I loved this and I would love more movies for the next Halloween 2024
this just feels so homophobic
"We want a Zombies film but don't own the rights, quick what IP DO we own?? Monsters High? Done and done. Man this will show Disney"
-some Paramount higher-up that has hopefully been since fired
The music was great, I love the songs. The plot was going ok until that ‘boss fight’ which was over too quickly for me. I suppose I just wanted too much out of this kid's movie.
Also, they never explain why magic was so bad or why they hated it so much. Then in the end they just accept it? Perhaps the sequel they hinted at will give us a full story.
easy story, great cast, catchy soundtrack. What more do you need from a nickelodean teen musical? I loved it
Review by TextbookViolenceBlockedParent2022-10-08T08:34:59Z
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It is the very definition of performative activism.
They made the headmaster black but whitewashed Clawdeen (and made her orange)
They made Frankie neurodivergent but took away non-verbal autistic Ghoulia
They made Lagoona Latine instead of First Nation (Australia) [this was messed up, cause now the groups are going to fight each other)
They used a white woman for Cleo and painted her darker.
Sure they added (like making Draculaura Filipino) and fixed (like making Abbie desi), but they also took so much (including Clawdeen being a canonical lesbian), and they messed up the Non-binary rep they "added" with Frankie.
Also, the plot was bad, and contradicted the original Monster High, and the costume design was terrible and tacky (like Deuce where is the punk and Heath - it's giving 2 dollar wig, Frankie where is your prep look, Clawdeen what's up with the jacket, Cleo where are the bandages, Lagoona you look like slime, Hyde why aren't you blue).
The witchcraft being "human" was very annoying - especially because there were witches in the original show (and they were famous)
The Holt-hyde plot was bad
Oh and the Deuce x Clawdeen subplot i skipped because imagine destroying Cleo and Deuce's amazing relationship so he can end up with a lesbian.