Phenomenal

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2017)

"Beauty and The Beast" is a Live-Action Disney Adaptation of the beloved 90's Disney classic Animated Movie of the same name based on the French Fairy tale "La Belle et la Bête" in the 1700's. The Original Disney Movie is a timeless movie that is now another Disney Live- Adaption along with Cinderella, Jungle Book, and Pete's Dragon. The Movie is Directed by Bill Condon, the same mad man who directed a couple of Twilight movies, well my expectations just flew out the roof! But this is a movie review, so let's talk about the movie, it's pretty good. Beauty and the Beast follows most of the original Disney story while making a few changes that I mildly Disagreed with. But the direction was still impressive with the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within. The CGI is truly spectacular to see, and the effects and environments felt as similar as the original which made it feel just as appealing. The appliance characters still reminded me of what they truly are in appearance and performance. The one thing that got me though is the dead-eyed expressions of some of them like the teapot and cogsworth The Acting is amazing to watch with the musical performances magical and outstanding to see with the same scenes. Emma Watson plays Belle and leaves me impressed with how she executed the performance. Dan Stevens Beast was truly impressive with how he provided anger and emotion within the acting. Luke Evans as Gaston was the best, he is perfect for the role and made it great as making him Scary yet Comedic. The one things I have ups and downs about is the new changes it made. In the original, Beast's character was portrayed as a dumbed character as he didn't know how to read or have manners, With this in mind, this gives Belle a better reason to trust him since of teachings to him. In the new version, Beast was shown to be more brighter with him owning an entire library mentioning how their in Greek. And with this in mind, we see how they can have a close relationship when Beast shows how much he has more of a minded self, even one scene he quotes Shakespeare. They also managed to bring back most songs like be our guest and the Gaston song, but also showing us new songs. Watching the new songs has more of a classic Disney feel to it including "Evermore," a sympathy song for beast after Belle leaves the castle to save her father from the town, that was great though, i loved Steven's voice. Another concept that was brought was when Beast dies near the end when Belle is next to him crying, which still makes me sad in both movies. In the original, we never got to see what happened to them during that part, so they brought it in this one. They split both acts with Beast dying to an scene when we watch the appliances slowly turn into regular antiques which really made me feel emotional in a theater. And when the curse is broken the appliances turn back to humans along with the Beast which was still heartfelt Overall, Beauty and the Beast was a pretty impressive that I didn't mind watching because it is a colorful and fantastically executed movie despite the changes. The acting is outstanding and decent to watch with the characters being likable and dramatic. The CGI is truly visual magic still having it's Jungle Book scenery flare, I thought was impressive. This movie is beautiful, well acted, and a introduce us a marvelous story. B+