Awkward

Rating: 5/10 (23 September 2019)

This movie is just so... wrong, yet could've been so right.
The casting of Emma Watson was all wrong. She comes off way too strong. Belle was not a warrior. She had a gentleness that is lost with Emma Watson. And Dan Stevens, while still giving a strong performance, seems uncomfortable somehow. And neither of them seem to have any sort of chemistry whatsoever.
While overall the visuals are lovely, a lot of the CGI is very... off in a way.
Good on paper, but very bland. All the magic was from the masterpiece of the original was lost with this retelling.