Emma Watson is a terrible terrible choice for Belle; enchanted objects casting is great though!

Rating: 5/10 (24 April 2018)

They got the casting of the leads absolutely wrong. I remember Belle from the 1991 cartoon film being lively and cheerful and she had a sweet, calming voice. Emma Watson on the other hand, is still channeling her 'angry Hermione'. She maintains a scornful look and tone throughout the entire film. Also, she cannot sing in tune, her singing voice is worse than her speaking voice and the auto-tuning makes it totally disastrous.
Listen to 'Days in the Sun' - Young Beast's (a 10-12 yr old boy) voice is indistinguishable from Belle's voice! For a long time, I thought it was Belle singing the opening of that song and later found out it was a young boy singing only when someone put up the lyrics with singers' names!
As for the Beast, they should have just had a guy in a suit. Also, did they digitally magnify Dan's voice to get that booming effect? Pathetic!
I would have rated this film much lower if not for the incredibly well cast enchanted objects. All of them have wonderful voices and they can sing as well. I particularly loved Audra McDonald and Emma Thompson's rendition of the title song. 'Be our Guest' was also very nicely done for my taste (I am not judging the French accent as I do not have a good ear for it).