Great Movie Re-Watch
Directors:
Gary Trousale
Kirk Wise
Writers:
Linda Woolverton
Brenda Chapman
Chris Sanders
Burny Mattison
Kevin Harkey
Brian Pimental
Bruce Woodside
Joe Ranft
Tom Ellery
Kelly Asbury
Robert Lence
Starring:
Robby Benson
Jesse Corti
Rex Everhart
Angela Lansbury
Paige O’Hara
Jerry Orbach
Bradley Pierce
David Ogden Stiers
Richard White
Blurb:
A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman’s love.
Thoughts:
Beauty and the Beast is the best Disney 2D animated movie. Fight me.
It was always my favorite, but the remaster done to it is phenomenal. The colors pop, especially in the opening story. It’s visually beautiful and has some of the best songs Disney has ever produced.
Yes, Belle is a bit of a bitch. She’s all I’m better than these country folk. I want adventure. Then complains during her entire adventure and in a massive castle only wants to go to the one place she’s not supposed to. The Beast basically buys her love with the library that I judge all libraries against. I’m not aware of many women who wouldn’t love him after that gift.
Gaston and the blond triplets are a bit of a yikes too. Gaston makes an excellent villain because he wants to control Belle completely and has no concept of people having their own wants and desires. The triplets are, well, let’s be honest, they’re heaving bosoms in a kid’s movie. Personally, I enjoy looking at them, but it doesn’t teach our children anything good about women.
The ending where the Beast turns back into a human is a bit of a letdown since the man isn’t as attractive as the Beast. Why is he so smooth?? Gaston has chest hair. Why can’t the Beast???? Come on, please, he was a beast, surely in human form he’d be closer to a lumberjack than a pretty boy.
There’s lots to love about Beauty and the Beast. It’s one of my favorite movies and currently sits in the top ten of my favorite movies in the list I’ve been making through my re-watch. I should probably share that list at some point…
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