Not perfet, but it's definetely an improvement over the last one

Rating: 7/10 (19 November 2018)

This movie is in a few ways an improvement over the old film; it has beautiful visuals and set designs, and has also responded to criticism over the old movie by fixing them to an extent. Where Belle seemed somewhat snobbish towards the other villagers in the first movie, here she is shown to be genuinely kind with a desire to help others but also to live her own life. Her fierce and stubborn personality with which she defies both Gaston and the Beast is a stark contrast to her somewhat meek counterpart in the old movie. Also, the movie fixed the plot holes from the old movie concerning the enchantment. However, there are some flaws, such as the blatant autotuning of Emma Watson's voice; and that they tried too hard to make the Beast look human, which instead traps him in uncanny valley limbo and makes him kind of uneasy to look at. Nevertheless, Beauty and the Beast is an enjoyable movie with well-written characters and a feast for the eye.