What a pointless and useless copy of the animated version of the same movie. Besides a few new songs nothing has been added or changed. Every character, line of dialogue or even the shots/camera angles comes from the animated version. On top of that i found this version of Belle very unsympathetic. Her change of heart over the beast was even more unbelievable than in the previous version. Same goes for the change of the beast. 1 moment he is a brute and the next he suddenly remembers his manners. If there was ever a prime example of what a cashgrab is, this movie is it.

I don't understand why they are still trying so hard to sell this aweful story of a monster man trapping a girl and kidnapping her, until she suffers stockholm syndrom, into something romantic? Would that pass if a narcissistic woman would be cursed into a monster and then trapped a young man to entertain her? Would he fall inlove with a monster and that would turn into a huge Disney success? Please...

The animated movie is a gem-it was my favorite movie for a while and it was the first animated movie to get nominated for Best Picture. There were many flaws noticed in the original, so that is one of the reasons it was remade is that many of the flaws are fixed. For example-why were the Beast's servants cursed as well? The Beast is the wrong doer! Actually, Mrs. Potts points out that they let the Beast become spoiled rotten, so they earned their punishment. There's a few added songs-they are fine but don't really stand out to the originals. I saw this in a packed theater and we all had a great time in the theaters. Despite being a theater, when Gaston sang "As a specimen, yes I'm intimidating!" literally everyone in the theater sang out: "Oh, my, what a guy that Gaston!" That in itself shows how fun the movie is. Yes, you know what's next, and how it ends, and how the songs go-but so what?This remake of Beauty and the Beast is one of the most entertaining movies released in recent years.

Wonderful family entertainment from Disney. Brings out the inner child in all adults. Bravo Emma Watson as Belle - beautiful performance.