The Worship of this Movie is Unwarranted

Rating: 1/10 (26 July 2019)

**Spoilers**
When I first saw this movie, I knew there was something wrong that I couldn't place, so I said it was a good movie. I was blinded by the shiny product that Disney was trying to convince me was better than the animated movie they made years ago. The original Beauty and the Beast is a classic in every sense of the word, to the point that it was nominated for Best Picture by the Oscars (and for my money, would have won if Silence of the Lambs didn't come out that same year). There is so much I need to say about this, so I am just going to list everything wrong with it. This is just my opinion.
1. Emma Watson has very little emotional range here. She always comes off as either smug when she is supposed to be happy, or disgusted when she is trying to be vulnerable.
2. The Beast acts too human for a man who was transformed into a hairy, mangy Beast for so long.
3. Belle and the Beast bonding over having dead mothers is not romance material.
4.The teleporting book takes away the importance of the mirror to the outside world.
5.The teleporting book is not used to get Belle back home at the end.
6. Emma Watson's singing is robotic and her vocal range is amateur. She just needed more proper training.
7. Finding out what happened to Belle's mother does not further the plot.
8. Plumette mentions to Lumiere that "this plan of yours is dangerous." How is the plan dangerous at all?
9. Why were the servants cursed more severely than the Beast? They didn't deserve it. If the reason was that they didn't make the Prince less cruel, weren't they just following orders? Is this an example of punishing the powerless?
10. The Enchantress erased memory of government and tore families apart. What is her problem? That is morally skewed.
11. In French, "le fou" stands for "the fool". Need I say more?
12. The weather immediately turns to winter near the castle. whats the point? If anyone was near the castle, they would wonder about those weather patterns, and get closer to investigate. That attracts more people to the castle, so the Beast was surely not alone all those years.
13. If the castle keeps crumbling after each rose petal falls, why does the entire castle not crumble after the flower is fully wilted?
14, Why did Gaston not die by his own doing? He just dies because the castle is falling apart.
15. Why is Belle not the only one wearing blue in the village? That seperates her from the townspeople.
16. Why is Maurice going to the market when Belle was just at the market?
17. Why does Audra McDonolad not sing a full length song when she has one of the best vocal ranges ever?
There are a few positives in this remake though.
1. Maurice is a less eccentric inventor, which helps establish his more familial connection to Belle.
2. The older style costumes of the townspeople were very effective for their status.
3. The Beast's new song "Evermore" and Maurice's scene at the beginning were bittersweet.
4. Seeing the castle staff turn into antiques was sad.
5. Josh Gad and Luke Evans as Lefou and Gaston were solid representations of their characters.
6. The song "Gaston" and "The Mob Song" were nicely staged.
I truly do not understand the worship and hype around this movie.The reason why I like some of the other remakes is because they had significant changes to the plot and characters, like Cinderella, Pete's Dragon, The Jungle Book, and Maleficent. If you like this movie without acknowledging at least one of the flaws I have brought up, that is okay. But you must at least respect my opinion. That is enough for me.