Beauty And The Beast (Live-Action) (2017)...
Today, I saw the live-action version of Beauty And The Beast in my local theater...
Generally, the live-action version of Beauty And The Beast compares very favorably with the cartoon version, but, throughout the live-action version there are extra touches like some additional songs, a bit more of a back story for the beast and some additional side-effects that accompany the falling rose petals, that serve to heighten the tension as the feature progresses. Overall, I liked the live-action version, as much, if not more than the original. By the way, early afternoon middle-of-the-week showings in my local theater, tend to attract more of a senior crowd. During the trailers, the seniors were a bit on the rowdy side, but, once the feature started, they were reasonably well behaved.
I went to an early afternoon showing of Beauty And The Beast. This feature is essentially the same story as the cartoon with some extra scenes and even more singing. That being said, the live-action version is a bit more intense in some spots, than the cartoon version, so, the youngest Disney fans among us should probably be appropriately prepared. Of course, the scenes involving the wolves and some of the scenes involving the beast would be known to younger viewers familiar with the cartoon, but, there is a new scene where Belle's father is deliberately left to die which may cause a bit of a stir. Don't worry, he doesn't actually die, but, the scene did surprise me.Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) directed this live-action retelling of the Disney animated classic from 1991. As before, this fairy tale centers on a young woman named Belle (Emma Watson), who is forced to live in an enchanted castle with a prince who is cursed to look like a hideous Beast (Dan Stevens). In time, the pair fall in love as Belle learns to see the good man hiding behind the Beast's monstrous exterior. The film co-stars Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Ian McKellen as Cosgworth, Kevin Kline as Belle's father, and Josh Gad as Gaston's sidekick LeFou.
Generally, the live-action version of Beauty And The Beast compares very favorably with the cartoon version, but, throughout the live-action version there are extra touches like some additional songs, a bit more of a back story for the beast and some additional side-effects that accompany the falling rose petals, that serve to heighten the tension as the feature progresses. Overall, I liked the live-action version, as much, if not more than the original. By the way, early afternoon middle-of-the-week showings in my local theater, tend to attract more of a senior crowd. During the trailers, the seniors were a bit on the rowdy side, but, once the feature started, they were reasonably well behaved.
