@@Thatchaoticelf bruh if being a transphobic is having an opinion on the matter and not supporting that but still respecting them because they people then I’m a transphobic for not liking surgery that changes who you really are. Basically the whole point of the movie 💀
@@EditMovie17 plastic surgery can be involved in transitioning but doesn’t have to. Your gender and plastic surgery are too completely different issues that you’re having but you’re equating the two because they sometimes overlap and you’re trans phobic so you need a reason to hate trans people. if your comments were 4% factual, you’d be fine but you’re mad at pressure for surgeries to look a certain way not someone wanting their gender to align with the way they look for them. Hate and discrimination based off of emotion and not any fact is discrimination and hate speech by law, not opinion. You can have your opinions as long as they A) are actually being talked about in the conversation and not just brought up by right wings obsessed with people minding their own business and B) if these “opinions” are that you hate a minority group or wanna cause violence based on something someone cannot change then you’re a predator. Clearly you need to do some research on who and why plastic surgery was invented and the oppression that’s had for women because of men. All cis gendered people. Hope that helps
I was a little concerned when I first saw that the movie would be only 1 hour 40 minutes long. It gave me some doubt on whether the makers would be able to fit in all the important plot and character details in that short of a runtime instead of making it at least 20+ minutes longer.
Well the uglies were never ugly either, that’s the point of the whole book; people getting all called ugly because they don’t have surgery and don’t comply to these dumb, cooky cutter standards, where every one just looks the same. David was indeed handsome, but not a single one of those kids was ugly, that’s precisely the point of the whole story. You missed it!
That’s what I thought too 😂🤣 . . . unlike the others whom weren’t transformed, David was already hot , like nothing ordinary there , so that was a mis cast
@@happysheep9941 I remember how they talked about his teeth being messed up. I wish they would’ve given him a prosthetic to make his teeth uneven and a bit yellow.
@@capybaraponque611 The Netflix Uglies actually got me interested in the series considering I have never come across "Beauty Standards" as the plot concept
I felt this movie was quite enjoyable and they did an amazing job with the overall futuristic/dystopian layout. Some of the VFX was a little mediocre but most of the overall visuals were very well done for the rendition of a futuristic city. Here's a fun fact: All of the guys that girls are going crazy over in this move, Peris, David and Croy, are all Virgos.
As someone who read the books, this movie was boring, they changed the ending and took out a lot of the action. They changed a lot from the books. Especially David. In the books, he always supported Tally, even denying she betrayed the Smoke. I remember one specific line from the book "Tally knew Maddy blamed her for Az's death, but David didn't." Something like that anyways. Also Peris never became a Special. This could be contradicting if they make Pretties into a movie, as he is alongside Tally in New Pretty Town. Also Az didnt die from murder. Dr. Cable wanted to erase Maddy and Az's minds about the lesions, Az was the outcome of a failed medical experiment. Just a few irks about the movie.
@@michael_Ia I did find it boring at some points but I’ve never read the book so it kept me entertained I still thought it was really cool and now that she’s a pretty it might get more entertaining. I can understand people who read the books and compare to the movies since that’s what it’s based on most of the movie will stick to the book but obviously it will change a lot since it’s a movie 😂.
It has been years and years since I read the books. They are my favorite. I forgot a lot of them, so thanks for the refresher. I liked the movie for what it was. I knew they wouldn't be able to put it all in a movie, but I was excited nontheless.
As someone who has not touched the books in 20 years and was just incredibly happy to awaken the little part of me that treasured this book, I loved it.
I am not familiar with the book, but I watched the show with similar concepts from other sources, The Twilight Zone: "Number 12 looks just like you." Then there is the line from The Incredibles, "If everyone is super, no one will be super." Yes, this would have been perfect for Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.
As someone who was in his early teens during the 2010s YA dystopian craze, this film takes me back. Has a lot of the same tone and feels from those films. Frankly, this film’s biggest problem is that it came a decade too late. Feels like this film is from 2014, not 2024.
this is the YA dystopia version of she's all that lmao. shes so pretty, but glasses and overalls blech! then take off her glasses and omg she's beautiful. i kinda love this for all the wrong reasons.
Also in reality Tally knew exactly what she wanted from life, she had been dreaming of this surgery since she figured out it was a thing. She didn’t want to rebel, she didn’t want anything to do with the smoke. That’s what made Tally such an interesting main character. Her being unwillingly sucked into this plot to change the world all because she loved and cared for the people that she loved. She’s an unwilling hero. That’s what I thought was so interesting about this series. Even at the end when the world is free she goes into hiding. Although when her actual motive was revealed I thought it was very much the stupidest motivation ever. But alas here we are.
Right 😂 and they even mention how this is the closest they’ve gotten.. if they have flying drones, how could they not find it eventually. They decide to send Tally?? So random ngl
Man idk but i dont blame Dr. Cable for anything. I was against her UNTIL the last scene. If the city looked so pretty and everything was so peaceful, I would want everything to stay however it is cuz nobody would know what they were really missing out on otherwise lol. Manipulation is definitely wrong but seeing how its working out...I kinda liked it lol. And the argument of power flower depleting nutrients of the soil isn't even strong enough to condemn them cuz they'd obviously find a way to keep powering more efficiently compared to the rusties who p much fucked their environment up. Dr. cable didn't j build a city without keeping a plan in her mind c'mon.
Alrighty, respect the 😈 advocate. There are caveats with both sides. In the beginning, I actually thought she should just wait out the 2 months and get the surgery before learning about the lesions. It would be interesting if there was a compromise for first time offenders to get brain washed to not be violent through surgery. But nothing is ever enough to maintain peace for too long
@@TheNetflixNook you should read it, i promise you it's way better than the movie (everyone says that ik) and the following books get even crazier, I LOVED this series growing up it's one of my faves
Honestly I thought it was good keep in mind I haven’t seen the book. I’ve missed teen dystopian movies so I was really excited for this. I thought the acting was ok but some were bad like idk David wasn’t so good 😂. The only thing I despised was the fact she doesn’t like peris but David 💀like come on …. Anyway I still liked it quite a few twists and terns thought they did some right calls. It was definitely truthful this movie about the way the world tends to make teens feel less then for no reason or self obsessed like why. I also think it was so funny how acutely they put the government like they make you pretty stare at your screens lie to you and dumb you down 💀 yeah
The book is way more in depth on her and Peris. Typical teen girl stuff, she wants him but no more than a friend but sees him as more than said friend.
@@Abby-o7i 😂 o my word. Like in the movie they gave off that vibe that they like each other I mean he definitely likes her but then she would say no he’s just a friend 💀🍿
Also if I remember in books Peris was a neutral character and a regular Pretty instead of becoming Special and killing David's dad. He and Tally are friends in every part of the story but if I'm correct their feelings were purely platonic and Tally was torn between David and Zane(a guy she met in the city after her surgery).
@@emilia-4911 then maybe they’ll add another character to play zane then but the only thing is why get chase stokes to play peris if they are going to kill him off and only use I’m a little. idk I can really understand your view from the book the way it’s supposed to be but since it’s a movie they have changed some things for example you said it was plutonic in the book and yes she always calls him her best friend but I can’t help thinking there’s more there when they have great chemistry in the movie like when he’s leaving he says can I tell you something. Then says is there any world where you and … He got cut off at that point but that seems like he was trying to say be together like a relationship. Seeing how he also stroked her cheek and also got called her boyfriend by others it’s hinting otherwise. Especially the way he automatically started to realise who he was when he saw her and then got another procedure. Lastly the fact his last words was her name. I just think it’s all a bit sus
I liked it and would recommend it as a time passer , although I wouldn’t care to pass my time on it again ! However I would watch a part 2 !! This would’ve been a much better series though
Spoilers. I didnt watch this but the story is a three parter. Tally becomes prettified in part two and eventually decides to become a killing machine member of the government in part 3, before fighting off her programming and destroying the government. The real theme of the books to me was the ethics of population control to protect the environment, and the ethics of acquiring power and becoming a member of the state. It never really answers those questions particularly well, buy at least it got 14-year-old me thinking about these things
as a huge fan of the books, im happy it was finally adapted because i always wanted to see how they look like in real life and stuff but i guess they did the best they could ... lowkey hate how corny the visuals are especially the specials,, thought they would be in like black and less robotic more intimidating? didn't have much high expectations tbh but i think this could've worked better as a tv show different season for each book,, anyways everyone should read the series, it's actually so gooood and the concept is fun!!
I was confused because I thought peris thought about tally in the romantic sense but then they took a u turn and came to shay and then settled on smoke. So the relationship part felt confusing for me.
If anyone wants to watch this but great, what The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You. It has this exact plot only the main character is more like Shay than Tally
As a huge fan of the books I thought the movie was incredible- yes it was a bit rushed, but I was grateful they lingered on some moments- I can tell the creators really wanted to stay true to the story and the writing was so good… Dr Cable was not a good actress to me, and the specials suits were really corny but I loved so much about it when I didn’t expect to.
I think they really had a great concept here, definitely gave me this decades 'Divergent' with society control to keep peace amongst a dystopian world. But it did feel really forced, in ways where it was hard to connect to the characters and the indecision. It wasn't on the actors as much as the pacing. I think the visual effects too felt way to fake, whereas in Divergent it felt very real. It just felt too rushed to get on board with it which is a shame because I really think it could have been something. I don't understand why they AI - air brushed the heck out of the 'Pretty's' faces to make them look plastic. I think there was a better way they could have shown that visually where it wasn't so distracting/off putting. Feel very mixed about this movie but overall 4.5/10
yeah but the twilight zone executed it much better. the "beautiful" people actually being grotesque. It completely flips the beauty standards in order to show how much of a cult it can be. All i see are beautiful people on "Uglies". who is ugly? they are all the same level of beauty standards across the board except the pretties have hair extensions and colores contacts. she's literally just wearing makeup? am i missing something?😅
@@NIGHTGUYRYANthe “uglies” are not actually supposed to be ugly. the point is that they are being brainwashed into thinking they are ugly and need surgery and change everything about themselves to be pretty when they already are pretty (and look a lot more unique too). So everyone being pretty to us is intentional, it’s highlighting the way dr. cable and this society are manipulating everyone to think their true selves are ugly.
I think Netflix, or whoever, were too afraid of making this a multi part movie in fear that the first film would flop....so they shoved it all into one instead.
@@BrainPilot I agree. Sadly, though I don’t think people have a lot of trust in Netflix since they create some thing and then take it off the platform or cancel it before it’s even given a chance.
Or viewers just don't enjoy movies anymore. Especially ones like these. Fun and simple but with a deeper meaning and lore. Its funny, fans ask for nostalgia, but then also hate nostalgia and find these dystopian tropes 'boring'. They are actually the most poignant and are guilty pleasures. We have waaay too high expectations and always want high budget films. Only irk is the run time; they could have explored so much more.
@@daniellaaa24 sorry no this wasnt the case at all this film was terrible which ever way you look at it from the acting, special effects to the very predictable storyline...
@@RickySpanish-t6t I’m genuinely shocked at all the comments saying the movie was good. Like it was actually so bad. I think people are getting dumber, because you’d have to be slow to enjoy a movie like this! People will be entertained by literally anything… this movie sucked.
Uglies feels exactly like The Giver meets Divergent! I would love for more Dystopian movies to get made but put them in theaters instead of just on Netflix!
The movie was okay. My biggest problem was actually the acting of David's actor. He looks really good but he is god damn bad at acting. He couldn't convey any emotion at all especially passion or just sadness and generally seemed so wooden and fake. That wouldn't have been so bad if his colleague Joey King hadn't been really good in her part, the contrast just added to it. But who knows, maybe he'll be better in the next movie. Speaking of which, I would really celebrate if the Zane character was in the next movie.
I'm overweight and struggle with mental illness. I have green hair, acne, I'm short and have teeth issues. This movie showed me that I also have inner beauty. Unfortunately when I told my last date that I have inner beauty because I volunteer at the animal shelter and homeless shelter they still did not meet for a second date. It is very difficult for me to get a girl to agree to go on a date or even meet up. My cousin that is fit and healthy has better luck with girls but I am not into fitness and love snacking. I'm confused and will speak to my counsellor.
After watching this movie I felt like Cable’s world was not that bad. Coz everyone was happy. No war no conflict. Except the part where nature was replaced by machines. They should have used all of those pretties to preserve nature mindlessly. Nature would’ve been restored and everyone happy pretty.. what’s harm in that😹
honestly, hearing from comments about "the book being better" it reminded me of "all the bright places." the novel was phenomenal, while the movie was so stale yet rushed. they did a good job representing violet, but they flopped with finch. they rushed their relatioship, even the school interactions were bland. if you watch this movie blind like me, try the book (as i will be! there are 3! Uglies and Pretties and Special by Scott Westerfeld.)
As somebody that was unaware of the movie until today, and the books until this video, I have to say I didn't watch the entire movie. It was such a big pile of crap that I could only watch about 15 minutes of. They did absolutely no character building, like why should I care about them at all? The whole plot is guessable, plus the simple fact that beauty is subjective. What one person finds unattractive another person might find attractive. Just the fact when I was watching and they showed people in the Beautiful City, and there were some people who still looked quite unattractive. Like David looked like that living Ken doll dude who has had way too many plastic surgeries and looks like a alien just destroys the premise of the story. You cannot make everybody equal because there will always be people who are smarter than others, people who are more attractive than others, people better at sports, people who play ping pong better, whatever category you want to divide us into, there will always be people who are better at it than others. Equality should not be society's goal, equity should be our goal. To level the playing field so that everybody has the chance to play. I understand what the author was originally going for, but FFS there was still race in the movie and I can tell you right now that there has been way more conflict in the history of humanity that was started over race than there ever has been started over beauty, and race is a made up construct! It's just such terrible plot device!!! Like not even well thought out!!!
It's a 4 book series. The books are really good. I read them when I was in school. The movie was good for what it is. They won't be able to do the book justice with the run time, but they tried. I liked the movie for what it was.
The movie started off behind the 8 ball. Has McG had many good movies? I did like Terminator Salvation. But he has more misses than hits. So I don’t blame Netflix. I blame the director. I thought the movie looked great in 4K HDR Dolby Vision. Most of the visuals really popped on my OLED. But it was not a very good movie, imho. And I blame the director.
I have to say I love this movie a lot don't but it does have a great plot and great storyline, Just give it a chance and watch it again, There are stuff in there you would miss the first time watching it.
Oh god, this movie is well-packaged. The story is unpredictable they have a deep meaning about the human kind. The main character telling from zero to hero and she did it. from this movie can be explained if there's something that can change people is their desire from the beginning and can finally be realized. Damn the story 100% well-packaged. Special thanks to the director who made me dumbfounded by the story packaging. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
It's unpredictable, but not in a good way. Could've been better if everything wasn't so fast paced and there was some actual story building to the character relationships in the movie.
This seems like an essay I wrote first year in uni 😅 everyone made many short stories about this topic but this was still creative 😂 just seemed really rushed.
actually came before all of them, first book was released 3 years before the first hunger games came out but i still feel like its not one of the best in the genre
I think, i have to disagree with you because i loved the movie very much! It was not boring for me to watch it, but very fun. Although, i have to agree that the deepness of the meaning in the Movie could have been more. But when i point out, the Action scenes are very good, i love these flying boards you can use i wish you could do that also in reality. I also love the Charakters, their performance and handsomeness is maybe the most important part why i like the movie so much because they make it fun and realistic, their emotions seem real, least Tallys, Shays and Davids roles, Carle and Tallys best friend seem a bit emotionsless, i think the Movie with the plot gives them a reason for that because with the surgery they loose emotions and act more well brainless and controled, you can see this change very good in Shey and Peris. But i have to admit there is possible improvement they could do. When you look at the rest of the people around they are not so important that we can see much of their actions because the focus is on the maincharacters. But still, this movie is good, but i hope they don´t drop their Quality in the second! I always see potential in a frist part and i think they are good, but i fear that the continued Movie could be bad, because this is always a risk i hate. I hope in Netflix that they invest even more care in the next part because i love the first movie! I mean they still could surprise us when the second turns out even better and gives more meaning to the Plot because...there is always process possible you know? I also think, that People who firstly read the Book won´t like the Movie, because i also see what you mean when you say that the Movie is not as good as it could be. The books are always more original and have more potential as they make out the Movie. But let´s hope for the best and cheer for Netflex to make a good job. I hope they pay attention more to the Quality than to the quantity part :)
Them uglies are too damn good looking to be called uglies. And them pretties have too much make-up on to be called pretties. Other than that, i know it's a trans allegory, but damn, the entire premise is so non-sensical, somehow i felt trans people deserved a better film to showcase their struggles. I find myself baffled there are books about this that people actuality paid money to read.
@@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1chit was her scar. She kept her scar after surgery and there are 3 more books so I’m guessing they’re planning to make either one or two more movies
@@depressiespaghetti9979 the “uglies” are most likely represented as atheists or agnostics, by the influence of the pretties they realise they are thinking “wrong” somehow. Being forced to follow a specific way of thinking later on in their lives. For example how most parents believe in a certain religion and learn their children their religion almost. The smoke is represented as free thought, they give them the chance to actually develop and figure out what they would like to believe in. I’m not saying that religion is always like this, but as someone in a hella religious school I’m constantly told my way of thinking is wrong and I should go find light or go to hell. If that makes any sense, I haven’t thoroughly thought through this theory completely.
Movies or series always have this part 2. I don’t understand why can’t they just deliver the message as a whole without needing a part two. Or at least do a better job so it doesn’t seem liking.
This movie is based on a 1964 Twilight Zone episode called “The Number 12 Looks Just Like You.” And it’s way better. Hollywood has no imagination anymore.
@@AlexKamillaKroy No, it is not, it is a copy, whoever made this film did not even read the book, he only saw the episode of the series, like the writer, his entire book is based on that series, different episodes, but especially that one.
(spoiler warning) In this movie there is something destroying the whole world and the technologically developed branch of humanity just doesn't care? It seems even the book series doesn't bother to explain WHY... I get that conflict spread across the planet but to think humanity would somehow let a weed kill the entire planet and not once have a conversation about WHY... bad writing... would it have been so hard to spend 3 sentences to tell us the ugly to pretty procedure needed some key ingredient from the orchids? The idea "we made too many by accident because they look nice" is really freakin stupid...
It sucks the nutrients from the soil making it unsustainable. In the end The plant wasn’t a big deal because they burned it all. Prior However society didn’t notice because the pretties are dumbed down by the surgery and the uglies are too obsessed with getting to be a part of the pretty town that nobody cares about what is happening outside the city except the smoke where they see the truth about the plant. Where as in the cities the people are taught this plant is life sustaining it’s the whole reason they still exist because they are brainwashed into believing such.
As someone who is not familiar with the book; this movie had an interesting concept but the execution was simply awful. I was going into the movie thinking it would be more dystopian with a Black Mirror feel. However, it felt more like a terribly written teen drama with a very uninspired plot and character development.
Loved the book series, this movie gave me the same feeling as the film adaptation of the giver. There wasn’t enough world building and as always the actors cast were far too good looking
I felt it was too rushed and made too many changes.. :/ I mean I know that usually happens when books become movies but I was just hoping considering the author of the book was involved
What did you think of this Netflix adaptation? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Yo, you’ve got some transphobes already in the comments taking it away down there
@@Thatchaoticelf bruh if being a transphobic is having an opinion on the matter and not supporting that but still respecting them because they people then I’m a transphobic for not liking surgery that changes who you really are. Basically the whole point of the movie 💀
@@EditMovie17 plastic surgery can be involved in transitioning but doesn’t have to. Your gender and plastic surgery are too completely different issues that you’re having but you’re equating the two because they sometimes overlap and you’re trans phobic so you need a reason to hate trans people. if your comments were 4% factual, you’d be fine but you’re mad at pressure for surgeries to look a certain way not someone wanting their gender to align with the way they look for them. Hate and discrimination based off of emotion and not any fact is discrimination and hate speech by law, not opinion. You can have your opinions as long as they A) are actually being talked about in the conversation and not just brought up by right wings obsessed with people minding their own business and B) if these “opinions” are that you hate a minority group or wanna cause violence based on something someone cannot change then you’re a predator. Clearly you need to do some research on who and why plastic surgery was invented and the oppression that’s had for women because of men. All cis gendered people. Hope that helps
literally one of the worst films i’ve ever seen in my life
@@123J4MESthen you are an idiout
Uglies would of been way better as a tv series
Yeah very true! More room to flesh out the story
I initially thought it was. I went to go to the next episode after it ended 😭
Well i hope they will do that
Overall, Netflix has done a better job with TV.
Would have
My reaction: "is that it?"
Frs I hope there is more
I came straight to YT to figure out DA FUQ?!?!? 🤣🤯😤
there are several books that come after uglies so maybe they're going to do a sequel??
Same, they could have added so much more.
This is just a movie of the first book of a trilogy, I assume they will delve deeper into everything in the next books/movies?
They just Rushed The Crap out of this film
Fr, the ending was so terrible.
I actually liked the pacing compared to other movies but I wish it was fully finished at the end
@@delancetorres same
I was a little concerned when I first saw that the movie would be only 1 hour 40 minutes long. It gave me some doubt on whether the makers would be able to fit in all the important plot and character details in that short of a runtime instead of making it at least 20+ minutes longer.
@@lidanikunstTrue, I think this shouldn't be a film
There's no build up with David's relationship with Tally. David looks too pretty.
He is a model in real life 32 looks 18
Well the uglies were never ugly either, that’s the point of the whole book; people getting all called ugly because they don’t have surgery and don’t comply to these dumb, cooky cutter standards, where every one just looks the same. David was indeed handsome, but not a single one of those kids was ugly, that’s precisely the point of the whole story. You missed it!
@@selmahareyou said it all. Society brainwash almost everyone one and people just don’t see that
That’s what I thought too 😂🤣 . . . unlike the others whom weren’t transformed, David was already hot , like nothing ordinary there , so that was a mis cast
@@happysheep9941 I remember how they talked about his teeth being messed up. I wish they would’ve given him a prosthetic to make his teeth uneven and a bit yellow.
This movie ended sooooo suddenly… I was waiting for the Smoke to win lol maybe there is a second episode of this movie
There is a second book called Prities.
Based on this movie, I really hope they don’t continue. This movie set themselves up for a lot of problems going further.
It has a sequel, but I doubt we really need it, cause it already shows a great lesson
This is what you get when you mix Hunger Games, Atlas and Divergent 😅
Very true!
hope we get a 2nd part honestly
Let's hope so
oh no, it's awful
@@capybaraponque611 The Netflix Uglies actually got me interested in the series considering I have never come across "Beauty Standards" as the plot concept
@@capybaraponque611then don’t watch it. You can’t speak for everyone. I loved it.
@@shayladanielle8319 I speak for most, it's utter garbage.
I felt this movie was quite enjoyable and they did an amazing job with the overall futuristic/dystopian layout. Some of the VFX was a little mediocre but most of the overall visuals were very well done for the rendition of a futuristic city.
Here's a fun fact: All of the guys that girls are going crazy over in this move, Peris, David and Croy, are all Virgos.
Peris is not
@@miclooha Peris is definitely a Virgo. Peris played by James Alexander Chase Stokes was born September 16, that is very much Virgo.
As someone who read the books, this movie was boring, they changed the ending and took out a lot of the action.
They changed a lot from the books. Especially David. In the books, he always supported Tally, even denying she betrayed the Smoke. I remember one specific line from the book "Tally knew Maddy blamed her for Az's death, but David didn't." Something like that anyways.
Also Peris never became a Special. This could be contradicting if they make Pretties into a movie, as he is alongside Tally in New Pretty Town.
Also Az didnt die from murder. Dr. Cable wanted to erase Maddy and Az's minds about the lesions, Az was the outcome of a failed medical experiment.
Just a few irks about the movie.
@@michael_Ia I did find it boring at some points but I’ve never read the book so it kept me entertained I still thought it was really cool and now that she’s a pretty it might get more entertaining. I can understand people who read the books and compare to the movies since that’s what it’s based on most of the movie will stick to the book but obviously it will change a lot since it’s a movie 😂.
It has been years and years since I read the books. They are my favorite. I forgot a lot of them, so thanks for the refresher. I liked the movie for what it was. I knew they wouldn't be able to put it all in a movie, but I was excited nontheless.
@EditMovie17 of course if you cant compare the movie to the books then it can be entertaining.
Can you explain the last scene? Why was Tally's hand jewelry significant?
@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch it was the scare, not the jewelry.
As someone who has not touched the books in 20 years and was just incredibly happy to awaken the little part of me that treasured this book, I loved it.
the comment i was scrolling to find.
I am not familiar with the book, but I watched the show with similar concepts from other sources, The Twilight Zone: "Number 12 looks just like you." Then there is the line from The Incredibles, "If everyone is super, no one will be super." Yes, this would have been perfect for Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.
Reminded me of Brave new World.
@@ActuallyDoubleGuitarswas looking for this comment
Go back and read the books, it’s worth it
As someone who was in his early teens during the 2010s YA dystopian craze, this film takes me back. Has a lot of the same tone and feels from those films. Frankly, this film’s biggest problem is that it came a decade too late. Feels like this film is from 2014, not 2024.
This movie should’ve been a show
this is the YA dystopia version of she's all that lmao.
shes so pretty, but glasses and overalls blech! then take off her glasses and omg she's beautiful.
i kinda love this for all the wrong reasons.
Definitely should be a series hopefully we get a part 2
Let's hope so!
Please god no
What I dislike the most about this movie is the cliffhanger ending.
Also in reality Tally knew exactly what she wanted from life, she had been dreaming of this surgery since she figured out it was a thing. She didn’t want to rebel, she didn’t want anything to do with the smoke. That’s what made Tally such an interesting main character. Her being unwillingly sucked into this plot to change the world all because she loved and cared for the people that she loved.
She’s an unwilling hero. That’s what I thought was so interesting about this series. Even at the end when the world is free she goes into hiding. Although when her actual motive was revealed I thought it was very much the stupidest motivation ever. But alas here we are.
I was just wondering how Cable and nem never found the smoke with all that fire burning 😂
Right 😂 and they even mention how this is the closest they’ve gotten.. if they have flying drones, how could they not find it eventually. They decide to send Tally?? So random ngl
Man idk but i dont blame Dr. Cable for anything. I was against her UNTIL the last scene. If the city looked so pretty and everything was so peaceful, I would want everything to stay however it is cuz nobody would know what they were really missing out on otherwise lol. Manipulation is definitely wrong but seeing how its working out...I kinda liked it lol. And the argument of power flower depleting nutrients of the soil isn't even strong enough to condemn them cuz they'd obviously find a way to keep powering more efficiently compared to the rusties who p much fucked their environment up. Dr. cable didn't j build a city without keeping a plan in her mind c'mon.
Alrighty, respect the 😈 advocate. There are caveats with both sides. In the beginning, I actually thought she should just wait out the 2 months and get the surgery before learning about the lesions. It would be interesting if there was a compromise for first time offenders to get brain washed to not be violent through surgery. But nothing is ever enough to maintain peace for too long
I just started reading the book last week. Weird. I dont mind spoilers, though.
How are you feeling about the book? Willing to keep reading the series?
@@TheNetflixNook you should read it, i promise you it's way better than the movie (everyone says that ik) and the following books get even crazier, I LOVED this series growing up it's one of my faves
After I watched it I thought in the ending the leader won. Tally found the friend Shay and Shay turned Pretty and so did Tally. Smh
This was probably the biggest piece of trash I’ve seen all year. What a waste of time
Literally 😂 I kept checking how much longer there was to the film
Honestly I thought it was good keep in mind I haven’t seen the book. I’ve missed teen dystopian movies so I was really excited for this. I thought the acting was ok but some were bad like idk David wasn’t so good 😂. The only thing I despised was the fact she doesn’t like peris but David 💀like come on …. Anyway I still liked it quite a few twists and terns thought they did some right calls. It was definitely truthful this movie about the way the world tends to make teens feel less then for no reason or self obsessed like why. I also think it was so funny how acutely they put the government like they make you pretty stare at your screens lie to you and dumb you down 💀 yeah
The book is way more in depth on her and Peris. Typical teen girl stuff, she wants him but no more than a friend but sees him as more than said friend.
@@Abby-o7i 😂 o my word. Like in the movie they gave off that vibe that they like each other I mean he definitely likes her but then she would say no he’s just a friend 💀🍿
Also if I remember in books Peris was a neutral character and a regular Pretty instead of becoming Special and killing David's dad. He and Tally are friends in every part of the story but if I'm correct their feelings were purely platonic and Tally was torn between David and Zane(a guy she met in the city after her surgery).
@@emilia-4911 then maybe they’ll add another character to play zane then but the only thing is why get chase stokes to play peris if they are going to kill him off and only use I’m a little. idk I can really understand your view from the book the way it’s supposed to be but since it’s a movie they have changed some things for example you said it was plutonic in the book and yes she always calls him her best friend but I can’t help thinking there’s more there when they have great chemistry in the movie like when he’s leaving he says can I tell you something. Then says is there any world where you and … He got cut off at that point but that seems like he was trying to say be together like a relationship. Seeing how he also stroked her cheek and also got called her boyfriend by others it’s hinting otherwise. Especially the way he automatically started to realise who he was when he saw her and then got another procedure. Lastly the fact his last words was her name. I just think it’s all a bit sus
Why did you despise that she liked David? Because he's black?
My reaction: "No way it just ends like that?"
I liked it and would recommend it as a time passer , although I wouldn’t care to pass my time on it again ! However I would watch a part 2 !!
This would’ve been a much better series though
Yeah I think a part 2 would be good
Excellent review! It's everything what i was thinking about when I was watching the movie
Glad you agree!
Spoilers.
I didnt watch this but the story is a three parter. Tally becomes prettified in part two and eventually decides to become a killing machine member of the government in part 3, before fighting off her programming and destroying the government. The real theme of the books to me was the ethics of population control to protect the environment, and the ethics of acquiring power and becoming a member of the state. It never really answers those questions particularly well, buy at least it got 14-year-old me thinking about these things
as a huge fan of the books, im happy it was finally adapted because i always wanted to see how they look like in real life and stuff but i guess they did the best they could ... lowkey hate how corny the visuals are especially the specials,, thought they would be in like black and less robotic more intimidating? didn't have much high expectations tbh but i think this could've worked better as a tv show different season for each book,, anyways everyone should read the series, it's actually so gooood and the concept is fun!!
I was confused because I thought peris thought about tally in the romantic sense but then they took a u turn and came to shay and then settled on smoke. So the relationship part felt confusing for me.
Just watched it, similar to the Divergent concept
Yea it have divergent and hunger games vibes
@@marlonzogriffin6983don’t ever compare the hunger games to this piece of shit movie 💀
@@jasminejohnson5130 see it’s people like u that are annoying asf the movie wasn’t even that fucking bad so chill out
@@jasminejohnson5130The movie wasn't that bad
@@jasminejohnson5130 I wouldn't call it shit. It was half baked/rushed.
If anyone wants to watch this but great, what The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You. It has this exact plot only the main character is more like Shay than Tally
As a huge fan of the books I thought the movie was incredible- yes it was a bit rushed, but I was grateful they lingered on some moments- I can tell the creators really wanted to stay true to the story and the writing was so good… Dr Cable was not a good actress to me, and the specials suits were really corny but I loved so much about it when I didn’t expect to.
i swear this movies gave maze runner vibes how its about a cure a traitor
it definately gave deja vu but overall i give it a 7.5\10
I think they really had a great concept here, definitely gave me this decades 'Divergent' with society control to keep peace amongst a dystopian world. But it did feel really forced, in ways where it was hard to connect to the characters and the indecision. It wasn't on the actors as much as the pacing. I think the visual effects too felt way to fake, whereas in Divergent it felt very real. It just felt too rushed to get on board with it which is a shame because I really think it could have been something. I don't understand why they AI - air brushed the heck out of the 'Pretty's' faces to make them look plastic. I think there was a better way they could have shown that visually where it wasn't so distracting/off putting. Feel very mixed about this movie but overall 4.5/10
They definitely had zero budget for CGI. The hover boarding looked awful, but I'm so glad they put it in the movie anyway
this movie is awesome
This is the plot of a Twilight Zone episode.
That’s what I was thinking. There’s an episode of the Twilight Zone of season five episode 17 title Number 12 Looks Just Like You exactly
yeah but the twilight zone executed it much better. the "beautiful" people actually being grotesque. It completely flips the beauty standards in order to show how much of a cult it can be.
All i see are beautiful people on "Uglies". who is ugly? they are all the same level of beauty standards across the board except the pretties have hair extensions and colores contacts. she's literally just wearing makeup? am i missing something?😅
Oink oink 🐽
At 5:17 in this video, i feel like the film was referencing that exact episode in that moment @@NIGHTGUYRYAN
@@NIGHTGUYRYANthe “uglies” are not actually supposed to be ugly. the point is that they are being brainwashed into thinking they are ugly and need surgery and change everything about themselves to be pretty when they already are pretty (and look a lot more unique too). So everyone being pretty to us is intentional, it’s highlighting the way dr. cable and this society are manipulating everyone to think their true selves are ugly.
I think Netflix, or whoever, were too afraid of making this a multi part movie in fear that the first film would flop....so they shoved it all into one instead.
It's a shame as it could have been so much better!
@@BrainPilot I agree. Sadly, though I don’t think people have a lot of trust in Netflix since they create some thing and then take it off the platform or cancel it before it’s even given a chance.
😢 The only message this gives me is films are fooking garbage at the moment...
Rebel Ridge was good and worth the watch!
Or viewers just don't enjoy movies anymore. Especially ones like these. Fun and simple but with a deeper meaning and lore. Its funny, fans ask for nostalgia, but then also hate nostalgia and find these dystopian tropes 'boring'. They are actually the most poignant and are guilty pleasures. We have waaay too high expectations and always want high budget films.
Only irk is the run time; they could have explored so much more.
@@daniellaaa24 sorry no this wasnt the case at all this film was terrible which ever way you look at it from the acting, special effects to the very predictable storyline...
@@RickySpanish-t6t I’m genuinely shocked at all the comments saying the movie was good. Like it was actually so bad. I think people are getting dumber, because you’d have to be slow to enjoy a movie like this! People will be entertained by literally anything… this movie sucked.
@@jasminejohnson5130I agree totally...
Uglies feels exactly like The Giver meets Divergent! I would love for more Dystopian movies to get made but put them in theaters instead of just on Netflix!
The movie was okay. My biggest problem was actually the acting of David's actor. He looks really good but he is god damn bad at acting. He couldn't convey any emotion at all especially passion or just sadness and generally seemed so wooden and fake. That wouldn't have been so bad if his colleague Joey King hadn't been really good in her part, the contrast just added to it. But who knows, maybe he'll be better in the next movie. Speaking of which, I would really celebrate if the Zane character was in the next movie.
It's a movie carrying a lot of narratives. The books have to be pretty dense.
its definitely dense😂
Will their be a par2
It's not been confirmed yet!
I sure hope so because they can't just leave us on a cliffhanger like that.
They need to make a part 2 !
Never read the books, but i loved the movie. I definitely want to see movie 2
A second movie would definitely benefit it!
I'm overweight and struggle with mental illness. I have green hair, acne, I'm short and have teeth issues. This movie showed me that I also have inner beauty. Unfortunately when I told my last date that I have inner beauty because I volunteer at the animal shelter and homeless shelter they still did not meet for a second date. It is very difficult for me to get a girl to agree to go on a date or even meet up. My cousin that is fit and healthy has better luck with girls but I am not into fitness and love snacking. I'm confused and will speak to my counsellor.
I hope this is satire.
I wanted to like it. I really loved the books as a kid, but the movie was just meh.
Reminds me of Logan's run from 50 yrs ago.
After watching this movie I felt like Cable’s world was not that bad. Coz everyone was happy. No war no conflict. Except the part where nature was replaced by machines. They should have used all of those pretties to preserve nature mindlessly. Nature would’ve been restored and everyone happy pretty.. what’s harm in that😹
honestly, hearing from comments about "the book being better" it reminded me of "all the bright places." the novel was phenomenal, while the movie was so stale yet rushed. they did a good job representing violet, but they flopped with finch. they rushed their relatioship, even the school interactions were bland.
if you watch this movie blind like me, try the book (as i will be! there are 3! Uglies and Pretties and Special by Scott Westerfeld.)
Still waiting for your thoughts on "Pachinko"s' "Chapter Eleven" and
Chapter Twelve" or are you skipping these episodes?
I'll be doing a full breakdown at the end of the season!
So what did the ending mean? What happened?
That's what I'm still trying to figure out
The books are so good and I loved the movie
I loved it!!! I’m so sad you guys didn’t! It gives the opportunity for more movies to go in depth! Questions that weren’t answered on purpose
The meaning Be yourself. Got it.
I feel like the last book Extras is very relevant today.
As somebody that was unaware of the movie until today, and the books until this video, I have to say I didn't watch the entire movie. It was such a big pile of crap that I could only watch about 15 minutes of. They did absolutely no character building, like why should I care about them at all? The whole plot is guessable, plus the simple fact that beauty is subjective. What one person finds unattractive another person might find attractive. Just the fact when I was watching and they showed people in the Beautiful City, and there were some people who still looked quite unattractive. Like David looked like that living Ken doll dude who has had way too many plastic surgeries and looks like a alien just destroys the premise of the story. You cannot make everybody equal because there will always be people who are smarter than others, people who are more attractive than others, people better at sports, people who play ping pong better, whatever category you want to divide us into, there will always be people who are better at it than others. Equality should not be society's goal, equity should be our goal. To level the playing field so that everybody has the chance to play. I understand what the author was originally going for, but FFS there was still race in the movie and I can tell you right now that there has been way more conflict in the history of humanity that was started over race than there ever has been started over beauty, and race is a made up construct!
It's just such terrible plot device!!! Like not even well thought out!!!
It's a 4 book series. The books are really good. I read them when I was in school. The movie was good for what it is. They won't be able to do the book justice with the run time, but they tried. I liked the movie for what it was.
Guys really I loved the movie and the book
The movie started off behind the 8 ball. Has McG had many good movies? I did like Terminator Salvation. But he has more misses than hits. So I don’t blame Netflix. I blame the director. I thought the movie looked great in 4K HDR Dolby Vision. Most of the visuals really popped on my OLED. But it was not a very good movie, imho. And I blame the director.
This is a really good adaptation of the book, like kind of exactly how I imagined reading it. Hope it gets to finish the story!
It's good you enjoyed it then!
I have to say I love this movie a lot don't but it does have a great plot and great storyline, Just give it a chance and watch it again, There are stuff in there you would miss the first time watching it.
Oh god, this movie is well-packaged. The story is unpredictable they have a deep meaning about the human kind. The main character telling from zero to hero and she did it. from this movie can be explained if there's something that can change people is their desire from the beginning and can finally be realized. Damn the story 100% well-packaged. Special thanks to the director who made me dumbfounded by the story packaging. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
It's unpredictable, but not in a good way. Could've been better if everything wasn't so fast paced and there was some actual story building to the character relationships in the movie.
This seems like an essay I wrote first year in uni 😅 everyone made many short stories about this topic but this was still creative 😂 just seemed really rushed.
Yeah the potential was there for it to be great!
Hard to imagine how anyone can be so wrong
This is awesome I'm watching it again now
So this came out alongside the massive wave of YA Fiction books that hit the market like Hunger Games, Divergent, Maze Runner, etc.
actually came before all of them, first book was released 3 years before the first hunger games came out but i still feel like its not one of the best in the genre
@@nope19568 Oh dang I wasn’t sure of the exact timeline, but yea I agree. My personal favorite was Red Rising by Pierce Brown
I liked it. I remember the Twilight Zone episode that was like this, and i always wanted to see it fleshed out.
As much as I never read the books the movie was pretty entertaining like I get the meaning of the message and I guess I'll try a couple of the books
That's cool
✓ Shay becomes pretty after surgery scene hit different
this movie was ass
I loved the movie. I feel like it was a little rushed but overall I still enjoyed it. I wish it was a tv series though.
Yeah a TV series would have worked so much better!
So this book is how our future is now. Social media and cosmetic surgery nowadays ok 👍
I liked it!
you’d obviously be entertained by anything then
I think, i have to disagree with you because i loved the movie very much! It was not boring for me to watch it, but very fun. Although, i have to agree that the deepness of the meaning in the Movie could have been more. But when i point out, the Action scenes are very good, i love these flying boards you can use i wish you could do that also in reality. I also love the Charakters, their performance and handsomeness is maybe the most important part why i like the movie so much because they make it fun and realistic, their emotions seem real, least Tallys, Shays and Davids roles, Carle and Tallys best friend seem a bit emotionsless, i think the Movie with the plot gives them a reason for that because with the surgery they loose emotions and act more well brainless and controled, you can see this change very good in Shey and Peris. But i have to admit there is possible improvement they could do. When you look at the rest of the people around they are not so important that we can see much of their actions because the focus is on the maincharacters. But still, this movie is good, but i hope they don´t drop their Quality in the second! I always see potential in a frist part and i think they are good, but i fear that the continued Movie could be bad, because this is always a risk i hate. I hope in Netflix that they invest even more care in the next part because i love the first movie! I mean they still could surprise us when the second turns out even better and gives more meaning to the Plot because...there is always process possible you know?
I also think, that People who firstly read the Book won´t like the Movie, because i also see what you mean when you say that the Movie is not as good as it could be. The books are always more original and have more potential as they make out the Movie. But let´s hope for the best and cheer for Netflex to make a good job.
I hope they pay attention more to the Quality than to the quantity part :)
Them uglies are too damn good looking to be called uglies. And them pretties have too much make-up on to be called pretties. Other than that, i know it's a trans allegory, but damn, the entire premise is so non-sensical, somehow i felt trans people deserved a better film to showcase their struggles. I find myself baffled there are books about this that people actuality paid money to read.
I love the concept of this movie but the pacing was WAY too fast
Yeah totally agree!
Agree like most should have been a series. More time to go though the story. It will never be a part 2 to this movie.
Never say never. Many thought there would never be a Squid Games 2.
They gave the Asian girl that ham back there
But you didn't explain the ending, just recapped. What was Tally's sign?
The scar on her hand
Anyone here after watching it and looking for answers bc WTF was that ending 😑
Me! What was Tally's sign? How was her and jewelry significant?
@@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1chit was her scar. She kept her scar after surgery and there are 3 more books so I’m guessing they’re planning to make either one or two more movies
@@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch Looks like it left off on a cliff-hanger.
The scar on her right hand was still intact, I rewinded the scene to see it properly.
It’s going to be a second movie that’s why it ended like that
I really enjoyed the movie it reminded me of black mirror
If it had have been done more like Black Mirror it would have probably been better
This movie has a potencial
Yeah it definitely did
Some of yall don't know what a cliff hanger is, the movie was supposed to be ended like that
How? The ending doesn't even explain anything. Tally becomes pretty, and then what?
I theorised with my dad that this movie lightly commented on religion in some way. 🤷♂️
Can you elaborate? I'm intrigued
@@depressiespaghetti9979 the “uglies” are most likely represented as atheists or agnostics, by the influence of the pretties they realise they are thinking “wrong” somehow. Being forced to follow a specific way of thinking later on in their lives. For example how most parents believe in a certain religion and learn their children their religion almost. The smoke is represented as free thought, they give them the chance to actually develop and figure out what they would like to believe in. I’m not saying that religion is always like this, but as someone in a hella religious school I’m constantly told my way of thinking is wrong and I should go find light or go to hell. If that makes any sense, I haven’t thoroughly thought through this theory completely.
Anyone could see the message a mile away even from the trailers
Movies or series always have this part 2. I don’t understand why can’t they just deliver the message as a whole without needing a part two. Or at least do a better job so it doesn’t seem liking.
This movie is based on a 1964 Twilight Zone episode called “The Number 12 Looks Just Like You.” And it’s way better.
Hollywood has no imagination anymore.
no, it's based on a 2005 Scott Westerfeld's book of the same name *captain obvious mode*
@@AlexKamillaKroy No, it is not, it is a copy, whoever made this film did not even read the book, he only saw the episode of the series, like the writer, his entire book is based on that series, different episodes, but especially that one.
I like the movie
(spoiler warning) In this movie there is something destroying the whole world and the technologically developed branch of humanity just doesn't care? It seems even the book series doesn't bother to explain WHY... I get that conflict spread across the planet but to think humanity would somehow let a weed kill the entire planet and not once have a conversation about WHY... bad writing... would it have been so hard to spend 3 sentences to tell us the ugly to pretty procedure needed some key ingredient from the orchids? The idea "we made too many by accident because they look nice" is really freakin stupid...
They literally said it was there to force everyone to go to the city so they could have control over everyone.
It sucks the nutrients from the soil making it unsustainable. In the end The plant wasn’t a big deal because they burned it all. Prior However society didn’t notice because the pretties are dumbed down by the surgery and the uglies are too obsessed with getting to be a part of the pretty town that nobody cares about what is happening outside the city except the smoke where they see the truth about the plant. Where as in the cities the people are taught this plant is life sustaining it’s the whole reason they still exist because they are brainwashed into believing such.
Good movie.
Idk i liked it. Hope there's a sequel
I just feel like it needed more room. A sequel would allow the story more of that space and would probably help it
@@BrainPilot agreed.
As someone who is not familiar with the book; this movie had an interesting concept but the execution was simply awful. I was going into the movie thinking it would be more dystopian with a Black Mirror feel. However, it felt more like a terribly written teen drama with a very uninspired plot and character development.
Yeah I definitely agree!
Loved the book series, this movie gave me the same feeling as the film adaptation of the giver. There wasn’t enough world building and as always the actors cast were far too good looking
I liked all the future technology they had some of it were new concepts to me. I did not like the teen music choices, it's an essy entertaining watch.
Oh shit they actually came out with a movie already???
Yeah it was released yesterday!
Already it's been in limbo since 2009
It's a sci-fi, dude. Also, it's rated 13 which you obviously overlooked.
I felt it was too rushed and made too many changes.. :/ I mean I know that usually happens when books become movies but I was just hoping considering the author of the book was involved
Yeah the run time was too short to get everything in!
Black mirror ep😭😭
It would've probably been done better as a Black Mirror episode
It did feel so rushed
The most shameless sequel-bait ever.
Could have been a great series, but now I'm out.