Many misses

Rating: 3/10 (19 March 2017)

The director hit the targets he was aiming for, it's disappointing that a quality film was not on the list. It seems the movie just assumes that you will care about the characters. I found very little to like in the character development. The times where the creators thought he was driving home a successful point the scene stinks of silly politics and I heard giggles throughout the theater. A bright spot was beast's sad solo which was a great (albeit unintended) comic touch. I am pretty confused about the higher ratings online. As a lifelong Disney fan I really can't think of a more poorly made Disney movie. To be fair the visuals were absolutely stunning, visually this was a real treat. I very much appreciated the that the set was stylized to perfection. It's very ironic that there is such a tip of the hat to reading when the illiterate are perhaps the only ones that will truly appreciate this poorly timed mess. The one save for the loss of my evening is that I did now have expose my 4 year old girl to this mess.