Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Tbeit2 — 10 Apr 2017

I thought this was a decent movie all around.

The positives are the amazing visuals, great songs and in general great film making. It was a beautiful movie and was always enjoyable to watch because of it. The acting was good as well. I especially enjoyed Gaston, I thought he was a fun villain. All of the singers do a decent or great job, even if there is a little reported autotune I didn't notice.

If I had to find some flaws, it would be that the plot is still really predictable and simple. I never saw the origional, but I heard that it is close to the same. I don't want to fault them too much since that is what they were going for, but repeated viewings will probably get bogged down due to the plot not having much suspense to begin with. I also thought that the ending went on for a bit too long. I'm sure most people know how it ends, but the individual scenes last really long for some reason, and that combined with the kind of hokey beginning (some really standard writing at the beginning as well) does add up some.

Despite these flaws, I enjoyed it. I am also happy they picked Emma Watson for the role, she did a beautiful job. I would recommend seeing it if you're a fan of Disney or just want to see a musical fairy tail. Isn't a required watch, but it was worth the money.