Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Sacre bleu.
Brief Backstory
Disney went on another pathetic spree of greed that they’re still on to this date in the 2010s with the introduction of their live action remakes. Although live action remakes were a thing even as far back as the 1990s with 101 Dalmatians, the glut of these bad movies really took off with the releases of Maleficent (2014) and Cinderella (2015). Shortly afterwards, Beauty and the Beast was the next victim, and was subjected to controversy and negative reception (although reception toward this was not 100% negative).
Story
A crooked prince and everybody inside the castle are cursed by an enchantress, and the only way to lift the curse is for someone to love the beast (prince). One day, Belle goes to the castle in exchange for her father, Maurice, and lives inside.
Random Facts
Until the Lion King remake, this was the highest in revenue.
LeFou was subjected to some controversy due to him being homosexual.
45 minutes longer the original – most of which is wasted on pointless filler (another common problem with these remakes).
Random Opinions
The beast doesn’t look near as threatening or scary when we first see him. Instead we get this giant thing that looks like Riki from DOTA 2 (no really he does).
Ms. Potts is literally a teapot with a face on it – nothing else. Probably THE laziest creation I’ve ever seen in a movie to this date. I’ve made shit in Kid Pix Deluxe 3 and Storybook Weaver Deluxe that had more effort.
Pros
- Slightly better than Belle’s Magical World.
Cons
- This movie’s only 6-7 years old yet it’s already showing its’ age with the CGI.
- Horrible acting, mostly due to the lack of emotion that the characters show.
- A poor excuse to force feed the audience with diversity (LeFou being homosexual when he wasn’t originally).
- Disgraceful to those who had a part in the original animated classic.
- Gaston mistreats LeFou much worse than he did originally.
- Instead of a fun fight to the death from the original, Gaston decides to go violent and gun down the beast in a cheap way to cheat the viewers.
- Why is this piece of shit FORTY-FIVE minutes longer than the original? In what right was that even a good idea?
Rating: 1.5/10 – Rancid
This cemented my views on the live action remake fetish that Disney’s been going through for the last 10-15 years. Go back to making 2D animated movies and start being fresh again.
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