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Avalon High

Avalon High (2011)

January. 28,2011
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5.6
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G
| Fantasy Drama Family TV Movie

Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year-long sabbatical to continue their medieval studies in nearby Washington D.C. Her new high school, Avalon High, seems like a typical high school with the stereotypical students: Lance the jock, Jennifer the cheerleader, Marco, the bad boy/desperado, and Will, the senior class president, quarterback, and all around good guy. But not everyone at Avalon High is who they appear to be, not even Ellie herself. Eventually, it becomes apparent that Avalon High is a situation where the ancient Arthurian legend is repeating itself.

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Alicia
2011/01/28

I love this movie so much

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Diagonaldi
2011/01/29

Very well executed

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VeteranLight
2011/01/30

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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BoardChiri
2011/01/31

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Work424
2011/02/01

I watched this movie when it premiered, and immediately fell in love with it. I had liked Gregg Sulkin on Wizards of Waverly Place, and figured I'd like him here, too. In fact, the whole cast played their parts perfectly. When you think about it, most of the made for TV movies Disney make are about high school life, or based after TV shows. Avalon High, however, is different. It is refreshing and fun. It is not at all like the book, but I actually like the movie better. Avalon High is probably the best movie I have ever seen. The whole King Arthurian times idea is a good one. There aren't many movies about Camelot for kids, so I was glad this movie had the King Arthur premise, but in a version children will enjoy watching. I learned all I know about Camelot, King Arthur, and the whole time frame from this movie. Avalon High is good family fun for everyone. I highly recommend it with ten stars.

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tcolburn-4
2011/02/02

Avalon High is a fun updating of the Arthur legend. It is totally age appropriate for young teens--as opposed to many of today's films aimed at that age group. A high schooler, Allie, is used to her parents moving frequently, supposedly the result of their scholarship and expertise on the King Arthur legends. She's excited to find out that for once they will be living in a location for longer than six months. On her first day at school, she quickly observes some of the typical--and not so typical--drama that takes place on high school campuses. The audience quickly becomes aware that a modern-day Camelot is unfolding. The characters are a little slower on the uptake. There were no award-winning acting turns, but there were no duds. I think Molly Quinn would have done better in the lead role than Britt Robertson; Quinn has more depth to her as an actress, even though Robertson is older with more credits to her name. The twist at the end was a little out there, and just barely worked, but it was still an entertaining film.

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dt t
2011/02/03

this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. I understand it's supposed to be cheap and cheesy because it's a Disney channel movie, however this just exudes awfulness. this movie contains some of the worst actors ever and the plot line is ridiculously easy to predict. the characters do not even match their role characters. the movie just rambles on and on with nonsense as fillers for the cheap short storyline. it is as if the director just made up this movie over night and decided "hey let's make a movie." the book is way better and exciting than the movie, and I usually prefer movies over books. The constant foreshadowing does not help the movie at all, it just allows the audience to anticipate the next main event. by far one of the worst Disney channel productions ever. I would not recommend this to any children or adult of any age. Please do not waste your life in watching this movie, go outside and watch the grass grow for more excitement.

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starxxgirl
2011/02/04

I've read the book and I just saw the movie and pretty much the only character they got right were Jen and Lance. Mr. Moore was supposed to be Merlin, Marco was supposed to be Mordrid (I don't even know was he's supposed to be in the movie) Ellie was supposed to be The Lady of the Lake (no one had that part in the movie), Will was supposed to be King Arthur and there was no Miles. The mismatch of the characters almost completely destroyed the movie for me. It was a good movie, but if they had just gotten the characters right, it would have been a LOT better. I don't see why when a book turns into a movie, a LOT of things have to change, it usually ruins the movie.

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