Doesn't even meet the expectations

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2017)

This was perhaps the most awaited Disney movie of the year for me, because freaking Emma Watson is playing Belle! Sigh, one of my most favourite Disney protagonists, Belle in live action (in English, because there's already a French one done) was going to be a 10/10, but it wasn't really...
"I can't go back into my childhood, one that my father made secure." Just one of the most powerful line deliveries in the movie that struck a chord. The second one being "I want much more than this provincial life!" (I couldn't stop lip-syncing to the whole song.
Beautiful costumes, but I was disappointed not to see the tour of the castle with Cogsworth going "if it ain't baroque, don't fix it" because the resplendent Rococo sets were something I so badly wanted to discover! I hope we get to see in the Blu-rays deleted scenes or something. If not, I hope the creators make a virtual reality app/game/story or something! Disney, make it happen?
There were so many times I was flowing with the story line, seeing the animated Bella flawlessly emoted by Emma. But there were so many times I just saw Emma Watson, that mega star who is a role model for all young kids, and I really saw "UN Women" flashing in my head. Some places, she was Belle, some places she was Emma and I'm still not sure how to feel about it. I think it's super hard for me to see her anything other than herself because she's so powerfully iconic as is Belle. *sigh* But if I'm already feeling this was, I guess I feel as though she was miscast.
"How does a moment last forever" by Celine Dion and "Evermore," and "Days in the sun" are definitely gonna be played on loop the whole month and added to my "Extreme fave playlist" on iPod.
Belle's dress. Totes not disappointed, but couldn't help but notice Emma's quirky mannerisms and gestures with her hands throughout the dance. She has a way of making "swan neck" arm + paw gestures, which are very her, so I was distracted by that..
Belle's lack of "awe" to the "Be our guest" song and many other scenes.. I can only describe it as a mildly amused reactions... In a lot of the scenes in fact, they were not emoted to its full potential, and I was left feeling "WHY ISN'T SHE FEELING WHAT I'M FEELING!" Like I said, I feel she was miscast. She wasn't as lively as Belle was...
Also, Belle and Dan's chemistry was nothing compared to Belle and Beast's chemistry. That "became human again" and dance scene post that was super bland... And I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way..
Dull directing, not half as grand and cinematic as it could have been. But then again, he was the Twilight director so...
I hope Aladin doesn't disappoint.