A Tale as Old as Time

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2016)

I must be in the 1% of people who had not ever seen Beauty and the Beast. It was only about 3 days ago when I finally saw what some call the best Disney movie ever. I can definitely see why.
Plot - Belle is a pretty girl who loves books and minds her own business. It is for these reasons, she is seen as strange by everyone in the village, except for the town hero Gaston. Belle's father is the loony inventor of the village, and they live in a house right next to the village. One day, he leaves home to bring his latest invention to the convention, but gets lost in the woods after taking a shortcut. He and his horse are chased by wolves into a seemingly abandoned castle. The castle is however, inhabited by anthropomorphic household items and a prince who has been turned into a beast. The father is captured and Belle goes out to find him after the horse comes back. She agrees to stay in the castle, if the Beast lets her father go. Sure enough, Belle stays and the plot kick starts. The set-up for the things to happen is a really well done set-up. It might seem dumb for the father to take a shortcut. But, he was just too darn excited to care. 10/10
Voice Acting - The voices here are done to a T. The character designs of each character and their voices are all perfect. There's is nothing bad to say about these voices, every character sounds exactly like how they look. Even for the dresser, who sounds the least like how she looks. 10/10.
Animation - The animations of the castle, the wolf scenes, and the climax are just beautiful. The way the characters move are just beautiful. There is really nothing to say in this area, it's way too great to be called average. It however, is not the best. 9/10
Soundtrack - I feel bad for not really remembering any of the songs. I've never actually had the ability to memorize lyrics of a song, and I really wanted to get into the songs. It's just that I never grew up with this movie. I grew up with The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan. I remember most of their soundtracks. I guess I'm just too old to really get invested in the songs. For what it's worth, I actually really liked the song Gaston. It had a nice rhythm to it. Belle and Beauty and the Beast were really good, I just don't remember them. Just because I can't remember them, it won't effect it's score. The music just didn't really feel big for me. 8/10
Script/Dialogue - It's a Disney movie, there script and dialogue is always great. I loved every time the objects appeared on screen, especially Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts. The dialogue between Belle and the Beast is realistic enough for me. 10/10
Characters - The characters are portrayed here better than most Disney movies. Belle is a girl who wants something grand in life, but doesn't know what it is. She loves her books and minds her own business. She doesn't want to marry Gaston due to his arrogance, and is willing to stay a prisoner in order to save her father. The Beast has anger issues, and is really trying his best to woo Belle given his situation. He wants to Belle to fall in love with him and turn back into the prince, but is so angry, he just shouts at her and is very considerate over her feelings. Belle and the Beast have to develop their relationship over time, rather than just they met that day. And it's because of this why the relationship seems more realistic. Truly, a first for Disney. Gaston is a really good villain, he starts out as the arrogant hero who thinks he deserves the girl in the end. He is however denied his "bride", and turns more desperate as the story goes. He tries to admit Belle's father into the loony bin, and tries to kill the Beast purely out of jealousy. He however is one of the better Disney villains, as he isn't straight up evil. The house items were turned by the witch, and try their best to get Belle and the Beast to fall in love in order to turn human. Lumiere is a womanizer, Cogsworth is a control freak, Mrs. Potts is very caring, Chip is curious, and many more. These are wonderful characters who you'd just love to spend time with. Their transformations are arguably uglier than their cursed forms. 10/10
Overall - This was definitely the best movie that Disney has ever done in my opinion. Nothing beats it. Everyone is just so darn likable. I would also love to mention how, Belle's father should've died in woods from hypothermia, Gaston's second banana would've been the precursor for cryogenics research, that one guy was crushed by the dresser in the climax, the dresser fell from King Kong height (Beauty and the Beast reference right there). So along with Gaston, that's 4 deaths. Nothing important, just wanted to give those a mention, because who else would. 9.5/10, round that it's a perfect 10/10.