Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Manningn15 — 17 Aug 2018

Beauty and the Beast is definitely my favorite live-action remake of a Disney animated movie, my favorite Disney movie of all time, my favorite musical of all time, my favorite fantasy movie of all time, and my 3rd favorite movie of all time.

I loved how this one gave more of a backstory to how the Prince became the Beast and what he did that got him turned into the Beast. The acting and voice over performances were terrific especially from Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

The visuals were phenomenal especially the Beast and all of the inanimate objects that are now alive. The musical numbers were outstanding especially the Be Our Guest number, the Belle number, the Evermore number, and the Aria number.

The soundtrack was excellent especially the songs Beauty and the Beast, Evermore, How Does a Moment Last Forever, Be Our Guest, Belle, and Something There. The soundtrack is my favorite Disney soundtrack, my 2nd favorite soundtrack of all time, and one of my favorite albums of all time.

The score was fantastic. The costumes were remarkable especially Belle's gold dress, Belle's blue dress, Madame de Garderobe's blue and gold dress, Gaston's outfit, and Plumette's blue and white dress.

The sets and scenery were wonderful especially the beautiful castle that the Prince/the Beast, his workers/the inanimate objects, and later Belle live in together. Beauty and the Beast is a definite A++ movie for me.