Met my expectations...and that's not a good thing

Rating: 3/10 (21 March 2017)

I didn't want to see this movie because I felt it was going to be an exact play by play of the 1991 animated film. And I was right. It was a live action version of the animated film done exactly the same way. Nothing changed and what was added was completely forgettable and I just didn't care. I like Emma Watson but in this her acting felt forced and I think she was miscast. I didn't buy that she was in love with the beast and I didn't buy that the beast was in love with her. Speaking of which the CGI for the beast and everything else I thought was just horrible, cringe worthy, and distracting.
The beast was not a beast at all and what I mean by that is I wasn't frightened or disturbed, he even had a musical number that I also thought was cringe worthy. The beast in the animated version was beastly, terrifying, stubborn and you hated him, so it was great watching him transition and change into a softer gentler beast.
I did like moments like seeing how the castle curse effected not only the beast but how it effected the staff and so forth. Every time a rose petal fell the characters slowly became more and more like antiques so I felt somewhat sympathetic.
The music and the score were also good but other than that there's nothing else I can really say about this movie. Its not memorable I wouldn't watch it twice. Its the same exact movie just go watch the animated version its leagues better.