Lacks the charm and energy of the original.

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2019)

I was reading a review of the original animated on this site once after watching it. Someone pointed out something i hadn't noticed. In the original it states that the rose would bloom until the Beast's 21st birthday. In "Be our Guest", Lumiere sings the following lyric: "10 years we've been rusting needing so much more than dusting". This would mean that the beast was 11 when cursed. That being said, it seemed awfully cruel of the lady to curse him he probably reacted that way out of fear not selfishness. It bothered me until i watched the remake. This film is a perfect example of the old adage, "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should". What surprised me about the film was how lifeless it seemed. Emma Watson is a pretty girl but she seemed almost too prim and proper for the role. The original film had a marvelous voice cast and, because they had only their voices they went all out. The energy and warmth they brought to the film made it timeless. This live action version fixes the aforementioned plot hole by making the time that the castle had been enchanted indeterminate. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. I thought at the time that it was a good thing but after the movie ended, it struck me that the film was a soulless creation lacking the magic of the original. There is an alternate explanation in the animated film. The beast was 16 when cursed but, because of the spell,time passed more slowly for the people and objects in the castle. So, while in the outside world 5 years had gone the occupants of the castle would have experienced it as 10. So again, just because the live action version fixed it didn't make it a better movie. Disney is capable of making good movies but, over the last 5 years it seems like whatever creativity they had is gone. All they want to do is remake their animated films as live action. They even did it with Star Wars. Same product in a new shinier package. Only the packaging is different. It's a shame.