It was okay.

Rating: 5/10 (1 June 2017)

STRENGTHS: The songs were good, especially the new ones. The story was good too as the movie filled up the empty spaces from the animated version. For instance, they explained the villagers' knowledge about the castle and the Royal Family, Belle's mother, the Beast's attitude, etc. It became more realistic in terms of story and character. Well...it IS the live-action version. The visuals were nice, the castle was good. The song gems were the Belle song and the Gaston Song. One of the great things they did here is that they really made the beast a prince, like his "expensive education" LOL they didn't remember that during the 1991 film where the beast was reading with Belle and he pronounced "Two" wrong. That was ridiculous.
By the way, a big applause for Luke Evans here. Josh Groban's Evermore? Beautiful
WEAKNESSES: They have quick pacing of dialogue or line throwing I guess... To those who have watched the 1991 beauty and the beast will definitely notice this, because they often did it to the familiar lines from the 1991 film. And yes I know that time is money... but still, there are a lot of moments where they just throw the lines without having a normal and human conversation pace. I'm not saying always, but often. I'm just saying... it's like they're being chased or something.
Madame Garderobe's singing is annoying sometimes. It was good at the starting song, but it then it kind of ruined the song, Days in the Sun and "Tale as Old as Time" at the finale. Belle's voice? Too auto-tuned LOL. It was like there was no absolute room for flaws. Belle's Dress? Disappointing. They did the effort with these magical effects for the designs with Garderobe, but it was still ugly. Sorry. I have nothing more to say to Ariana and John's karaoke session in Beauty and the Beast. It was tragic. For Celine Dion's "How Does A Moment..", it was a great rendition, BUT her accent got stronger, so you couldn't understand some lyrics.
As usual, the Be Our Guest song was too lengthy and dragging.
Overall, the film was okay. I would not want to compare the 1991 version to this one because they both have good points and bad points.