A good tribute to a great film, but forgettable

Rating: 5/10 (27 March 2017)

What can you do when you have to remake one of the greatest animated films ever made by Disney into a Live Action Motion Picture? The risks are many. This films manages to recreate the great music and the entertainment value of the original one, but fails to recreate its essence or create a new one. In terms of Character development, it has some troubles with the main characters. They are sympathetic, but the depth behind them is flat. Emma Watson's performance is pretty disappointing, this is pretty obvious with the poor screenplay written for her role. The supporting characters are other story, they are part of what keeps this film going, besides the great music. Talking about visual effects, the movie keeps the great work we saw in "The Jungle Book", maybe not as stunning, but still pretty good.
In summary, this film despite of being entertaining, it fails to stand on its own, paying the price of being loyal to the original. I have to say, this is understandable, but stills a problem.
I would say this is a good film, but feels small compared to the masterpiece of the animated version