Maybe could do without Emma?

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2017)

I would like to give 7.5 but I'll round it up to 8. Okay, this movie is beautiful to look at and the singing was great. The beast gets his own song which is my favorite out of all the musical scores. However...I don't think Emma Watson gave this her all. There are scenes were she just gives a lifeless smile, some of her dialogue seems empty and the relationship between her and the beast seems forced, especially from her side. My other issue is that there's some back story about her that was honestly not needed to enhance her character or her father's character at all so for me it was a waste of time that could have been better used to create a deeper relationship between her and the beast. In the animated film, their relationship is richer and Belle's character is full of life, full of hope and spontaneity. But for some reason Emma was a little bore in this, she had much more spunk as Hermonie but maybe Belle was just not her character? Overall kids enjoyed it, great singing, the Beast was great I think his backstory did add a plus to the film and it's certainly a beautiful film. Not to mention the many laughs between Gatson and Lefou. Hopefully next time Disney picks a better fit for the main heroine.