New and a bit alarming

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2017)

When I checked the reviews for this movie I couldn't believe my eyes, you'd think by the looks of them this movie would have a 1/10 rating at best. It disturbed me to the point where I felt like making an account and writing my own review, in hopes that perhaps people won't turn away from this great movie after reading all these hate-filled essays.
To start, I do want to point out that I agree with the criticism in one aspect: Emma Watson. She's certainly not Belle, or a good actress overall for that matter. This is coming from someone who's obsessed with the Harry Potter movies, and even then I couldn't tolerate her. She's the same character in all her movies, and that is Emma Watson. I saw someone comparing her to Kristen Stewart in terms of bland acting and just being bland in general, and I second that.
That being said, she didn't "ruin" the movie. In fact, I saw past all of that because there were many other things to focus on and enjoy. Beautiful scenes and decoration, great acting (Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline), the enchanted objects are much funnier and more appealing than the original movie's, there's chemistry between the actors, good directing, and most importantly: I love the added songs and character insights. We get to know more about the characters and many questions that were left unanswered in the original are answered in this one.
I wasn't even a big fan of the original and I only went to see it because I love Disney, and I was in for a delightful surprise.
The CGI isn't on the Jungle Book level per se, but it's not bad. The only thing that might tick you is the beast's face animation but not to the point of NOT getting over it as the movie goes.
Most importantly: this is still a children's movie. You can't critique it as if you went in there expecting the depth of the Godfather. From what I can tell, it served its target audience more than fine.
"This is a copy of the original movie!" If it wasn't, there would be criticism over it NOT sticking to the original story. "The story is about a wealthy beast who only gets love because he's wealthy!" OK, why weren't these complaints present in the original movie? Not to mention that this is a *fairy tale*. "Too much singing!" There are movies where there are barely any spoken words (ie Les Miserables, Evita) but this isn't one of them, it has a reasonable amount of songs for a musical. "The original didn't even need a remake!" And that's your opinion, but a lot of people do want live-action remakes, hence why they're made. A remake can never do any harm to the original movie, in fact if a remake is bad it will only make you like the original movie even better.
I gave this movie 10 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it. Hell, I can't wait for more live- action remakes!