Discuss Beauty and the Beast

All in all I really liked this movie and I can't wait to see it again now that I know what to expect. Love it or hate it, it is a truly beautiful movie looks wise. As much as I loved it, there is the odd thing I would've changed...

-I wish they had taken out the Days in the Sun number and used that extra 3 minutes to expand on the West Wing and Wolf chase scene. It felt so rushed and the Beast wasn't nearly scary enough in that scene. That's my biggest pet peeve about the movie. I feel like the movie had enough music in it that they didn't really need that number, even though it is a pretty song it just didn't seem necessary and the time could've been better used to add another 10 seconds or so to some of the other scenes where it felt kinda choppy.

  • The magical atlas. Now I didn't dislike this scene necessarily and I like that they explained what happened to Belle's mother, but I would've liked it better if Maurice was the one who told her about her mother..like I would've preferred it if Maurice and Belle had a heart to heart in the back of the wagon before Belle took off to the castle. It would've been a sweet scene between the 2.

-I wish they had given the Beast more of an opportunity to say how he felt about Belle before the Evermore number. As beautiful of a song that it was it kinda felt out of place in this movie. I didn't like that when Lumiere asked if he cared about Belle before the dance, he didn't really say anything. I like the interpretation of the Beast in this version..it was different, but not in a bad way, but he seemed too guarded with his feelings so when he lets her go and then just starts singing this beautiful epic love song, it seemed kinda out of character. At that point he didn't even seem %100 sure he loved her yet.

-I wish they had spent a little more time and money on the Beast. The movie was so beautiful and the staff looked great...especially Cogsworth, but the Beast did look a bit off in some scenes. It's not a big issue for me and it didn't bother me that much, but it would've put this movie in another league if the Beast had looked as good as everything else did. I thought the facial expressions were fine, it was more the whole body shots that looked kinda weak.

If those few things were different this movie would've been a solid 10/10! Right now though I'd put it at a 8.5 or even 9/10. I might feel different watching it again, now that I know what to expect going in..Either way I'm definitely buying this the day it comes out on Blu-ray!

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@honeywolf3 said:

I think Luke did an decent job as Gaston but somebody brought to my attention that Henry Cavil would have been a better Gaston. Not sure if he can sing tho.

Henry can't sing or act, and he's only an inch taller than Luke.

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