Okay so I don't ever do reviews. But I couldn't keep my mouth shut with this one.

Rating: 4/10 (17 March 2017)

Here you have one of Disney's most well loved and most successful masterpieces. To a lot of people, THE most loved.
So how can you go wrong with this one, right Disney?
That's what I thought at first. Then they announced the two main leads; Emma Watson as Belle, and Dan Stevens as the Beast. Come again? How on earth could Disney have got this so wrong? Who the heck was in charge of casting?
For the two main stars of the show, Belle and the Beast, you need STRONG leads. Emma Watson just got lucky being cast in Harry Potter. Is she one of the most talented actresses out there? No. Can she give us the same emotion Belle shows that we all grew up loving? No. Can she sing? Apparently not, because all I heard was this terrible auto-tuned voice in every song she sang. And it wasn't subtle either. What the heck Disney! Just because Emma grew up in Paris didn't make her 'the perfect Belle.'
Dan Stevens. I liked him in Downton Abbey. However, I would never in a million years thought to myself; "He'd make a great live-action Beast." Never! And oh gosh, his tacky CGI animation was just as bad as Emma's awful auto tuned voice. A big, CGI goat-man.
Also, age difference much? The kiss that they finally shared at the end was awkward, almost cringy, because Emma Watson looks like a teenage girl, kissing her nearly-middle aged school teacher or something. It was just weird.
How could you screw this up Disney? You had the money! Just, why?! The two main characters did nothing for me. I liked Belle's costumes more than I liked Belle. What does that say? Her clothes had more emotion?
Why was Belle viewed as 'odd' in her village full of weird characters? Bonjour was waaay too over the top.
Tale As Old As Time was too cockney. It may as well have been Mrs Lovett from Sweeney Todd singing it.
Also, Be Our Guest? How could you screw up Be Our Guest for crying out loud? Well Disney did that too. Great job guys.
Gaston. Is it only me who thought that the Villain stole the show? Because Luke Evens did for me. He was awesome. When they had first cast Luke Evens, I had a lot of doubts, but as I watched him on screen, actually SINGING (he can sing) and dancing and having fun with his role, I was sorry for ever doubting him. He and Josh Gad breathed life into the songs we already loved from the original. I loved their (slightly one sided) bromance.
I was hoping LaFou would be more 'animated' like he was in the original, because I thought Josh Gad was perfect for this role, but I still enjoyed him as a more real, toned down version.
Best things about this movie: The costumes. (I chocked up when I saw that yellow dress.) The score. (NOT the singing.) The cinematography. (Minus all the unnecessary CGI) The choreography. Gaston and LeFou. LumiÃ¨re's cute relationship with Plumette.
Okay I'm done. It's gonna take at least a week for me to get over this. Maybe I'll watch the original this weekend.