It has its faults but OMG

Rating: 8/10 (19 March 2017)

I LOVE Beauty and the Beast, the original, and honestly this one is SO true to the original, which for me is a must. This was true for the overall story/scenes and dialogue. There were some new scenes though, which in my opinion were very fitting and simply just great (really loved the Paris scene).
I know A LOT of people have been complaining about the CGI, I personally don't get it. I mean, obviously it doesn't look like REAL people but for me that's not really a problem. I mean it is a fairy tale after all but now with real people (aka I really just see it as a perk, having it a bit more "alive" instead of cartoons). And Beast looked great, haha. He does look like does in the original. I don't get the goat-comments. Well, I understand where they're coming from, I just don't think it's a bad thing.
I do though, have some criticism. Both me and my brother (who I saw it with, both 90's kids *woop woop*) thought Gaston was a bit to...inconsistent. Not acting wise. Luke Evans was amazing. No, character wise. Haha, he was a bit too nice weirdly enough and then BAM he was mean, EVIL and screaming. He was not as obnoxious as in the original(I almost felt sorry for him when Belle turned him down, aww), but much more brutal (I mean, three shots, really?!). To conclude, I wanted him to be more of a villain and with an escalating evil rather than him being kind of manic.
Also, I love Emma, I really do, and I think she did a splendid job, but the singing was... alright. You could hear the auto-tune (my musician-brother said it isn't actually auto-tune, but I can't remember what it's called. To us normal people - auto-tune.), which, I at least, did not hear with the others. But it was good. I reacted, mjeh, and I moved on.
Otherwise: I cried all through the last 20 minutes, as well as some 1, 2, 5 times through the whole thing but to be fair I'm a complete sucker for, well, everything and also, it was just so nostalgic! Oh, and the gay-hint, the trans-hint, diversity and added comedy; just very good steps in the right direction. Loved it!