Beauty And The Beast (Bill Condon, March 17, 2017) Movie • Page 3

Amped. Trailer was great.

Not minding the Ariana version of 'Beauty And The Beast' either. Looking forward to Emma Thompson's, probably won't top Angela Lansbury's though.

 

Feeling pretty indifferent about this movie so far.

 

The new trailer does look great, but I feel like they revealed too many replicated iconic shots from the original. Of course, they're not technically spoilers, but part of why I'm interested in seeing this version is how they adapt those classic moments to a "live" medium. To me, that deflates my excitement a little, even though they all look pretty solid.

 

Yeah, I wish I held off from watching. It kind of takes the surprise element (the little bit there was) away.

 

sounds exactly the same as the Celine version.

 

This is cute.

 

I have mixed feelings about the Romeo and Juliet reference, I always thought it was weird that she was reading fairytales at 17 or whatever but it's still a change

 

It's official. I think Emma Watson was missing cast here

 

I'm at Disney this week and just happened into a screening of the opening sequence/song

 

How was? Looking forward to this movie.

 

I was pretty impressed. I have no idea if Emma Watson is actually a good singer, but in the movie she sounds great. The set looks incredible (at least the town in the beginning). Such vibrant colors throughout. Some funny moments. It will definitely give people some feels right off the bat.

 

This is tracking for a $120 million opening

 

Wow, that's more than I expected.

 

and just because

 

This something cool that I didn't know

Beauty and the Beast to feature Disney's first gay character and love scene

 

Beauty and the Beast, by Bill Condom

 

Glad they didn't excise the songs
Why Disney is Risking $300 Million on 'Beauty and the Beast'

 

Though her voice doesn’t dominate over Paige O’ Hara’s, Emma Watson’s portrayal of Belle is damn near perfect. She’s not the animated Belle, she’s Emma Watson Belle which is, the best Belle we need in 2017. She’s the Belle that girls should look up to today. When she takes her father’s place as the Beast’s prisoner, she doesn’t just sit in her room, she’s already attempting to escape the castle Robin Hood style. She’s independent, smart, kind, and headstrong as hell similar to Emma Watson herself.

The song I was ready to see come to life more than anything was “Gaston”. Out of all the songs in Beauty and the Beast, "Gaston" was my personal favorite. It’s the best villain song of all time for me so Condon and Gad had some big shoes to fill. After seeing it, I realized that it’s not the original redone but is its own version and I still love it. Gad is able to not only hit the right notes manages to go above and beyond with his high bars, his charm, and his charisma. It doesn’t matter if his character is gay or not, Gad’s Lefou constantly steals the show. We are given the Josh Gad that made us love him from not Frozen, but The Book of Mormon. His performance here is the reason why he was nominated for a Tony back in 2011. His singing voice and his comedic timing are both so on point that it makes me completely forgive him for annoying the crap out of me in Pixels.

https://rendyreviews.com/movies//beauty-and-the-beast-review

 

This was... okay?

 

I thought this was great and don't understand the mixed reviews. The two biggest complaints I've seen are the direction and the similarity to the animated version. The directing isn't outstanding but good enough not to hurt the film for the most part and I don't know how different this was expected to be but there are little things that are changed that I think add to what was already great. No revolutionary changes but I wouldn't expect those. Emma Watson was amazing just as the review above stated and I think this is a great companion/alternative to the animated version.

 

I thought Emma was good, even her singing was charming, the only thing was her face acting when she was trying to look scared was bad
Dan Stevens was great as the Beast, only know him from this and Legion but that's a helluva introduction

 

I don't really mind that Disney is remaking all these movies (in theory) but I guess it upsets me that they aren't really adding on to or expanding upon the previously established story. I'd rather them focus on making new classics than creating carbon copies of pre-existing ones. Cause at the end of the day, are you gonna want to show your kids this, or the classic cartoon that inspired it

Although, I guess at this point we are the ones who are parents and are showing our kids the new one at the theater. But I still think when it comes to home videotape cartoon is the go-to.

With that said, and I'm not asking this rhetorically, I'm genuinely curious, what to you about this movie makes you want to see it and makes it worth the price of admission? I mainly ask cause I work out a theatre and we sold nearly 500 tickets for the 7pm showing alone and I was sort of surprised