One of the best Disney movies ever made

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2010)

I bought this yesterday as an early Christmas present and I decided to watch it last night as it was a long time ago since I last seen it. Here is my say on this movie.
Well what can I say about this film.Well here is two words to describe it absolutely brilliant. The beginning of the movie is the song "Belle" which focuses on Belle who is a daydreaming,oddball maid who lives in 17th century France. She goes on about handsome princes in disguise and wanting a provincial life. A man named Gaston wants to marry her but she doesn't want to be with him as she describes him as being conceited and very rude. Before this song we see how the prince became a beast as he didn't like the enchantress's ugly form(as she disguised herself as an old beggar woman)but when he turned his back on her over her ugliness she transformed him into a ferlious beast and those who were in the castle were transformed into enchanted objects.
Back to Belle her father is an inventor and he goes off to the fair leaving Belle to be by herself as she is an only child. As her father goes to the fair,he gets lost and enters a spooky castle where the Beast lives along with his servants Cogsworth & Lumiere.
The Beast of course doesn't like the idea that Maurice(Belle's father) entered his castle and so he locks him up in the dungeon. Belle meanwhile is still being pushed around by Gaston(who is the villain in this film) and he keeps asking her to marry him and they'll have little boys like himself.
As Belle gets worried about her father as he never returned she goes to the castle with her horse Philippe(who came back for her) and as she enters the castle she goes to the dungeon and sees her father.Of course the beast is there and she decides to take her father's place. Scared that she will never see her father again she finds herself becoming more close with the Beast who starts off as a stubborn,bad-tempered monster and later in the movie we see a whole new side to him. But what Belle doesn't know is that he is a handsome prince in monstrous form and in order for him to become human again,Belle must love him and as the rose's(which the enchantress gave him in the beginning of the film)last petal falls then the spell will be broken if he doesn't learn how to love someone then it won't wear off.
Enough said about that as I might give away too much information but here is what I liked about this film;
1)Accepting a person for who they are on the outside and not on the inside.
2)The ballroom scene in this was brilliant
3)The chemistry between Belle & the Beast was beautiful I could have cried for days as I see how their romance blossoms.
4)The music is brilliant from the opening song Belle to Be our guest,to Gaston to Beauty & the Beast I adored the score to this film.
5) The villain was brilliant as he was cocky and vain as well as self centered.
Beauty & the Beast is my 5th all time favourite film as its so romantic,entertaining if not dark in some places but having said that it is a very good film. I like Belle as she isn't irritating like most Disney princesses(aka Ariel&Snow White)and she is my 3rd favourite princess.
If you never saw this film then I highly recommend it as it the best Disney movie I have seen since Enchanted which poked fun of this film in a nice way back in 2007.
Verdict: A brilliant movie with a brilliant message to everyone who thinks that they aren't beautiful even though they are.
9.5/10