Film Beauty and the Beast (2017) Discussion Thread

I loved this so much! I was expecting it to fall short of my expectations - the animated version is one of my favourite Disney movies and this one has a lot of hype - but I'm so glad it didn't. From the very start everything just seemed so magical, they really captured the essence of the original and turned it into something more.

36 cHauracter Limit said:

I loved this so much! I was expecting it to fall short of my expectations - the animated version is one of my favourite Disney movies and this one has a lot of hype - but I'm so glad it didn't. From the very start everything just seemed so magical, they really captured the essence of the original and turned it into something more.

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The little changes they made, like the Beast's backstory, Agathe/the enchantress, Belle's mum's death, and the town being related to the servants, added a bit more depth to the story. And I loved the extra songs that there were, especially Evermore, the one the Beast sings after setting Belle free.

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Glad you liked it! (: How did you think Emma Watson did overall as Belle?

Artorias the Abysswalker said:

Glad you liked it! (: How did you think Emma Watson did overall as Belle?

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I actually thought she did quite well! Could see a few of her personal influences on the character which I thought was pretty interesting.

Charlie Brown said:

I actually thought she did quite well! Could see a few of her personal influences on the character which I thought was pretty interesting.

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See, my issue with her performance was that I felt like she was almost emotionless throughout the whole thing. She had the same expression on her face for most of the movie - I couldn't believe how expressionless she was during the Be Our Guest number, which was probably the most extravagant thing in the whole film.

I don't know, I just kindove felt like they could have done better with the Belle role overall. I like Emma Watson, but I don't think she had a very good performance in this film in particular /:

Having just seen the movie a second time tonight, I can say that I definitely enjoyed the time I've spent seeing it. I myself liked Emma Watson as Belle, and one thing that I really liked was that it felt like there was so much going on and not much really felt out of place. So it was worth my time and I'm glad I got to see it.

I thought it was visually stunning and I enjoyed Emma's performance! I also really liked all the little changes Josh mentioned, and I feel like they did a really good job of staying true to the original while fixing some of the plot holes/things that didn't make sense:

There's also some debate about the prince's age in the original, since the opening story says that the curse will last until his 21st year, but Lumiere later also says that they've been 'rusting for 10 years', which would mean the prince was cursed when he was like 10 or 11. Pretty cold of the enchantress to curse a child for not opening his door to a stranger, haha. But they made sure to depict him as an adult in the remake's opening, and removed Lumiere's line about rusting for 10 years.

These songs are also catchy as hell, I cannot get them out of my head.