My favourite film of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2016)

My parents bought me the 2003 special edition when it came out. I have watched it happily since I was two years old and still do to this day. Belle is my favourite Disney Princess and thanks to her I have lived a life loving Disney.
The score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman is moving, intelligent and also whimsical and fun. The songs are such a delight to sing along to, especially "Beauty and the Beast" that is sung by Angela Lansbury. I think the musical, too, is excellent. I have it the stage adaption three times. Twice in the theatre and once on Ice.
The characters never get old. As you get older, the story only resonates more and more and the meaning becomes deeper. Hand drawn animation is definitely, 100 percent, the best. I think that the computer generated drawings that they use now are good, I'm not putting them down, but they do not have the same personal feel as the hand drawn animations on films such as Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.
I think that the film teaches a message on being true to yourself and to be helpful to, love and respect others, but also a lesson about how different people are/can be seen by society. That is a lesson, through watching the film as I get older, and reading many incredible fan theories, I have come to discover. I believe that this film is definitely one of Disney's gold renaissance features. This movie is deserving of every single one of its ten stars.
May this film live forever in everyone's hearts. I know it will in mine.