Belle's Magical World
Tags: psychedelic

Plot synopsis:
=== The Perfect Word ===
Beast (Robby Benson) and Belle (Paige O'Hara) plan to eat together, and Beast asks for advice from Lumiere (Jerry Orbach). While Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers) escorts Belle to the dining room, they come across the castle's well-meaning but rather verbose scribe, Webster (Jim Cummings), turned into a dictionary, whom Belle invites to join them in the dining room (to Cogsworth's dismay).
During the meal, while Belle explains a story she has been reading to Beast, Beast gets sweaty. He demands for the windows to be opened, despite there being a draft of air in the room and the servants getting cold. Beast and Belle get into an argument, and Beast strikes Webster off the table when the dictionary begins giving unwanted synonyms to Belle's insults. Subsequently, they both stop speaking to each other, despite Lumiere and Cogsworth's attempts to patch things up. Eventually, Webster, feeling guilty for his part, forges a letter of apology from Beast to Belle with his friends, a pile of papers named Crane (Jeff Bennett) and a quill named LePlume (Rob Paulsen). Belle sees the letter, and makes amends with Beast.
That night, however, the truth comes out, and after a furious chase around the castle, Beast catches and banishes Webster, Crane and LePlume for the forgery, throwing them into the forest. Belle ventures out and brings them back, and Beast, touched by Belle's sympathy, forgives the three and allows them back in, realizing that their intentions were good. The moral of the story being that it is easy to forgive.
=== Fifi's Folly ===
On the anniversary of Lumiere's first date with Fifi (Kimmy Robertson), Lumiere grows so nervous to the point that he cleans himself excessively and turns to Belle for advice, by walking with her in the garden and reciting what he plans to say to Fifi to her. Fifi overhears this, and believes that Lumiere and Belle are having an affair behind her back. In reality, Lumiere has planned a surprise snow ride around the castle gardens with Fifi. To get back at Lumiere, Fifi attempts to make Cogsworth like her, who is apparently not interested.
In the end, things are cleared up and Lumiere and Fifi go for the ride, but the pot they are sitting in slips off the edge of the balcony and hangs over the moat (the same chasm in which Gaston will eventually meet his doom). Lumiere holds onto Fifi while hanging for dear life, and tells her that he loves her. Before they can fall, Belle, Cogsworth and a few more servants arrive and get them back to safety. Everyone ends up learning to not jump to conclusions and that sometimes things are just as they seem.
=== Mrs. Potts' Party ===
Mrs. Potts is feeling depressed due to dreadful weather, and Belle decides to cheer her up by throwing a surprise party for her. Belle has come to look at Mrs. Potts as a mother figure by this point. During preparations for the party, Belle and her friends have to avoid waking up the sleeping Beast. Beast spent the entire previous night fixing a leak in the roof and needs his sleep. However, Lumiere and Cogsworth's rivalry gets in the way. The two argue and compete over the tasks of composing music, choosing Mrs. Pott's favorite flowers, and choosing the flavors of the cake that will be served at the party. Two oven mits, Chaud (the red mit) and Tres (the blue mit), also take part in the argument, as they each side with one of the rivals.
Eventually, Lumiere and Cogsworth's attempt to sabotage one another's decisions has consequences. The baking cake explodes and makes a complete mess in the kitchen. Lumiere and Cogsworth, after a scolding from Belle, decide to put their rivalry behind them for good and work together to make a small surprise for Mrs. Potts. The plan goes well, and Mrs. Potts is cured of her depression, and the sun finally shines again. Everyone learns the power of cooperation and compromises.
=== The Broken Wing ===
Belle and Beast arrange to have lunch together again, but an injured bird accidentally flies into Belle's room, and she forgets her arrangement, instead paying more attention to the bird. Beast discovers this, and flies into a rage, as he has a strong dislike for birds, trying to catch the bird, but he trips over Cogsworth and hits his head hard on the floor. This strips him of his hatred for birds, but his selfishness remains, driving him to lock the bird in a cage and demand that he sing for him when he pleases, but the obviously saddened and frightened bird refuses.
Meanwhile, Cogsworth feels he is losing control over his staff, and demands their respect with harsh treatment. In the meantime, Belle convinces Beast to release the bird once its wing is cured. But the bird, still too weak, begins to fall, and Beast rushes to rescue it. In the process, Cogsworth falls from the West Wing balcony and into the garden. He is unhurt, and learns that you cannot demand respect, but you can earn it by giving it. Belle and Beast make amends, and Beast learns to treat people and animals with respect and compassion.

Review: Absolutely Terrible but maybe funny to laugh at.
This movie was probably one of the worst I've ever seen.
I kept watching out of sheer morbid curiosity.
The plots were bad.
The animation was bad.
The songs were bad.
There were some places that the animation was so bad that I literally laughed out loud.
It's boring as snot otherwise.
If you had any respect for any of the characters before it goes out the window completely with this movie.
The beast is a GIANT violent control freak and Belle always blames herself for stuff that's not her fault.
The only reason anyone would ever want to watch this more than once besides masochism would be if they wanted to remember their parents domestic abuse toward each other as some kind of dismal nostalgia..
This is an midquel of the only animated movie nominated for best picture?.
When I started reviewing on IMDb, I began to watch all the Disney direct to video sequels.
It was almost torture for me to watch all of them (I have seen 6 of them at the moment I wrote this review), but this one I only could watch 10 minutes of it before I turned of the PC and have to watch the first Beauty and the Beast to remind me that it was one of my favorite Disney films.THIS THING IS A DISCRASE TO THE ORIGINAL ONE!!!
The story is the bland, predictable plots of 3 failed episodes from a failed attempt of a TV- series (that is exactly what this is, and they ask $19.48 for it at eBay!!!!), the animation is just cheap and awful, the characters are nothing from what they were in the original (especially the beast), and the songs make Howard Ashman roll in his grave.This is one of the WORST Disney DTV sequel I have ever seen (the worst one being Hunchback of Notre Dame II).
Skip this movie, PLEASE!!!!!.
I think this one is strictly for kids.
Disney has now made straight-to-video sequels to a good bunch of their many animated features.
Two of these were made for their 1991 classic, "Beauty and the Beast".
Well, these ones aren't really sequels, as they are both set in between the events of the first film.
The first of these two straight-to-video films was "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas", which seems to be disliked by quite a few fans of its theatrical predecessor, but I think that can usually be expected with sequels.
However, this second one, "Belle's Magical World", is definitely inferior.The film features three short stories, all of which take place while Belle is in the castle, and the place is under the spell of the enchantress.
The first is "The Perfect Word", where a misunderstanding at the table between Belle and the Beast leads to trouble, and neither wants to be the first to apologize.
The next story is "Fifi's Folly", where Fifi and Lumiere's fifth anniversary is coming up, and Lumiere is unprepared, so Belle helps him.
However, Fifi sees Lumiere practicing romance with Belle, and thinks they're actually in love.
The film ends with "The Broken Wing".
In this story, Belle takes care of a bird with a broken wing, but a bird in the castle will probably mean trouble if the Beast finds out, as he hates birds!
The plot description I gave is for the original VHS version of Disney's third "Beauty and the Beast" movie.
Apparently, in the DVD version, there is another story added called "Mrs. Potts's Party", but I've only seen the original version.
However, since I highly doubt that one story would stand out as a classic over the rest, I see no point in watching the special edition.
Anyway, the first thing I will say about "Belle's Magical World" is that the animation is very 2-dimensional compared to what we're used to from Disney, which would obviously disappoint many people.
I didn't like "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" that much, but you certainly can't say the same about its animation.
I'm sure the stories in "Belle's Magical World" could entertain many kids (mostly younger ones, I think), and each story has a moral, so they could also teach them some valuable lessons.
However, for adults, the film really doesn't have a lot.
I personally didn't find any good humour in it, found that the constant conflict between Belle and the Beast got tiring, and the stories did not impress me too much at all in any way (they're not very well written).
In "The Perfect Word", the way Belle says to the Beast, "You're acting rude...
and foolish!" is a bit cheesy, and I think there are quite a few other cheesy moments in these stories.By the time this straight-to-video movie first came out, I was around eleven or twelve years old.
I don't know what I would have thought of it at the time, as I had lost interest in Disney by then, and it would be years before I would gain any of that interest back.
Even when this movie was first released, I think I was a bit past the age group it was aimed at.
I never saw "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" until a couple months ago, but unlike that film, I never even heard of this one until recently, I think just after seeing the first sequel to Disney's 1991 hit.
Well, as much as I like the theatrical original, I wouldn't have been missing much if I never became aware of this film's existence.
For little kids, I'm sure "Belle's Magical World" can be highly entertaining, and probably somewhat educational with its morals, but I do not recommend it for adult Disney fans..
A shockingly shoddy BEAUTY AND THE BEAST feature for very young children!.
That's right!
Under 9 on average, but maybe under 12s for some others!
I was 11 when I originally saw this on video and at such youth I wasn't able to notice the shoddy cartoon-quality or the fact that those classic characters we have all grown to love are Not the same or as good to see.
Belle is, I'll agree, not even beautiful but just a plain-looking woman with tinted skin, she wears the same bright blue dress all the way through with not one glamorous dress on, Wardrobe is to say the Least, annoying - my ears may bleed if I had to listen to her everyday!
Lumiere, in both the original and the Christmas edition was suave and elegant, but here he is a womanizing, unfunny twit!
Cogsworth, despite being the no-nonsense housekeeper he is famous for, is a complete sh-t and the most insufferable character I'd say!
He always seems to find shutting that unbearably grating pie-hole of his very difficult in this one and whose clock face should really have been used for turning back in time to the unforgettable two film in this series!
Poor, poor Mrs Potts was not brought to life by Angela Lansbury (one of my favourite classic actresses) but by Anne Rogers who captured none of Mrs Potts' character, no offence to her!
Not if she did her best!
When the beast roars it sounds so horrifically fake with clearly no additional roars, snarls or growls by a microphone.
I am aware that this is only a third feature following two other films so of course it wouldn't be as good but I'm sure that more of a contribution wouldn't have hurt the Disney artists who, indeed, have achieved such remarkable styles of animation over the years.
It's alright, I guess, and I do watch it sometimes though only when it suits me.
It's quite difficult to make a recommendation for you reading this because it depends on how old you are but remember this will not at all be what you may expect following the earlier spectacular movies!
And to think that on my video of it the text on the back cover said "boasting brilliant animation"!
It's a nice little flick but for one thing it's also highly poor and, for another, those 3 words ought to have been saved for the next re-release of the original!.
Inexcusable.
I didn't feel as if I'd been raped like I did with THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS,but BELLE'S MAGICAL WORLD is still the antithesis of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Like CHRISTMAS,BMW hates its audience,although not to such an extreme degree.
It's ugly,uncanonical,idiotic,and the writing is horrifically bad.None of the stories work.
These are not the characters we loved from BATB at all,they're a bunch of pod people.
I wanted to dissect it,but after a few minutes,I gave up,because no one in their right mind would take this claptrap seriously.
What we have here are three stories.
"The Perfect Word" is an overbearing,ponderous study of forgiveness.
"Fifi's Folly" only works if you can accept that Babette's name is actually Fifi and that she's a closet James Bond villainess and that Lumiere is an idiot concerning women.
"Broken Wing" (or "Broken Wind" as I like to call it) is probably the most heinous of the bunch.
Beast hates birds?
Don't watch this crap- every copy of this video deserves to be cremated.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is still a cinematic classic,a transcendent celebration of love,art, intelligence and the human soul..
Painful pieces from an already failed TV-series..
If it is not fit for television, it is not fit for anything!
It was just such a painful experience to watch the most real and believable characters from one of the greatest animated movies ever created being torn apart with every word they uttered.
There is simply no magic at all in this shameless effort to cash in on the first animated movie nominated for an Oscar for best picture.
The animation is cheap and the dialogue is stupid.
They should have called it "Belle and Beast's Endless Arguments", because there is no other way to describe it!
Beast does something mean, Belle talks him out of it, that's it.
It is so stupid!
The first follow-up, The Enchanted Christmas, was at least passable with a good Tim Curry performance, but now with this stupid script and also the absence of Angela Lansbury, this poor excuse for a "movie" should have never existed..
Nice but forgettable.
The original is a masterpiece, and The Enchanted Christmas is actually not that bad at all.
This film is alright, but a lot of the animation is shoddy, and the songs are instantly forgettable.
At least Enchanted Christmas did more than adequately in those two aspects.
The storyline was merely a series of vignettes, like the sequel to Cinderella.
If I had a preference to which I prefer, storyline-wise, this one raises the bar.
Lumiere (though less elegant and debonair) and Cogsworth are funny here thanks to the brilliant voice overs of Jerry Orbach and David Ogden Stiers, but why was Belle changed?
She did very little, other than preach to the characters.
As for Mrs Potts, the reason why she was ruined, was because Angela Lansbury didn't voice her.
The stories are okay with nice ideas, with a bit of humour from Lumiere particularly, but the essence of the original was lost.
The best was "Fifi's Folly" but all three stories had problems of their own.
The message was laid on way too thick, and in general the writing was uninspiring.
And there were some bits about Beast's character that was unnecessary, like him hating birds.
I can swear that wasn't mentioned in the original!
Though I will admit that the bird was really cute.
I will give this a 6/10, in respect to the voice actors.
Bethany Cox..
Disneys' magical world.
The first Beauty and the Beast film is for me one of the best Disney films ever and while the second(the enchanted Christmas)was perhaps not as strong it still maintained all the warmth and humour of the first instalment.This film again has all of these traits but while The enchanted Christmas would not have looked out of place as a cinema release Belles' magical world does looks and feels like the straight to video film that it is.The short stories feel like chapters from a fairy story and the links in between are sweet with some classic Disney songs included.
Interestingly for a third sequel most of the original cast return and this I think is what raises this film above other straight to video films in terms of quality.Overall this is a worthy part of the classic Disney series..
"Belle's Magical World" and "The Enchanted Christmas" are both great D.T.V.s. I had watched "Belle's Magical World" 5 days ago on YouTube, and I thought it was is a very cute and funny midquel.
This film enriched with gentle lessons, which I do not mind at all, and two original songs that seamlessly fold one tale into the next; I don't think they are cheesy as everyone thinks, and besides I think the animation is swell.
Overall this film and "The Enchanted Christmas" are both great D.T.V.s. And since the film is in three adventures presented like chapters in a storybook, my favorite "story" is "Fifi's Folly." You know, a lot of people have been putting negative reviews, because they are comparing to the original film and also about the time consumption like: How long did Belle stayed at the castle?
And what about her dad?
And was Lefou still guarding the house?
Well, my theory is that the two films bookmarks before the library scene in the first film.
So she had spend the winter in the castle, and her dad (having no sense of direction) search all winter for the castle.
And as to the last question well even a lacky like Lefou can " bend" his orders - for food and warm..
OK so it's not the best out there but i thought it was good.
I miss angela lansbury being mrs.
potts.
I loved her in the original!
This one definitely isn't as good as the original, but I still liked it nonetheless.
But, I'm a huge BATB fan!
The major problem for me is the way they are drawn in this, they look like they are in some kind of cheap Saturday morning cartoon show, and they definitely don't look like the original.
It's still OK though.I don't know what the writers were thinking when they wrote this, the stories are kinda bad.
It makes me sad that they messed this up so much.Kinda disappointing, but you can obviously tell it's made more for the younger crowd like children.
Belle's HAMagical World.
This movie is possibly the cheapest, cheesiest, and poorest sequel ever made.Yet, it is the funniest and most idiotic movie by Disney, and will guarantee laughs at the sappy stories and lame plots from start to finish.It's a group of short stories that seem like bad fanfictions.*SPOILER ALERT* The first one's all about Beast and Belle being petty over a pathetic argument.
Then, three loser new characters decide to patch things up by forging a letter of forgiveness to give to Belle.
Part way through this little episode, Belle has wall eyes, which made my siblings and I laugh so hard.
Then, she and the Beast fight more over the letter...
and later learn the meaning of forgiveness.
How old are they???
Certainly old enough to know the meaning of forgiveness.Then, the next one's all about Lumiere being the world's biggest dope when it comes to romance.
This coming from the man who could woo anything female.
And they make FiFi a psychotic villainess who tries to kill Belle, and winds up getting off scotch-free by the end of it.
What a message to send the kids!Then, the next one's all about Mrs. Potts being angsty.
And the next one after that's all about Beast becoming overly possessive of a bird, to the point where he just seems downright silly.The animation's so ugly, it kills.
There are at least 100 mistakes you can plainly see...
and the coloring is awful.Belle's a simpering sap who blubbers whenever something goes wrong.
Plus, she's petty and very different from the usual Belle.And the side characters are annoying...
(I mean, Cogsworth and Lumiere fight almost all the time.
I know they did that in the movie, but it was overdone in this.)But the worst character is Mrs. Potts.
She's ruined in this.
Just buy it and see for yourself.I give it a 1/10 for the sap, but I give it a 10/10 for comedy..
Cute Film, but not par with "The Enchanted Christmas!".
As much as I love Belle and Beauty and the Beast, I could not bring myself to like this sequel.
For one thing, the animation is off.
Belle and the Beast facial expressions are no where what they were in the previous two films.
The mini-story plots are too predictable and poorly written.
Belle is much too petty, while the Beast is too aggressive.
The only plus side is the two solos, Belle gets to sing: "Listen With Our Hearts," and "A Little Thought." Both are well written songs, in which Belle gets to convey to the audience the importance of forgiveness, understanding and perspective.
The three (four/Special Edition) stories each have a moral, but just don't measure up to other two films.
At least most of the original cast is reprising their role, except for Chip and Mrs Potts.
Needless to say, for true Beauty and the Beast fans, this film is worth watching at least once.