Hermione meets Gandalf (and Obi-Wan)

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2017)

OK, so we all know the story. While watching "Beauty and the Beast", I kept picturing Emma Watson (as Belle) doing some magic trick that her most famous character would've done; Ian McKellen (as Cogsworth) saying something about the One Ring; and Ewan McGregor (as Lumiere) trying to use the Force. Yeah, that's the kind of person that I am.
As to the controversy of LeFou turning out to be gay, what I ask is why some people are OK with a story that's basically a glamorization of Stockholm syndrome but aren't OK with a gay guy. Never mind that these same people will read their children the Bible (which contains rape, incest and murder). These people announced their plans to boycott the movie, but I doubt that'll harm Disney's bottom line.
And as for the director and the rest of the cast. Bill Condon previously directed "Gods and Monsters" (about James Whale, the openly gay director of 1931's "Frankenstein"), "Kinsey" (about Alfred Kinsey, the author of books about humans' sexual tendencies) and "Dreamgirls" (a fictionalized account of the Supremes). The rest of the cast includes Kevin Kline (my favorite actor), Josh Gad (Olaf in "Frozen"), Stanley Tucci, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
So, better movies will probably come out this year.