If you loved the 1991 classic then be my guest,sit back and enjoy this lavish fairy tale.

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2017)

Beauty & The Beast is my 5th favorite movie of all time back in 1991 and when I heard they were going to remake this masterpiece(that was nominated for Best Picture back in 1992)I was kinda skeptic. I literally thought in my head when I heard this that Anne Hathaway,Hugh Jackman,Danny De Vito,Jack Black and Ryan Gosling were going to be it but none of them were and I was surprised by the actual cast in this 2017 version.
So lets begin the review shall we. Now there maybe an odd spoiler but anyways lets start.
In 17th century France a young prince(played by Night At The Museum 3 star Dan Stevens)is a selfish,cold-hearted prince who would throw lavish parties and invite everybody in. But one night however an old beggar woman comes in and offers the prince a red rose for shelter. But when the prince sniggers at the old woman she transforms into an enchantress and curses him to become a hideous creature with the red rose as his time line. The only way to break the curse is if he could love another and earn their love in return then it will break,if not he will remain this way along with his servants. Fast forward a year later and we meet our heroine Belle(played by Harry Potter star Emma Watson)who is the only odd girl in the village as she loves reading books and exploring the world as well as inventing a washing machine to wash her clothes. She catches the eye of a handsome yet arrogant man named Gaston(Luke Evans)who hears her singing and he is instantly drawn to her. But she doesn't like him and he tries to win her over. Meanwhile Belle's father Maurice(played by The Hunchback Of Notre Dame star Kevin Kline sporting a brilliant British accent)is on his way to get Belle a white rose on his trip out when he gets taken by the Beast(Stevens)who holds him as his prisoner. Belle saves him and she takes her father's place(pretty much like the original).At first Belle and the Beast don't see eye to eye as his hot-headed yet diplomatic at the same time. But as the two spend some more time together they of course fall in love. But will Gaston find and kill the Beast. And will the Beast get Belle to fall in love with him before the last petal falls.
Now like I said I loved the 1991 classic of the same name and Belle is one if not my favorite Disney princess of all time. So was I intrigued by this film. The answer is YES, I absolutely loved this version of the film. The visuals were brilliant,the songs(from the original) are all in here along with three other songs How Does A Moment Last Forever,Days Of The Sun and of course my favorite song from the new song list Evermore sung by Dan Stevens. Everything about this film was beautiful and stunning to look at. Emma Watson was great as Belle yet she appears disinterested in certain scenes and her singing isn't as great as ALOT of autotune was involved. Having said that she did nail it out of the park. Dan Stevens who knew he had a great singing voice was also very good. And surprisingly the CGI on the beast was OK but it wasn't as terrible as I thought it was going to be. As for the transformation scene(yes I am going into spoiler mode here,you have been warned)is very sinister and dark. I literally cried and cried when I seen it and trust me its A lot more different than the 1991 version where the Beast gets stabbed,in this one he gets shot 3 times by Gaston. Yes folks Gaston shoots Beast 3 times and BY GOD was I on the edge of my seat.The whole gay controversy didn't bother me with Josh Gad as Lefou being gay because he was just a total dim-witted yet smart sidekick from Gaston's gang.
Overall I loved this movie and Ewan McGregor was very good as Lumiere and Ian McKellan was great as Cogsworth. Alan Menken does the music for this film again so I was happy.
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See it.