A great remake that has personality

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2017)

With the animated film being one of the most iconic films of all time there was a lot of pressure on this film to be good and I thought it really was. The premise of this film sees a girl who is seemed to be weird by her village because of her books, when she is trapped in an enchanted castle with a a beast. Emma Watson plays belle in this film and she does a decent job, she fit the role with her looks and singing voice. I also thought she was a pretty strong female character that is good for women to see. However, I felt like her character was a little bland and wooden which made her one of the least memorable characters in this film. Dan Stevens plays the beast in this film and I thought he did a great job, I thought his character had a good character arc in the film and I liked his subtle humour that he had in the role. Luke Evans plays Gaston in this film and he was absolutely the perfect person to play this role, he had the look, the voice and the charisma he had oozed on the screen. Josh gadd also had great comedic timing in this film and I loved his chemistry with Evans in this film. Ewan McGregor and ian McKellen play lemuier and cogsworth and they encapsulated the roles perfectly and I loved them in these roles. The story does have some truly emotional moments that makes you care about the majority of characters. However, similar to how I felt about the 2014 Cinderella film this film doesn't really add anything new to its story which makes it an easy watch but doesn't do anything that interesting. The script has some great humour in it that really surprised me and actually had me and the audience laughing quite a lot. The drama also works and you end up buying the development in belle and beasts relationship. The style of this film has some excellent singing sequences that are very familiar but memorable in this film. Overall this is a great remake that hopefully leads to more of these remakes.