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It\u2019s hard to really deny that Jojo and Emma Roberts have an interesting chemistry. Had the writers chosen to make \u201cAquamarine\u201d a down to Earth glimpse at friendship with a mermaid, and turned away from the sickening fluff, there could have been something very emotional and clutching. But in the end, it\u2019s really just a typical on-screen friendship. The girls are bubbly, and boring, and Roberts is your typical geeky character, etc. There\u2019s one interesting sequence in which the two argue and bring about issues that are never confronted in the film. And I sat there wondering why the hell this was never brought up with a lengthier and complex scope. For a film that claims to be about friendship, it\u2019s sad we didn\u2019t see more of the depth available with the two main characters here. Jojo and Roberts\u2019 chemistry is charming to watch, and I didn\u2019t despise watching them yammer back and forth. Meanwhile, I could have done with more scenes featuring Arielle Kebbel as the obligatory bitchy character because\u2026 well, Kebbel is gorgeous. Need I say more?<\/p>\n
The problem with \u201cAquamarine\u201d is not so much that it\u2019s a soulless vapid concoction with \u201cTeen People\u201d readers in mind, but in that it\u2019s so utterly void of originality. It rips off \u201cSplash,\u201d Disney\u2019s \u201cCinderella,\u201d and worst of all Disney\u2019s \u201cLittle Mermaid.\u201d You could basically call this a remake sans the admission. A mermaid stuck on land, falls in love with a land dweller and romances him in spite of defiance of her father. Meanwhile, two girls follow her around teaching her how to act human. Sometimes rock bottom sub-level expectations can work for you, and \u201cAquamarine\u201d isn\u2019t the awful piece of tripe it was deemed as. In a world where \u201cHoot\u201d and \u201cSleepover\u201d are on video shelves, this isn\u2019t a bad alternative. But it is bad. There\u2019s no denying that. Had the aforementioned titles never arrived, this would be original. But alas, we live in a world where films are remade officially and unofficially.<\/p>\n
But, what\u2019s worst of all is that in the age of cell phones, internet, chat rooms, MySpace, Friendster, text messaging, digital cameras, web cameras, and even letter writing, it\u2019s tough to actually be emotionally involved in two best friends being choked up about moving away from one another. That\u2019s where \u201cAquamarine\u201d fails most of all. It\u2019s just hard to believe in a digital age that people can\u2019t be as close as they are sitting next to one another, thousands of miles away. Book or not, it\u2019s a plot device that\u2019s really hard to swallow\u2026 among the notion that a mermaid can hide in a pool and not be noticed, while Aquamarine pops up one day without either girl\u2019s parents noticing or questioning. The two girls here really serve no purpose beyond the standard set up that they\u2019re hopefully in love with the hunky lifeguard Raymond. Mysteriously, most of his scenes are shot in slow motion, which will lead audiences to believe he\u2019s one of the most sluggish characters on Earth, is a stalwart from \u201cBaywatch,\u201d or perhaps has the power to slow time to save chicks. Beyond that, the two girls are reduced to tag along\u2019s as soon as Aquamarine enters, and oddly enough they don\u2019t matter anymore.<\/p>\n
Aquamarine then becomes the center of attention in all her blond leggy glory romancing Raymond and learning the finer things about humanity like\u2026 earrings, and shopping\u2026 and, magazines. Yow. Obviously, this isn\u2019t a philosophical glance at society, folks. Regardless, the two main characters become girls who scream and aid Aquamarine while their sub-plot is reduced to background fodder. By the middle, some folks will ask \u201cWhat about their relationship?\u201d Well, it\u2019s confronted, but only as a backdrop to Aquamarine and Raymond\u2019s romance. Thus any grab for impact is lost. \u201cAquamarine\u201d is just not for people over twelve, but even then it will still be hard pressed to grab fans. Yes, you probably expected a trashing review, but \u201cAquamarine\u201d is harmless and it\u2019s a good time for the preteen girls who buy into this slop, while the preteen boys will flip for Paxton, Roberts, and or Jojo. I\u2019d never see it again, but I didn\u2019t want to smash my head into my television, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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