Review of Sea Change

Sea Change (2017 TV Movie)
5/10
So familiar
31 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This movie seemed very familiar somehow...let's see: Young teenage girl uprooted from her everyday life and placed into a small town in the middle of nowhere, where technology seems taboo (no cell towers?) and people enjoy the good ole' slow way of life....Check! Teenage girl has to live with a family member they've had little to no contact with over the years...allowing for oh so much drama....Check! Teenage girl immediately attracts the attention of two hot guys despite having no real personality, charm, or any real redeeming qualities, one is of course hot, rich, and popular, the other his hot, working class, and an angst ridden loaner (oh whom will she choose?).....Check! Teenage girl begins to suspect there is something strange about her love interest...possibly supernatural....Check. A sudden and mysterious death bearing tell-tell signs of something unnatural lead her to explore the possibility of supernatural creatures ("We found this strange cape, and the victim was found with two puncture wounds and was drained of all their blood....we believe this to be the work of a supernatural being, most likely....a mummy") Check! Teenage girl checks the internet and immediately finds all relevant information to said supernatural beings on the first page she clicks on, complete with ye oldy looking paper (cause Wikipedia looks like that doesn't it folks?)....Check Despite every page warning of her of the extreme danger of such creatures....she immediately proceeds to confront said hot guy with her quote unquote "evidence". "You had scars, now you don't! That proves you're a supernatural creature!" Thus putting herself in danger of being killed for exposing said creature's secret (the one all those old timey pages warned you was a killer, the ones all the town folks are scared of....the ones who have possibly killed one person already?!)....Check! Teenage girl finds herself drawn ever more toward this angst driven loaner/supernatural creature/possible murderer, meanwhile other hot guy grows ever more jealous....Check. Teenage girl ignores what hot guy/supernatural creature clearly told her no less than 30 seconds ago, warning her of extreme danger and that he would most likely try to injure/kill her....but she "trusts" him...well that didn't exactly work out now did it....and you're shocked?! HE LITERALLY JUST TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!! ....Check!!! Movie suddenly ends with no explanation of any of the previously set-up mysteries whatsoever....Well at least that part was different lol. So, yeah.....not really ringing any bells...so familiar......I'd bet my friends Edward, Bella, or Jacob might know. All in all, not the worst movie I've ever seen...but as others have pointed out...seems unfinished...I take it the books aren't finished either....but neither are the Game of Thrones series...it's your job as the writer and or director to figure something out....instead of just crashing into a brick wall at 90 miles an hour.
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