Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Chuckamuck — 23 Mar 2017

The closer to the release date, the more worried I got about this film. Most of what I was hearing about it in interviews and news was gimmicky tricks and passes at incorporating modern changes sounded false and not genuine.

While watching the film I discovered I was correct, a lot of what I was promised was not delivered. Unlike the usual standard of vocal performance in a disney movie, this film had some lower points I wasn't expecting.

My opinions of the cast are very mixed, I was quite surprised by ewan mcgreggor but let down by luke evans. The beast doesn't translate perfectly into live action, but dan stevens work really helped make this a more believable creature.

I didn't believe emma watson was anything but an acting performance, there was very little truth in her and I thought this was the flattest part of the film. I was quite intrigued by some of the new scenes not featured in the disney original but by the end of the film they felt contrived and unnecessary.

Back story and expansions could have been done much better.