Gives credit to the old one

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2017)

I really wanted to like this one. Although I did read many negative reviews. But I figured I would go there with close to no expectations and have a nice time because all movies are OK in cinema. And this one has good actors and good story and big budget - how bad can it be? Well I actually struggled not to leave in middle of the film.
I do have one fault: I have seen the old movie a few times and although I tried not to, my mind kept replaying the old one in parallel with this new one.But this is because it completely fails to capture your attention. It is devoid of any feeling. When a movie is this bad is usually the director so I mostly blame him but all the other aspects are also bad. The actors have no chemistry (there is no feeling of a relation between beauty and the beast), the objects are indeed creepy from time to time, the scenario has been slightly altered but in all the wrong ways and the movie's CGI is also embarrassing at times. The scenery is also far to shiny, I couldn't stay focused on the characters, you constantly have this feeling that the screen is to small and the 3D is also silly at times (rocks and arrows rushing into your eyes, I thought we left that behind).
I stayed hoping that I will appreciate some parts of it but I actually hated it from the first words (the narration has no magic, it just sound like a bored woman) to the last lines between Belle and the Prince.
The only good thing is that it makes you appreciate the old one. Sometimes we take things for granted and believe that it's easy to make a good movie. I mean good story, good actors what can go wrong, right? I used to see the old movie like a typical beautiful Disney cartoon but I have a lot more consideration for it now.