Excellent movie/live action remake to an animated classic!

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2017)

Excellent movie/live-action remake to an animated classic. Saw it twice in the theater and just bought the BluRay/DVD/Digital HD movie combo pack this week. Great performances by the entire cast, especially by Emma Watson as Belle, Luke Evans as Gaston, and Ewan McGregor as as Lumeire.
Emma Watson gave an overall fine performance as Belle, her singing was probably the "weakest" part of her portrayal. She has a pleasant singing voice, just not the vocal range compared to the other character roles and cast members in movie. The opening number when she was introduced as Belle sounded nice, but was a bit over-produced and "auto- tuned". To be fair, all the cast members singing vocals in the movie were likely "auto- tuned" and processed to varying extents. That is the nature of a movie and sound studio production, especially in a musical driven version. So to focus critiques only on Emma Watson's vocals as being "auto-tuned" in the opening scene introducing Belle's character seems objectively unfair. Her later singing moments as Belle in the movie got noticeably better and sounded more natural as the film went along. Her best singing scene was her last section, during the somber "How Does A Moment Last Forever" portion when the Beast/Prince brings Belle to Paris, France using his enchanted magical book to the small château where Belle's mother passed away from the plague when she was a baby. She exuded an emotional and natural singing voice to capture and portray that sad somber moment very well during that scene of the movie. Emma Watson's sincere acting, charming persona, radiant appearance, and admirable vocals for a 1st time singer in a movie musical combined to superbly embrace and embody her role as Belle with graceful style.
Overall, fabulous and enchanting performances by the ensemble cast. Great work on the production, direction, and CGI special effects by everyone involved in the movie. Well done!