in 6th grade and back then I thought the book was better than the movie but after listening to you recap the book I can’t believe I thought the book was cute like so many red flags

I laughed so very hard through this; thank you. Yes, both are absolutely terrible; the "I can't save you" at the end was priceless. He was an absolute dick and the 'telling it like he saw it' - my dude, what?

At least Belle had agency: she was the one who told the Beast she would stay in her father's place. Also I'm am in the middle of Jane Eyre (don't worry I already know the spoilers) and I can see who was basically sold into modern slavery would call it her favourite book.

I'm calling it now, these characters are a huge plot to brainwash us into being mindless idiots starting from our childhood so we are easily manipulated as adults.

Also about the chatroom plot line: its been a looong time since I read the book but it could be that this was nod or a reference to Alex flynn other books because I think she came out with book that were retellings of the frog prince, the little mermaid, etc... I may have had an ill-advised Alex flynn phase in middle school/early high school

I love the way you talk about adaptations and books

You should do Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones! That book is so unrated, and the Studio Ghibili movie is great, but completely different. If you do do it though, you can't use any clips from the movie because Studio Ghibili are really strict on about that.

i would love to see you do one of these type of videos for the giver and/or the host👀👀 the giver might still hold up but i cant say the same thing about the host💀

A good Beauty and the Beast retelling : Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier 😊

Alex Flinn's bibliography confuses me tbh bc her early books were pretty good. They tackled tough subjects like depression, abuse, forgiveness with a level of nuance rarely seen in early 2000s YA. But then all of a sudden she wrote nothing but shallow fairytale retellings. I wonder what happened 🤔 did she decide the modern fairytale schtick was more profitable? Not calling her a sellout but...

Please do this with Ella Enchanted! I love your content

my second hand embarrassment is so bad i cannot get through this movie 😂😂😂

If want a good beauty and beast retelling, read Entreat Me by Grace Draven. I loved it, it's a fantasy romance.

The Count of Monte Christo is one of my favourite romance/transformation movies so I would love to see a book/movie video on it ❤️

i will never stop saying this as long as people talk about this movie, their school looks like an airport an I've never gotten over it

44:05 the background actors' reactions from the back are how i feel about this book and movie😂

Ok, but I need you to watch the alternate ending. Because the DRAMA 👀

100% I HATE ROCHESTER. He definitely pushed his wife off the roof and you can't convince me otherwise. His the worst of the worst and I can't believe she went back and married him (although the pastor/cousin was an ass and I loathed him) # spinsterlife I still really enjoyed that book though because I love drama lol.

I am sorry if Someone mentioned this already, but i believe chatroom was intended as a Connection piece For a series and new books in this universe have been published Not too long ago.

I was suffering along with you omg what were we thinking with these types of romances

I'm very curious of your opinion on the BBC mini series adaptation (2004) of North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell... If that's interesting to you at all :)

I remember reading the book backing middle school and loving it, but I'm sure if tried reading it now I wouldn't be able to get thru it😅

The Jane Eyre rant made my day, thank you!

I read this book in maybe middle school or something? The only thing I remember was him watching Lindy in the mirror and she was reading for hours and he was so shocked that someone would do that. I only think it stood out because I did that and never knew some people thought it was weird lol

Seconding the requests for Beautiful creatures! I also read Love and gelato last year and when I saw the netflix trailer I was like "Huh did they read the same book I did?" So that could be fun. At least less toxic 🙃

Girl seriously you make my day a lot better!!! I laughed until I cry😂😂😂😂😂😂

This is not even that old but the way they ruined Everyday by David Leviathan still hurts me to my core... How an adaptation so crucially misunderstand it's source material is baffling to me

not going to lie, the book was THE SHIT when I first read it (longtime fan of Beauty and the Beast, I did have a problem with unhealthy romances, though); only watched a few scenes of the movie, and I could already tell it was a hot mess, especially that ending 🤣 I genuinely enjoyed the forum chats, I found the fairytale callbacks to be endearing, and I guess I'll always remember the story quite fondly, despite everything. I'm really glad I found your channel, you're hilarious, keep up the good work!

Belle's dad also sold her in the original story, it was nothing new

PLEASE DO BEAUTIFUL CREATURES OMG !!

OMG YEAH the magda reveal is so wild in retrospect

Off topic but you're actually so funny! Pretty much the only RU-vidr I watch who consistently makes me laugh rather than just exhale through my nose, top tier content as always

Love your channel! Another vote for Beautiful Creatures! But also, I think the NPH character in this movie comes from trying to make him seem more Barney like since How I Met Your Mother was popular around this time. Not to say that it excuses its behavior, but just to make it make sense haha

I’m not sure if anyone else would like it but have you read “Beauty : the retelling of beauty and the beast” by Robin McKinley this one is a nostalgic read for me!

first comment!!💗💗💗 please do the howl's moving castle book trilogy or grrm books/shows😩💓 p.s. can't wait for your botaa of pride and prejudice💖

i remember reading beastly after watching the film, i think i was like or smth and i think i liked it? xD i would like for you to do blood and chocolate. i remember liking the film but never getting around to the book. i think that would be interesting

I just found your channel and you are so underrated! You have such a nice voice and I love the way you talk about things! Also your very pretty :D

I haven't read the book but I enjoyed the movie in the same way that I enjoy Twilight 😂 its trashy but kinda fun and there's some fun actors in it

I honestly liked the Beastly Book more than the movie. But ya Fallen was a bit ridiculous and boring as I got deeper into it. But hearing about it now, oh lord I remember how confusing the beginning was and wondering how on earth it had anything to do with the plot.

you should do beautiful creatures at some point, i remember being so excited when the movie came out, but it just came and went and everyone forgot about it, me included lmao

Why was he allowed to stay home from school where no one could see him, shouldn't the curse make have to go to school so everyone could see him and be ridiculed. It seems like a fair punishment then to be sent off alone and then have a blind tutor. Why did the witch curse him to be ugly if no one could see him.

I'd love to see you do a battle of the Jane Eyre adaptations just to hear you rant about how Rochester is NOT a romantic hero!

The biggest problem i have with this book is that part of the fun of “modern” retelling of fairy tales is seeing the clever ways the authors works in the story elements of the original to fit the new setting of the story, but nope this author literally just wrote beauty and the beast in modern day with high school characters and said “magic. Literal MAGIC!”

While I love retellings, I agree that Beastly is forgettable in my mind because of how cliche and traditional to the original story it is. I can see how the movie tried it's best to make the story better, but both of them just don't stand out to me. I don't condone any of its poor messaging. It's just one of those trashy things in old romances, which sucks. There's also an alternative ending to the movie that pretty much is similar to the book that I like a bit better than the actual ending. It just felt more exciting to me. Also, I really like Beauty and the Beast in its messaging. I even examined it through a blog post. The best retelling of Beauty and the Beast I read was Ashley Poston's Bookish and the Beast. It's a modernized retelling that's enemies to lovers, but there's no kidding or stalking. The heroine, Rose, goes into a house owned by a famous actor, ruins a special book, and ends up in a deal in helping organize the book collection at the house. I definitely recommend that one if you're interested. I definitely like certain ideas of what Beastly was attempting to create a modernized fairy tale world. It's just that, if you're not into it, then it might not be as interesting to people like me. Anyway, great video and I look forward to watching more Adaptation Archives.

A really good and interesting retelling of Beauty and the Beast is Uprooted by Naomi Novik

I remember being so excited for this movie and leaving the theater disappointed, lol Also, such a cute picture of you at 3! Awwww

I love this movie! Also cuz Ashley Olsen

Sooooo I read the book back in the day and personally the book is way better than the movie. Now I don't remember much because like you said very short book, somewhat entertaining but the story and plot all in all doesn't make sense once you sit and realize WTF is this and why.

One touch I did like about the movie is when Kyle asks his dad if he loves him and his dad says yes - and both Kyle and you the viewer realize that his dad is lying because Kyle’s curse didn’t break.

The dad is Andrew in PLL 💀

If I'm remebering correctly there are additional books by the same authour that cover some of the other charaters/stories mentioned in the chats in the same kind of 'modern day fairytale' vibes

This video opened some repressed memories. Not only I read this boring book, I even god knows why read the Cinderella sequel 😂 I swear I remember what happened in the first book only thanks to the film.

Glad you made this. Going to have to rewatch Jenny Nicolson's video on the movie.

I remember reading it at 14 and loving it but looking back it was so swallow only watched the movie because of Mary Kate and Vanessa their outfits were great

I think we forget that he is a teenager. We expect more from them but these are kids.

As a kid I loved this book. Wonder what I’ll think of the stuff I don’t remember now 😂

Man I don't know why this specifically triggered this train of thought, but here we go: so many things aimed for young people and especially feature the grumpy/broody (centuries) older guy and the young innocent girl. It would be great to write a story where the (centuries) older man doesn't try to pray on the younger girl, in fact downright rejects her. Then I remembered when the first X-Men movie was released and I was Rogue/Logan trash. I'm part of the problem.

I love Jane Eyre hahah so I feel personally attacked xD

I tried to read the book years ago and couldn't. I've never seen the movie, but I have watched commentary videos on it so that's basically watching it. haha

Ok, I know it is a totally trash retelling of the actual fairytale, I know there are many plot points that make absolutely no sense… but I will be a Beastly apologist until the end, like I cannot even describe the hold this movie had on me in like 11th grade 😹😹😹

I read this book in middle school. I liked it back then but didn’t like the movie when it came out years later

Let's shout out "pixie lott - Broken Arrow" that song in the movie was iconic and it was so good in the trailer. 🤷‍♀️🤣😂

jane eyre is my favourite book :( it’s almost a horror but also romance. idk i love it

My friend read this book in middle school and that’s legit all I knew about it before reading

That forum gives me Once Upon A Time vibes..

Dude I remember reading this book in middle school and (unfortunately) loving it, my under developed brain ate this crap up lol😭

PLEASE do a reaction to the Beautiful Disaster movie

Classics like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Pride & Prejudice etc may be guilty pleasures, but they are NOT examples of relationships that are sweet and healthy…in all of these books the love interests are cruel at times and manipulative and the men treat women so poorly but they are “changed” at the end and it’s happily ever after. 🙄 I love those stories but as that-stories. Not as relationship inspirations istg

How do you make a modern retelling of a story that is a great allegory for how visibly disabled people are treated, & still manage to be ableist? It baffles me, truly

I agree that they didn’t want to do the hairy beast thing, but he’s still identifiably human. No one would try to put him down as a wild beast. It’s not that bad lol. They could’ve gone more… monster-ish with his curse. At least give him green skin or something!!!!

We needed a sequel of Kendra wrecking Kyle/Hunter’s dad’s life

i also had no idea this was based on a book... wow

I actually read the book and never saw this movie 😭😭😭

Why the arbitrary deadlines on these BatB curses?

He actually looked hot instead of ugly, also, how can someone make it into worse. It wasn't a retelling, it was literally the same thing but bad

27:11 IS THAT A BLONDE DAKOTA JOHNSON

I appreciated the Jane Eyre rant as someone who recently read the book for the first time.

oooh no actually, Anne of Green Gables, the books compared to the 80s Canadian movies compared to Anne with an E.

Is this a re-upload?

Actually now you should review Jane Eyre ;)

We have learned we need more evil Mary Kate.

Hear me out, hear me out. The letter throw and catching her was smooth. Ok you guys can roast me now

i didn't even know this movie was an adaptation

For classic retellings, Robin McKinley has some good ones

Actually....this beast look would work in Divergent

Yo this fucking video was hilarious!

honestly i like his beast look much more than his regular look.

Of course his name is Kyle; I’ve never met a pleasant Kyle

i love how bad beastly is😂😂 it's one of my comfort movie