Show stopping classic!

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2002)

Beauty and the Beast is one of THE BEST movies ever. The story, the characters, the music, everything is pure genious but then what else can you expect from disney? :-) I love the character Belle, created by Mark Henn, she is so unique to the other people in the village, and i love how rebelious she is, a bit like Ariel and more of the modern heroines, as well as some of the older ones too. Andreas Deja did a great job with Gaston, i can't stand him...he is so conceited and you just wanna strangle him for being so egotistic - and the fact that Belle rejects him is fantastic too :-) And as usual Glen Keane did a stupendous job, creating the character of the Beast using a combination of different animals, yet giving him those gentle blue eyes which show his true being. The music is wonderful, another great colabiration between the late Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Their music is so wonderful, and beautiful that its not really the same anymore. i find it so beautiful and cherishing that they dedicated the film to Mr Ashman, who sadly died 6 months before its release. Thankfully (and it took them long enough) Disney are re-releasing this fabulous film, with an extra segment, the musical number 'Human Again' which is a true gesture and sign of respect and gratefulness to Howard Ashman.