Beauty and the Beast (2. Reviews. The original Beauty and the Beast animated movie is one of my all time favorites, so I had some trepidation about the live- action remake.

But, as my rating shows, I was pleased and impressed by the new effort. Emma Watson is the only actress that I could have accepted as the bookish, plucky Belle since it is who Watson really is, and who she played so many years as Hermione, and she did a creditable job. All of the other roles are also well cast The movie adds additional elements to the story, and its telling, that overall work very well. The timeline is clarified; the relationship of the town to the castle, the haunted forest, and the magic spell are also knitted together better.

Le. Fou has become his own character, with his own comic moments, and real friendship with Gaston, who depends on Le. Fou to stabilize him at times.

Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' arrives in 2017 and will include both new and familiar songs by Alan Menken and Tim Rice.

This is the single largest addition to the story and is entirely successful. The movie is also updated a bit for present day sensibilities in showing that a fair part of Gaston's male posse have man- crushes (Le. Fou), or latent feelings of which they are unaware (two of this other followers), all of which I liked.

Beauty and the Beast is an American live-action fantasy musical film directed by Bill Condon and.

There is a new song for the beast when he lets Belle go, which I thought was very good, and really needed by the story. Beside Bowie DVD (2017) Theater Movie. I will miss it in the future when viewing the original animated movie (the Ebert site disses the new song, I think the reviewer is all washed up).

Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for. An adaptation of the classic fairy-tale about a monstrous prince and a young woman who fall in love. Disney releases a trailer for the live-action Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray release, along with a list of the special features.

Another minor difference: the ? Some. Watson does get a little lost in castle scenes, they let them overwhelm the actress's presence. The run- time is a little long, and could have been tightened up a bit.

The animation of Mrs. Potts was a little creepy. And I really missed the lovely, magical, narrated stained- glass introduction of the original. Was a live- action remake of Beauty and the Beast necessary? Of course not. Is it better than the original? Again, no (that would be impossible). But I am glad that they did a creditable job.