Too Woke

Rating: 4/10 (26 October 2019)

Did not really enjoy it. The characters of the original were lively and entertaining. The characters in this film were drab. The beast should have looked and acted much more ferocious. I think they should have done more than just digitally put the actor's face on the beast.
Also, Lefou? They weren't even daring enough to keep him as a bad guy. Because they made him interested in men, they decided to not have him be bad at the end but realize the truth of Gaston being monster. Honestly, if Lefou was "in love" with Gaston (which I believe was a big mistake) wouldn't make sense for him to blindly follow him no matter what? It was something they did not need to do and could have kept the character as he was originally.
The movie is further woke as they feature three bad guys finding themselves dressed in women's clothing. Two flip out and run in terror as one embraces it and an enchanted wardrobe cheers him on. Really? It felt like a game of how much woke they could cram into one movie.
The wokeness continues as they try to fit in all different races and feminism. Instead of just focus on the original story and building something new off of it, they decided to run away with ideals fit more for adults.