SPOILER ALERT- Magical

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2017)

*SPOILER WARNING*
First off: Casting Emma Watson as Belle- I think she's the closest person to Belle in the world. I thought that she didn't necessarily have the singing chops for the role, but having big shoes to fill, I think she handled it well.
Dan Stevens as the Beast- I really can't imagine any other person playing the Beast, he has a great voice, and his emotion is incredible and his acting itself is great.
Luke Evans as Gaston- I was rather upset that he physically looked nothing like the cartoon Gaston at first, but I grew to love him as an actor and in the end, his performance was outstanding.
Josh Gad as LeFou- Even though I could only hear Olaf the Snowman throughout the whole movie, I LOVED his performance. He's the perfect real life look alike of LeFou and his representation of LeFou was just incredible. He was perfect for the role.
Ewan McGregor as Lumiere- I seriously can't imagine a more perfect person for this role. He's a good looking guy, he DEFINITELY had the singing voice for this role as you can tell by his performance in Moulin Rouge, and he also has the acting skills. And his French accent sounded quite accurate to me. The way he portrayed the beloved candelabrum in this movie was outstanding.
Ian McKellen as Cogsworth- As a fan of McKellen's work, I was so intrigued to hear that he would be portraying the iconic Mantle Clock in this new movie! There was no negatives to his work during this live action motion picture.
Secondly: The Music
"Be our Guest" BLEW me away! They clearly poured their blood, sweat and tears into creating that magical, classic musical number and that makes it so much more magical. And, if your're a musical fan, you'll love this number, considering there are several hidden references to classic musicals during the song. And like I said before, I loved Ewan McGregor's vocals during this song.
"Gaston" this number specifically stole the show for me. With Josh Gad's performance, you can't take his eyes off him! He's so entertaining, and the clear friendly chemistry during LeFou and Gaston was so great. Josh Gad and Luke Evans both blew me away during this song and it was my favorite musical number in the movie.
The new songs: "How Does A Moment Last Forever" Sang by both Maurice and Belle in the movie. I preferred Celine's rendition which played in the credits. When Celine sang it, I understood the true emotion.
"Days In The Sun" This was one of my favorite songs in this new movie. It's about all of the enchanted objects singing about their lives as humans and how they would enjoy more days in the sun instead of being trapped inside the castle. This song was so sad to me considering, the enchanted objects don't know if they'll stay as objects forever, and this song hit me hard for some reason.
"Evermore" By far my favorite song from the new song, sang by the Beast. This was the one musical number that actually made me cry. It was so incredibly sad because it took place right after the Beast released Belle to go help her father. And he's singing about his inner devotion for Belle but he knows that she will likely never come back to him or love him back, so he has to stay in the tower forever.
Thirdly: New elements to the story
The curse- The enchantress removed all memory of the castle from the people who lived in the village, so now that makes sense why none of the villagers remembered it. The rose, doesn't have a specific year count for how long the Beast has to break the curse, he just has until all of the petals fall, not specifically ten years anymore.
The book- The enchantress also gave the Beast a book that allows him to travel, his only other view to the outside world. So him and Belle traveled to Belle's childhood home in Paris to find out what happened to her mother, her mother died of the Plague. For some reason Maurice could never bring himself to tell Belle what happened to her mother, they made it seem like some heartbreaking, crazy thing happened to her mother, but she only died of the Plague.
The enchanted objects- In the cartoon, after 10 years, the objects would stay the enchanted objects forever. But, in this version, after all the rose petals die, the actually became inanimate. They won't be able to walk anymore, or talk. They would become lifeless. I think that added much more pressure to the Beast, because if he didn't break the spell, all of his servants would actually die. And that just made the movie way more emotional whenever all the petals fell, and the Beast ran out of time.
LGBTQ+- There has been so much controversy with LeFou being openly gay as stated by director, Bill Condon. The movie was canceled from a lot of theaters due to that statement. But seeing the movie, I was disappointed, LeFou never came out and said he was gay and it honestly wasn't too obvious. It was blown way too out of proportion. Although, during the celebration dance at the end of the movie, LeFou began dancing with a man, that scene only lasted a second and a blink of the eye could miss it. And during the fight scene when the villagers invaded the castle. Madame De Garderobe, the Wardrobe, dressed up three men as women. Two of the men ran away screaming, while one man smiled and walked away with pride and confidence. I loved that scene so much.
Overall, I think this was the best movie I've ever seen in my whole life. It was so emotional and I recommend it.