Wizards of Waverly Place

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Wizards of Waverly Place is about a family of with 3 children who are wizards. But, Only one child from each family can keep thier powers and when they learn enough they compete to win the family powers. There's Alex who doesn't really care about life and uses magic to do things she thinks are hard which usually makes things worse. Justin is the oldest russo child and is very smart and plans on becoming the family wizard. Max is theyoungest and the spells he uses uually backfire. He is odly the farthest in the competition since his two older siblings were set back from the Competition for revealing the secret. Harper Finkle knows the Russo's secret and lives with them. She is Alex's best friend.

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  • Good riddance to a poorly made "Harry Potter" ripoff, Selena Gomez deserves much better.

    1.5
    "Abysmal"
    By MattNorcross, Jan 12, 2012 Report Abuse
    What do you get when you cross the "Harry Potter" franchise over with "Hannah Montana"? Why, you get "Wizards of Waverly Place". This is one of the many teen sitcoms that spawned due to the popularity of "That's So Raven" aired in 2003. Now the formula "Raven" used worked, and it's okay to use a formula for a show you want to make as long as it's used well. But, Wizards of Waverly Place abuses the formula and commits the crime of being an almost-complete ripoff of the Harry Potter franchise.

    There's not much for me to say about this show, but let's get started anyway. The show focuses on the Russo kids, the oldest child Justin (David Henrie), the middle child Alex (Selena Gomez) and the youngest child Max (Jake T. Austin), who all have magical powers and are amateur wizards. They are taught by their father (David DeLuise) how to use their magic, and tells them not to use it for their personal gain. I was never really interested in the show to begin with, but the movie was the thing that really made me not want to watch the show. The main girl Alex is constantly disrespectful towards her entire family. The movie shows, as she tells her mother that she "can't keep telling her what to do because she's 16", but the mom (Maria Canals-Barrera), who is the only one in the Russo family, is actually being a parent for once, and grounds her for two months like she deserves.

    Now, what really angers me about Selena Gomez is that she is a very likable celebrity. She has all the money in the world, all the beauty in the world, plenty of talent to boot, and is a really great role model. The cameo she did in "The Muppets" was perfect, and shows that she can go places with her acting. Yet in "Wizards", she is forced by the producers to completely waste her acting talents in a stupid sitcom that abuses the "That's So Raven" formula so badly that it hurts. Not to mention she has to play an absolutely hateful character. Here's hoping that now this pile of garbage is over, Selena can move on to better roles.moreless

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  • A decent show, but not my favorite

    7.0
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    By fsaenz0125, Jan 07, 2012 Report Abuse
    I thought this was a decent show on Disney Channel. Now that the show is over yesterday, I wanted to review it. I wanted to review it a few months ago but then I did that after the show ended. Anyway, the plot for this show was interesting. I am unsure which is my favorite season. Season 3 and 4 were super dramatic (I wonder why) especially one of those hour long specials. I am not fond of the drama in this show. As for the characters, my favorite is going to be Max. He seems to be a little dimwit that is funny. The rest of them are just decent. Selena Gomez's character (Alex) is decent, but doesn't had that much funny parts. Justin is just okay, he seems to complain. The parents are decent, but I liked Jerry better. My least favorite episodes are pretty much most of them that deal with drama. Overall, a decent show on Disney Channel. If this show wouldn't be that very dramatic I'd give it a great score. 7/10moreless

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  • A Parent's Perspective ... Wizards of Waverly Place

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    By bmoshier, Jan 07, 2012 Report Abuse
    First I realize, understand, and accept the Disney policy to terminate a series after so many years, but . . . as a parent, I appreciate series the entire family can enjoy not just those who are young and still with wide open eyes. I found Wizards of Waverly Place a series I could watch and enjoy right along with the rest of my family. In fact, in the end, I ended up being the family's number one supporter of the series. I'm saying this because the recent new series from Disney have yet to catch my attention at all. Yeah, I watched them but instead of watching them, I'm watching the clock hoping they'll end. I hope Disney will develop series that have the same gusto and intelligence behind it as this series had. In fact, IMHO, there are many story lines left in the Wizard World with and without the current characters. What about the story line dealing with grown up Harper going back in time, as everyone knows about magic. This could be a really interesting spin-off and a cool reboot that explores the Wizard World and from time to time allows the current characters to pop back in, as their adult selves.

    As for the series, I found it fun, delightful, and did spark my imagination and gave me the opportunity to think about "what if I was there." I didn't have to worry about it being unacceptable for the family and could answer any question that came up - finding it enjoyable allowed me to understand and reason stuff out. I find series I simply sit through cause me much more issues, as I have to go back and review and it takes time. Wizards was fun "work," so it didn't seem to be work.

    I hope there will be another movie and/or spin-off - maybe not about the Russo family - but there is a lot of story left in this world of magic and adventure for the entire family.moreless

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  • Terrible pile of rubbish that children should not be exposed to.

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    By Synetech, Jan 07, 2012 Report Abuse
    (Stupid TV.com formatting is useless.)

    I expect some people to down-vote this review because there are plenty of pathetic people in the world. But so what? Just look at the reviews and ratings. Clearly many people think that the show has quickly deteriorated into junk.

    I liked this show when it first started. I also liked Selena Gomez with her chubby cheeks and cute hair. Unfortunately neither lasted very long.

    The show started out somewhat amusing but eventually deteriorated into a ridiculous and offensive series of absurd scenarios and unfunny jokes.

    The jokes are not funny because they are all bad, pathetic puns.

    The absurd scenarios are all extremely force and contrived and unbelievable (even for a fantasy show). The family is always somehow responsible for saving the world as though there is something special about them (which has been repeatedly established is not the case because there are plenty of other wizards).They often include flat out offensive scenarios in which the Russos (Alex specifically) do things that are basically crimes against others.

    One example is when Alex "outsmarted" the dragon seller by switching their dog with that of another person at that the dog-show. Excuse me? In what universe is she a hero? She just kidnapped someone's dog! Did it not occur to her that the person might be heart-broken and crushed that their pet has vanished? Of course not; she only thinks about herself.

    Another example was when T.J. turns Jenny Majorhealey from a 16-year-old girl into a a 40-year-old woman. First of all, where and how was she living for the past few months? Second, did it not occur to the writers that this is a stupid plot? Did they not think that Jenny's parents would have freaked out and searched the city for their missing daughter? Did they not think that this "innocent and funny" plot point is actually an Amber Alert and the stuff of Law and Order?

    Another example is when Harper threw a slumber-part for girl-Max and had a bunch of girls from his school over. Magic went awry and the girls were turned into old men. What was the Russos' solution? To turn the girls into (talking) fruits! If that wasn't bad enough, Jerry actually had the audacity to indicate that he wanted to eat them! Excuse me? Are they actually condoning murder? Did it not occur to them that when a bunch of children suddenly go missing, there will be a search and big police hunt for them? Did it not occur to them that they will obviously first check the last place (the Russo residence) that the girls were known to be? Idiotic!

    There have been numerous occasions in which they have actually killed someone or something, but because they usually do it in some stupid cutesy way with spell like turning them into stone and breaking it, or shrinking them and stomping on them, etc. it is somehow considered acceptable and a non-issue that they just took a life.

    The writing is abhorrent. The show is clearly geared toward a teenage demographic, yet the spells and puns are extremely trite and the kind that only a three-year-old would find funny. All the plots are so contrived it is embarrassing; the projector is encased in a protective shield for no reason? Yeah, right. It became clear early on in the show that Alex would be the center of the show, but unlike switching the focus from Bart to Homer on The Simpsons, this was a poor choice. Every episode focuses on Alex in a ridiculous and annoyingly unrealistic way. It's not a surprise that they let Alex be the family wizard even though she by no means deserves it (or is qualified for it). That is just two more reasons that the show sucks so much: (1) it is extremely predictable, and (2) it sends bad messages like being studious and good are bad and make you lose, while being rude and irresponsible are "cool" and make you win.

    Alex Russo is one of the most horrible characters in the history of television. To say that she is a bad role model is a compliment. She is rude, obnoxious, irresponsible, smarmy, lazy, selfish, self-centered, uneducated; illiterate; and stupid, unreliable, smug, arrogant, bossy, pushy, a bully, an underachiever, a cheater, and a liar, and does the bare minimum to get other to forgiver her until the next time she does something bad. For example, she purposely sabotaged Justin and Harper's friendship for her own selfish benefit. Another example is when she turned Justin and Zeke into puppets against their wills, again for her own selfish benefit. There is nothing redeeming about her and that she has been made the center of the show only serves to drag the whole program down. Impressionable children should not be exposed to her. Unfortunately the stupid writers keep making her out to be "cool" as though being bad is a good thing, which just makes the show all the more inappropriate, especially for impressionable young children.

    As for Selena, like I said, I did like her at the beginning until I started noticing just how bad Alex was getting. Worse, her off-screen life got to be annoying too. She is extremely over-exposed and as overrated as Justin Beiber.

    At this point, it is incredibly irritating to watch Wizards or to see Selena.

    Some people may complain that I used some "big" words that they don't understand. Well you don't have to be old or read a million books to know words; you just have to not be as stupid as Alex Russo.

    Anyway, the show is over now (permanently, so stop begging for it to stay on), so we can all be forever done it with and everything to do with it. Good riddance.
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  • So unhappy with the ending.

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    By MaggieCook, Jan 07, 2012 Report Abuse
    So disappointed. I was hoping they would all keep their powers. So sad to see Max's face. So basically he got to keep a mediocer sandwich shop because he was not as smart as the others ?????? Again, so disappointed.

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