Beautifully done for a live action remake.

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2017)

A beloved classic Disney film being remade into a live action does live up to the original movie with the lovable characters, same musical sequences, and some beautiful visual effects. Disney's has been doing so well into remaking their classics into live action like the previous films like The Jungle Book, Pete's Dragon, Cinderella, etc. Bill Condon direction follows the classic in every way that fans would love. The rest comes down to criticizing the cast talent meeting the characters expectations, the visual effects on Beasts and the characters like Lumiere, Cogsworth, etc.
I really liked the live action follow up and loved how every moment being reenacted. Also, feel like they explore more in depth with the Beast and Belle's past about losing there loved ones. The plot is amazing and beautiful being the same exact thing about the original. The Prince (Dan Stevens) and his staff are cursed in the castle after his actions of rejecting a beggar woman who crashes his party. She curses the Prince turning him into a beast and his castle staff into furniture. Then, it follows Belle (Emma Watson) who feels like an outcast in her village for being obsessed with reading. And captures the attention of a narcissistic Gaston (Luke Evans) who is determined to marry her. When Belle's father goes missing in a snowy dark castle. She learns that her father has been imprisoned by the beast and takes her fathers place. The castle bouteiller Lumiere (Ewan McGregor) that is cursed into a candelabra and Cogsworth (Ian McKellen) who is a clock tries to convince the Beast to try to charm Belle and maybe she can be the one to fall in love with him, in order to break the curse.
The film does have beautiful musical sequences. Emma Watson as Belle was a perfect choice, being a beautiful talented actress and portraying the character really well. Hard to imagine any one else doing the role. Dan Stevens was also great, with a performance that was delivering a menacing voice as the beast at first, and a prince. Luke Evans and Josh Gad were matched up well as Gaston and Lefou.
Turning the animated characters in the original to a live action version worked for the most part. I still fell in love with the animated Cogsworth and Lumiere and found them to be funny and entertaining. In the live action, the two being brought to a visually realistic candelabra and antique clock was stunning but had less quirky humor and cute characteristics the original had. Not sure if it was the voice cast Ewan McGregor or Ian McKellen which they are very talented actors. Or the way the characters were written.
The ball dance sequence was stunning and had that magical beautiful visuals look. The film does have plenty of gorgeous sets, visual effects, musical sequences, and a great cast ensemble.
Overall, Beauty and the Beast is a good fantasy film that lives up to the original and fans will love. I will give the film 4 out of 5 stars.