***Beauty and the Beast Spoiler Thread***

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Ok everyone knows this story...but in case others who saw it wanted a thread dedicated to discussing the movie itself since the preview thread is 6 pages long.

What I loved: damn near all of it....the original songs re-done are AMAZING with my top favorites both involving Gaston (bar song and kill the beast)...the acting with the main characters is so well done and loved the interactions.

So glad they gave a stronger back story to how the love grew with Beast and Belle!

Also loved the little changes to the story...like

The cursed members of the castle actually dying in a way instead of just permantly staying as they were.....the change with how Gaston interacted with Belles father upon first hearing about the Beast.....All of Lefou who was channeling Jack Black most of the time was histerical....Gaston was great too.

What I didn't like: the Beast being CGI....would have loved him to have actually been there...a few times it was really bad (bath taking scene sticks out)......the added songs just seemed out of place. They weren't bad per se, but just seemed to be more of a distraction........and a small thing was on a few songs you could see some of the choral singers lips weren't synced with the lyrics....


Overall. LOVED IT! If you loved the classic you'll definitely love this one! Way more to say but don't want to type it all
On my phone.
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Quote:

Beauty and the Beast Spoiler Thread


c/lol
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CJS4715 said:

Quote:

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c/lol

yes I was laughing to myself while typing that
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I wish there was more singing and dancing and cross-dressing and less of the gay stuff.
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Just saw it today. I was seriously smiling almost the whole way through. I have a girl crush on Emma Watson as Belle. She's just lovely and a better singer than I expected.

During the "Gaston" number, I found myself thinking, "I actually kinda like this guy." He just didn't really seem like a villain at that point I guess and the musical number was just so much fun.

I wasn't planning on taking my 3 year-old to it because I worried that the Beast would be too scary for her, but now I think I'll go ahead and take her. There were a few moments where he was menacing, but not over the top. She can recite the animated version word-for-word and I think she'll freak out to see live actors singing all the songs.
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I'm glad I am not the only one who noticed the lack of synchronization with mouths and lyrics, especially apparent in the beginning when the villagers are singing. I thought I imagined it and found myself wishing for "pause and rewind". I saw it again and confirmed it. Rather shocking considering how many iterations I'm sure it went through in editing.

All in all I loved it. The original is one of my all time favorite movies and I loved the additional story development and the new songs in this remake.
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Good movie.

Girl next to me (early 30's ish) started crying during the dance scene and didn't stop until the end.
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I thought it was just okay. The added stuff all detracted.

And Josh Gad is just awful.
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Never saw first one. Liked it. My daughter cried through out.
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FANTASTIC.

Loved that they filled in plot holes from the original
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AliasMan02 said:

And Josh Gad is just hilarious.

fify
Brian Earl Spilner
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$90M second weekend, geez.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

$90M second weekend, geez.
We took our oldest daughter to see it last night at the IMAX here in Bryan and it was packed. Not surprised at the numbers.

This movie isn't my cup of tea but Disney absolutely nailed it. It was extremely well done and enjoyful for even a dude like me, so I'd expect this juggernaut to continue to roll.
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One thing that bugged my was Emma's skirt. Why was did it always seemed pulled up on one side?
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

$90M second weekend, geez.
probaly only 45M if she doesn't leak the photos...jk - not sure if she leaked them or not. And I haven't seen them.
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Satellite of Love said:

One thing that bugged my was Emma's skirt. Why was did it always seemed pulled up on one side?


Pulled up when she was riding, I thought.
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AliasMan02 said:

Satellite of Love said:

One thing that bugged my was Emma's skirt. Why was did it always seemed pulled up on one side?


Pulled up when she was riding, I thought.

No, very first scene in the film when she walks out the door it's half up. Later on inthat song sequence it's down. And she doesn't ride a horse until the horse comes home without her father.

It didn't see like there was much reasoning for when the hem was tucked into the waist and when it wasn't. Because there weee other times when it was up again as well.

It bugged both me and my fiance.
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Ya'll didn't think the Belle/Beast sex scene was a bit much?
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Think you watched a different movie, bro.
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Noblemen06 said:

Ya'll didn't think the Belle/Beast sex scene was a bit much?
I think you were watching the porno

Beauty and the Beast:
(by Beast we mean his *****)
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Beauty on the beast. Different from beauty and the beast
Noblemen06
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Makes sense now...should've told them to hold the butter on the popcorn, in hindsight.

Brian Earl Spilner
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I cringed at the end when Belle said something about growing a beard, and he growled. (In human form.)
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AliasMan02 said:

I thought it was just okay. The added stuff all detracted.

And Josh Gad is just awful.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

Good movie.

Girl next to me (early 30's ish) started crying during the dance scene and didn't stop until the end.
you sure this wasn't because she was sitting by you and you kept commenting on how the prequel was better?
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I have a beef with covers or musical remakes, and it's when they sing things in a slightly off-tempo way (if I'm even using the right phrase). It's distracting when it's a song we all know and love.

For example:
Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day, like the ooooooooooooooone b4.


It was quite distracting and unnecessary. There are better examples but that kind of thing, stretching a word past the beat and then catching up.

(Liked the movie overall, just a nitpick)
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Now I'm curious about your thoughts on whether to extend "Fight" at the end of Farmers Fight
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I went in YouTube to listen to the song to hear what you were referring to, and while it didn't bother me as much as you, the thing that really stood out was how extremely heavy handed the AUTOTUNE was! Wow, I don't know if it was to really cover up Emma Watson's pitch problems or just a (terrible) production decision, but it is unbelievably bad. There are also, at least in the song I listened to, some very sloppy vocal edits.
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israeliag said:

Now I'm curious about your thoughts on whether to extend "Fight" at the end of Farmers Fight
It sucks, just like the extended "EEEEESSSSSS" at the end of A-G-G-I-E-S....
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My example is more like, if the yell leaders for the class of 2022 decided to change it to A-G-G-IIIIIIIIIIIII-ES.
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We took my daughter tonight and we all liked it BUT my wife both agree that we thought it was good not great. It looked amazing and was a good adaptation but we can't pinpoint why it falls short but we both feel that way. My wife loves Emma Watson but doesn't see her as Belle. That said, she said that's not why she didn't totally 100% dig it. Anyone want to suggest why we feel that way or what makes it just a good movie and not a great one?
Brian Earl Spilner
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Passed $700M worldwide.
Noblemen06
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Because it's essentially a cover band singing favorites from your childhood? That, and the new songs are not close to on par with the originals...they stood out as overly musical-ish (sing-talking the story along).
Brian Earl Spilner
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Oh wow. Outpacing The Dark Knight through 17 days.
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Just saw it.

Enjoyed it, but it was good....not great. The added scenes and songs were fine. But as another poster said, there's just something that I can't quite put my finger on.

Well, one thing was some sketchy CGI. Most of the scenes were someone was looking out a castle window, the interior didn't look right against the castle exterior. Also, some of the scenes with them walking around the grounds were quite obviously green-screened.

The best part of the whole thing IMO were LaFou and Gaston.

Also, I never got a sense as to where the castle and village were in relation to each other. At times, it took hours to travel between them, other times minutes. It was a little confusing.
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