I wanted to like the live action version

Rating: 3/10 (16 March 2017)

I really wanted to like the live action version of Beauty and the Beast. I was obsessed with the animated version growing up as a kid. I went to see it in theaters on New Year's 1991. My main complaint is that I believe Belle was miscast. I like Emma Watson, but I think the character of Belle would have been portrayed better by someone who is less known, or who is not mostly known from playing one character.
Another thing I didn't like is that the film is supposed to be live action but everything about the film is so over produced that nothing seems real.
The parts that were added or changed that moved away from the original were boring and didn't convey the spirit that the original had.
It's hard to make some aspects of the film live action (Chip, Mrs. Potts, etc.) however Lumiere and Cogsworth were downright creepy.