Late night rant about the new Beauty and the Beast. 

In Spanish we say "Courtesy doesn't mean you don't have courage". Animated Belle is one of my favorite characters, so kind, gracious and gentle and so brave and intelligent. Emma Watson fails to project her warmth and sweetness. Feminine qualities don't mean weakness. That's insulting. And don't get me started on the horrible Beast CGI. Cartoon Beast is so alive, so expressive and endearing. I was really disappointed.

I think one issue is that what you (and so many of us) love about Belle, her kindness and politeness, is seen as weak by there filmmakers and something that needed to be corrected. But you’re right, we see her strength in that she’s always polite but her boundaries are firm. That she would turn down his invitation for dinner that first night, with a polite no thank you, shows her bravery. He’s a huge monster, probably capable of ripping the door down and eating her, and yet she will not budge. She’s amazing, one of the best princesses, and they did her dirty.

My biggest peeve was when the beast can't even admit himself that he loves belle without mrs. Potts interjecting it for him! That was his pinnacle "I'm selfless and I've now changed " moment. Emma Watsons belle was also trash and she should have never had as big of say in belle's character as she did. She obviously did not get the character

Emma Watson's Belle is so boring honestly. I'm not trying to be rude or anything. I actually really like Emma and she seems so sweet in real life, I don't know why she portrayed Belle in such a bland way. She seems so cold and distant and the reason why I loved Belle is that she's the complete opposite. She's warm and kind, dreamy, and excitable. She always wanted to go on an adventure, to have a change of scenery, so when she arrives at the castle her childlike curiosity is shown when she explores the west wing. Emma's Belle just went through the motions. There was no motivation behind her actions displayed in her acting. It was so disappointing. Emma Watson is a hit-or-miss actress for me. I loved her in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Harry Potter, but this performance was so lifeless. It seemed like instead of playing Belle, she was playing herself dressed as Belle.

I'm never going to stop being salty over this garbage remake and I'm never going to stop autoclicking on RU-vidrs ranting about it.

What I don't get is the remake is longer than the original, yet the important moments are shorter? The "fixing" parts just made it worse honestly.

It's never too late to see people roasting this movie, it's always welcome.

Emma Watson and Dan Stevens had exactly zero chemistry..that doesn't help. Plus the truly terrible autotune was so distracting that it was hard to focus on anything else. I really didn't like this version.

I completely agree. You said perfectly what was so wrong with this film. This movie is the perfect example of how NOT to do a romance. Also the scene where Belle goes to the West Wing and the Beast scares her away was just done so poorly in the remake. In the animated it was truly scary and naturally Belle ran off terrified. In the remake I didn't understand why she was so scared. It wasn't that scary and he didn't act any meaner than he had been. Also it made the scene of Belle trying to escape earlier pointless. If she could leave that easily, why didn't she just walk out the door sooner? While it made sense in the animated since she was trying to keep her promise till that huge fright. Also, I didn't need an explanation of how the Beast got on the horse. That time could have been used for better things. Like showing they actually care for each other. Though I can't see how Belle would like this jerk. And I don't see how Beast would like Emma's uncaring Belle either. She was way too fierce with no softness whatsoever. In the end one of the biggest problems with this film was Emma Watson was determined not to be Belle, but for the film to be her own self-insert fanfiction. And the director sure shares the blame as he let her. She wasn't Belle, she was herself. Because apparently to her having any kind of traditional feminine qualities is a bad thing and being feminine is weak (that's very problematic). I am definitely glad she wasn't Cinderella like Disney originally wanted, she would have ruined it.

One little thing that annoys me so much with this movie is the mirror-father-scene. Animated Belle says "Show me my father, please" ... New-Belle just demands to see the father, but has no time for simply courtesy. But it shows so much about Belle's character, that she's able to thank an inanimate object. I also think Emma Watson was a horrible choice. Belle is a very feminine and kind character, not a tom-boy-activist. But femininity, kindness or any other traditional female-character-trait is evil nowadays, I guess?!

I remember during my first time watching the remake, when Belle said the line, "If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!" I was sitting in the theater ready to scream, "YOU LITERALLY TRIED TO RUN AWAY, THOUGH. REMEMBER? THE SHEET ROPE?" When you change things for the remake, you gotta commit to the changes.

I know I’m in the minority when it comes to the song Evermore, but the ROAR that the Beast gives out in the animated version as Belle is leaving shows much more heartbreak than the entire Evermore song.

Belle & Beasts romance in the remake is Awful. The Beast is a Brat and Belle is rude and obnoxious and snobby

You did great at saying how sweet Beast is to Belle!, when he asked her to close her eyes he brings her so sweetly inside his library and talks to her all the time so she could be able to trust him; when he plays with her hair softly, maybe trying to tell her through actions how much he loves her ; then when they reunite he touches her face ; and then when he is about to die he touches her again, proving he is a sweet and gentle guy. Compare when Gaston enters her house , chasing her, being too close, trying to imprison her , being brute , Beast was always giving her a space , not being invasive , letting Belle to be the leader when they go to the Ballroom, she put his hand on her waist and putting herself closer to him, the Beast was SHOCKED and it was SO CUTE! What happens in the remake??? Just dancing and barely looking at each other, no touching, no putting closer to one another....when Belle says her father is in trouble, the Beast just says "no time to waste".... And many people saying that The Enchanted Christmas was bad, compared to this remake, IT WAS A MASTERPIECE 😁😁😁😁 Great video, it shows how much you love Beauty and the Beast , just as I do!

I think the musical is the perfect extension of the animated movie. They had such as incredible blueprint for a live action movie and just squandered it. I hate the live action. Belle is not likeable and neither is Beast. I don’t buy their supposed “chemistry” at all. The animated one did this perfectly.

It's always fun to see other people talking about this movie and the animated one! As soon as I heard Emma Watson was playing Belle, I lost hope it was going to be good because I felt it was such a terrible casting choice. Belle was always my favorite princess because of exactly what you said. She's charming, smart, witty and polite at the same time while being a strong person. Almost everything that came out of Emma's mouth or her facial expressions didn't make me think I was looking at Belle, but it did make me think I was watching Emma Watson playing herself. Paige O'Hara had such a wonderful, warm voice where you could hear her smiling when she spoke certain lines or was singing. Even seeing a live person on the screen, Emma just didn't have that kind of presence and warmth. I watched it and it amazed me how much they took from the original film, yet removed or changed the most important scenes where the two connect. The library was the part where I just stopped trying to force myself to find a way to enjoy it. That was such a pivotal moment where the beast actually wanted to do something nice for Belle and they butchered it and made him so unlikeable. Also, the dress was awful. I'll leave it at that haha.

"The beast is shirtless, no one wanted that" Furries; .......

Page O’Hara brought so much dimension, warmth, and personality to the character with just her voice. Emma Watson’s two dimensional interpretation just fell completely flat.

The entire relationship of remake Belle and Beast feels very awkward and cold, almost like they don't want to be near each other. Unlike animated Belle and Beast where they're warm, sweet and close. Yes!! I absolutely love the subtle but affectionate moments between animated Belle and Beast

There’s something else about this movie that rubs me the wrong way. Actually, there is a lot. 1. Gaston is actually making an attempt to be nice to her and Belle is giving no reason why she doesn’t like him. In the original, even though she is... tolerant of his obvious rudeness, she gives a reason why she doesn’t like him. “He’s rude and conceded...” and he makes fun of her father. Remake Gaston is attempting to be nice and even says he can change, but Belle says, and I quote, “No one can change that much.” Hello, Belle 🤦🏾‍♀️!!! You fell in love with a jerk of a beast that hardly showed any feeling towards you and you barely connected with! Ugh!!! It’s so annoying. Gaston looks favorable in this scenario and she didn’t even witness his ugly transformation into being evil Gaston. 2. In the animated movie, when Belle said “I love you” to Beast, the last pedal hadn’t fallen yet. That was the conditions of the curse! In the remake, the last pedal had fallen long before Belle even said “I love you.” It’s really quite annoying. Of course there is a thing as never too late, but that was the conditions of the curse! The last pedal falls, that’s it! The last pedal falls, it’s too late! And the enchantress just changing her mind when she heard Belle say “I love you” even though the last pedal had already fallen long ago, is just an insult to everything the movie was supposed to be about! Gosh I hate this movie. I had such high hopes because Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie. And this modernization of it has destroyed it!

In all honesty I really don't like Emma Watson as an actress. She was great in the first 2 HP movies, but something in POA happened that made her so much more angry. After that I felt like the only emotion she could truly portray on screen is anger/frustration. If she's not angry/frustrated it just seems like she's bottling it in. It's kind of like Kristen Stewart only being able to be gloomy. Emma Watson is only really able to be angry.

Emmy Rossum should have played Belle. I think she would have been fantastic.🖤

Jfc, the library scene in the remake made me cringe so much. In the 1991 movie, you have him showing her the library because he wants to do something nice for her, he looks so smitten, full of love and excitement as he stares at her surprised face, despite him not knowing how to properly read (a tiny detail in Human Again that I really love because it shows him in a vulnerable position, willing to learn, which, at the same time, serves as a contrast between the Beast and Gaston). In the 2017 remake, he's a condescending asshole who only showcases his library because he doesn't like Belle's favorite book. It lacks emotion and a narrative purpose.

The main change that would've work for the live action version on the build up to the library scene. Like he would talk about wanting to seeing a play again then suggests a romance novel like some "adventure romance or something" bell is all like "I never read that." Then beast goes through rapid fire book and she has read none. And beast smiles genuinely leading the way to the library. Boom chemistry!

So many of Emma Watson's expressions toward the Beast looked like contempt and disgust ... it was difficult to get beyond the sneering which seemed so out of character for Belle's typically polite manner.

I knew this movie was bad , but now that you are going into such detail about these issues , it’s making me realize just how terrible this movie is. I remember seeing this movie when it first came out and walking out of the theater being so disappointed. I think the things that really ruined this movie for me was Emma Watson as Belle and her singing /acting was terrible. Also the iconic gold dress was just butchered in this movie. I just feel like all of the romance, charm, and emotions were just sucked out. And don’t even get me started on the other remakes” *cough*” *lion king 2019*

The remake has been annoying me for awhile. The animated version is one of my favorite Disney movies, and it drives me crazy when people nitpick “plot holes” and say it “glorifies Stockholm Syndrome.”

the library scene in the remake made me so mad!! it's supposed to be this super thoughtful gift especially for Belle, and in the remake he's just like "yeah it's yours i guess, whatever". completely missed the point of it

You just know that every young girl who set their romantic goals to the level of "The Library Scene" from the original had their hearts shattered by how poorly the scene was handled in the remake. Seriously, the library scene was absolutely perfect. The pinnacle of pure romance. *Why* on *earth* would the writers think it's okay to change it so drastically?!

Peter Jackson’s King Kong did the “woman bonds with a beast” plot so much better.

You can just see how much the original lights her up and then her joyful emotions immediately disappear when she talks about the ..remake.. 🤢

They changed Hermione’s character in the later books to make her better than Ron (even though in the books he is smart in other ways then her, but the movies made him an idiot), and in this I think they changed Belle to make her more of a “I’m a strong independent woman” type, but that’s not how it should be. Belle doesn’t need anyone, true, but strength isn’t always just about being outspoken and loud. Animated Belle was stronger, IMO, than live action. Same for the Beast.

The Beast never even admitted he had feelings for her really. And she never really showed she cared until the very end. I hated the changes they made to the scene where they are getting ready for the dance. In the animated one, he wants to confess and when asked if he cares about her, he says "more than anything". In the remake, Lumiere is pushing him to confess and is calling her the one, the Beast says "I don't know if she is the one or if there even is the one". He doesn't even really acknowledge that he likes her the same way in the remake. And then the balcony scene, when he asks if she could be happy there with him and instead of saying "yes", like the animated version, she basically says she could never really be happy if she isn't free...so basically, "no, I'm not happy and I never will be".

GIRL i have so many feelings about the live action...nothing will ever compare to the original !

The live-action remakes (apart from Cinderella which is perfect) all suffer from the same problem; they lack heart and soul. Emma Watson made this movie bad to watch, she is not a good actress and it's clearly shown here. She can't emote properly and she has the same problems in Perks of Being a Wallflower where she doesn't emote well; there is a reason why people can't see her as anything other than Hermione Granger and that is because she plays herself in every role. The writing is terrible and I truly wonder how the writing staff got their jobs because they do a terrible job of trying to convince us this is a love story. Where is the romance? The director did a terrible job of directing his actors because I don't see any romance between them, I don't see any forlorn looks from the characters when they decide to leave each other like we did in the animated version, no looks of curiosity or intrigue and certainly no chemistry.

The way I look at Belle in the animated movie is that (believe it or not) she is VERY close to being a perfect person. The only "mistake" she really makes in the entire movie is that she goes to the west wing even though she was told not to by the Beast and the servants try to warn her away. But aside from that, she really has no flaws, and yet she is still written very well and is still believable. Disney keeps trying to make "perfect" characters, especially female characters that have no flaws (live action Belle and Mulan jump to mind) that end up being boring. But animated Belle was nearly flawless and she was wonderful!

Beauty and The Beast is my favourite animated Disney movie of all time, no contest, so the remake is heartbreaking to me. I knew Emma Watson was miscast the instance I learned she was going to play Belle, and the way they ruined her's and Beast's characters is really sad. I cry everytime I watch Beauty and The Beast because it's so beautiful. The remake just makes me upset and annoyed.

When you played the wound-cleaning scenes one after the other, I noticed something else that bugs me in the remake. The way Watson delivers the final line in the argument is all wrong, imo. She doesn't sound assertive and confident, but shrill and desperate. She's not arguing anymore, but pleading. It changes the whole tone of the argument - it's not a conversation between equals like in the animated movie but a power struggle, and she lost. In this light her next action, when she reaches for the Beast but hesitates and pulls her hand back, looks like fear. Like she's genuinely scared he might hurt her if she makes the wrong move. In the animated movie this scene shows that Belle and the Beast are equals, and that there's already a trust between them, as he allows her to touch his wounds and she does so without fear or hesitation even after they just argued. She knows he won't lash out at her. In the live-action version Belle ends up looking weak and afraid, while he gets his way.

Awesome insights, I completely agree. They had an opportunity to make a new and interesting story from an old (and perfect) classic, and they missed the mark in every way. PS - the last 30 seconds of your video are adorable!! Definitely worth watching all the way to the end. :)

the beast is too much human-like, deep in the uncanny valley (together with Cats)

Part of the reason why the chemistry is off is Emma Watson was a bad casting decision because of her lack of acting skills (plus she can't sing.) Though, I'm sure it's not easy to convey emotion or affection when you're acting opposite of someone in CGI getup. It's just all weird.

i love your breakdown. emma watsons troll face cannot convey as much emotion as the animated version. when i heard she was cast i knew this remake was doomed. disney had done good so far i thought with live action jungle book and Cinderella. i had enjoyed tohse and the slight differences. this one? KERPLUNK.

“It’s not appealing and it’s not attractive especially since they decided to have him shirtless. Why? Nobody wanted that.” Lol I died on that part 😂 I don’t really like this beast’s design overall and he isn’t likable at all in the live action version. And Emma Watson felt nothing like Belle. Belle just seemed kinda aggressive and stuck up in the live action opposed to assertive and compassionate like in the animated classic.

The Enchantress is such a distraction in this film.

I love the animated Belle, she ‘s definitely one of my favourite princesses, along with Ariel!

I'm sure this wasn't intentional but Emma looks so pissed at 17:36... kinda makes the scene look like Belle is running away after she and Beast just had an argument

Yes another rant on that awful movie, hell yes! I partially blame Emma Watson

Can I also say that as a costumer and seamstress myself, I could feel my heart stop for a second when I saw Belle throw the “yellow” dress on the dirt ground! Don’t get me started on the dress that’s a rant for another comment!

I say this about (almost) every Disney live action remake, they're just taking the original movies and sucking the life and heart out of them. The passion is just gone. These are all perfect examples of that.

(Apparently) Emma wanted Belle to be more fiery and the Beast to be more angry and mean She’s a feminist and didn’t want Belle to be seen as too polite ? She ruined the movie...

16:10 made me laugh out loud with how they robotically stand side by side, just staring out into space. It looks so stupid. 😂😂

All these remakes are depressing. The originals were already so good.

You are absolutely right! I love to watch videos like yours because they show more and more flaws in that boring remake. Another thing that bothered me is that they made Gaston more likable in the remake and the beast less likable, when in the original is the other way around! In the remake, Gaston has some kind of trauma from war, so he has a reason to behave like that, I guess they add this in the story for comedy purposes but just made us, the audience, understand him a bit more and actually feel sorry for him...but the beast just made me feel angry hahahah, he is a jerk in the remake, like you brilliantly pointed out.

No hate to Emma but I feel like Anne Hatheway should've played her.

Everything about Emma Watson in this role is wrong for the character. she doesn't come off as strong, she comes off as petulant and childish. All her lines fall flat and at no point do I buy their relationship. Animated Belle on the other hand was very much a mature woman. She was classy, and warm, and sweet. She never complained, was never unkind, and never tried to one-up the other characters.

9:18 look at his reaction to her touch too! He notices right away and gets all happy about it😭 Adorable!

Aside from the awful dress, the LA dance scene drove me nuts because Belle and Beast spend so much of the dance physically separated from each other. Ballroom dancing is INCREDIBLY close and physically intimate, hence why It's often used as a stand in for a love/sex scene. In the animated dance, Belle and Beast are almost always touching (plus there's that sly grin Belle gives Beast when she places his hands on her. She making it clear she wants the contact) to the point that she rests her head on his chest and Beast literally gets cheered for it. That scene is the movie's Love Scene and everything about it reinforces that. And then the Live Action version butchered it! It's been 4 yrs and I'm still angry! I want my money back!

In both the best relationships are between belle and her father. They both really care about each other.

LMAO, THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I swear, these directors are soooo focused on trying to appease specific masses that they totally lose track of the character archs!! 🤦🏽 I’m sorry, but THIS Belle is A HELLUVA LOT more of an ice-queen than OG Elsa (before ‘Let It Go’ made writers do a whole 360 on her)!! No warmth from her whatsoever 🥶🥶

You described my feelings to a T.

I haven't watched it (or any of the remakes, aside from the Cinderella one), but I am on a Disney sucks binge right now. Based on this analysis and others like it, it is evident that the point of the remakes is to "correct" all of the "problems" people have pointed out for years. Many of the original animated films receives criticism from audiences viewing them in a present day context instead of as adaptations of fairy tales. Belle can't possibly love The Beast for anything other than Stockholm Syndrome, so they have to make up a bunch of other scenarios to extent their relationship and add the diseased mothers (because of the frequent criticism about the absence of mothers). Similarly, Cinderella had to meet Prince Charming before the ball so she doesn't marry a complete stranger (the fact that he doesn't recognise her at the ball and wants to marry someone he just met is not a problem because he is the guy). With these remakes, Disney attempts to fix things without knowing how to fix them, point out plot holes to constantly remind audiences that they know what they are doing, and make them sure the audience sees that hear the criticism and tries to do something about it. It is sad how much money they make by reselling audiences the same story in a crappy version instead...

I’ve only watched Beauty and the Beast (animated) once, as an adult, and it didn’t really stick with me, I don’t know, maybe I just watched it at the wrong time in my life, but listening to you gushing over the minute details of Belle and Beast’s interactions made me feel a lot of emotions, and now I want to see if I can find it and watch it again (and, no, I don’t have Disney+, so that probably won’t happen any time soon lol)

20:38 that’s not the whole problem when it came to casting Emma Watson as Belle. The other problem is that her personality and her attitude is totally wrong for Belle.

16:03 OH MY GOD IT’S EVEN SNOWING THEY BOTCHED THIS SO BAD! In the original, it wasn’t snowing-it looked like it was summer, aka warm weather. But here, this balcony is covered in snow, and I doubt Belle was slow-roasting in that dress-have her move closer to him to share body heat, or have him give her his jacket! It’s so easy!

I hated emma watson for belle. I feel she didnt embody the gentle nature of belle or her femininity. I got a lot of flack from everyone because i was not impressed. I really agree that the emotion was lost and there was no natural progression. But most importantly it was her kindness and unchanged nature that softened beast heart.because she was not kind in the same way it seems very cringe.

The remake was the most offensive piece of rubbish I've seen in years. That the lead couldn't sing with auto tune in a musical is just not on. That they had a world famous opera singer and Broadway star in the cast and only gave her the role of the wardrobe instead of Mrs potts is criminal! The complete lack of emotion and magic in a story about a curse caused by an enchantress is just painful. 🤣

Every minute I watched through your rant made me realize how many scenes I have missed in the live action and I am grateful cuz I want to forget that thing ever existed and want to distance myself from it😂😂

12:48 I don't know. She might have said yes with that same emotionless frown she has throughout the entire movie

I've been watching the original a lot because it has become one of my daughter's favorites (yay!) and it's made me hate the remake even more. You can see Beast going through different emotions in the original and I saw nothing from the remake. But oh the part I hated the most was when they gave fricken Mrs. Potts my favorite movie line of all time. Beast is supposed to say "Because...I love her." Why in the world would they give that to Mrs. Potts?

I was so excited to see the remake- but when it was just like, a carbon copy of the animated, but not as good... I was severely disappointed. I hadn't watched it since seeing it in the theater's- no desire to. I agree with what you've said here- that the original showed the growth of the characters- both in themselves alone and together as a romance, that never translates for the live action at all- and I agree, Emma Watson was not the right actress for this role at all.

I missed the beast's childness in the remake.If you pay atention to his expressions and behaviur in the original movie,you can see he is a grumpy 5 year old lol

Back in the 80s there was a cartoon called BraveStarr. It was from Filmation, so the animation budget was low, but it was so amazing. The Wild West in space, a mineral called Kerium being the new "gold" everyone was after. There was one episode called Eye of The Beholder, where a blind lady named Ally Kingston, who's a Kerium heiress, comes to inspect one of her mines and gets caught in the middle of a robbery by Tex Hex. Ally is a normal blonde human lady, kind of original She-ra looking. Tex Hex is a purple skeleton dude who is clearly older due to his white hair and mustache. He escapes Marshall BraveStarr, of course, gets injured, she finds him by complete accident and uses her scarf to bandage his hand. He saves her from an avalanche and there's this whole thing where she reminds him of the girl he left behind years ago. When the robbery is attempted again, she recognizes him and begs him to stop because she's been using the kerium to somehow help blind children see again. He says it's too late for him to be anything else, but she physically stops him by throwing her cane to disarm him. At the end, he sneaks back to return her scarf while she's waiting for the space stage coach and she tells him to keep it as a reminder. From the age of 2, on, I was haunted by the image of him standing alone, clutching the scarf and watching her leave. It was a one-off that ruined my life, and when I found it years later all of the few scenes I remembered were exactly as I remembered them. So, all of this is to say I'm a long-time Beauty and The Beast, heroine/villain shipping, monster lover type. And this movie was an extreme let down. That final image of Tex on the hill, the Beast roaring after Belle in the original...both contained worlds more heartbreak than the entirety of Evermore. By the way, if anyone wants the 80s cheese I just described: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i7yY2eUFDHg.html&ab_channel=BravestarrOfficial

So, unpopular opinion, but initially, as little as i liked the film, I did feel really grateful to it for one changed moment - when Belle is asked if she's happy and Belle, obviously falling for the Beast but ever cognizant she is a prisoner, becomes conflicted and asks if someone can truly be happy if they aren't free. And I was thinking of that when you said the filmmakers seem to not know what they wanted out of the story. I really think addressing that element of the story - that, innately, it is a story about a woman falling in love with her captor - was a worthy addition and it means a lot to me for personal reasons. But I don't think it's well-handled, and i think part of why it doesn't work is because there are so many *other* changes to Belle and the Beast's personalities that, as you mention here, the romantic story no longer *works*. Most people who condescend to address this point at all (like Lindsay Ellis in her video on the topic) will point to the romance between the characters - how comfortable Belle is with him, to the point where her first response to being asked if she's happy is a thoroughly uncomplicated "yes" - as evidence that there's nothing particularly wrong in this story with a woman falling in love with her captor. But I disagree with this and I think that the romance makes that fraughtness *more* significant. After all, would we still love the story if it didn't feature him *letting her leave* in that same moment? It's significant that the story explores that love does not always mean you do right by someone, but that you *should* - The Beast falls in love with Belle while she is a prisoner who would leave if she could , but is staying because she agreed to, and when he is fully able to recognize that, he can no longer keep her prisoner, even if she is happy, even if he is happy, even if his future and that of those he knows relies on her continued imprisonment. That is to say, the point they want to make in the remake - a more nuanced and more explicit exploration of that theme - is undercut by the way they tried to make it. For Belle in the original to have had a more conflicted awareness of her captivity even while she was recognizeably in love would have been a lot more meaningful. But Belle in the remake is hyperaware of her captivity the whole movie long (which is, for the record, a perfectly fine way for a woman to act about that in real life, and i really dislike the way a lot of criticisms of remake Belle seem to involve... criticizing her for being mad about being a prisoner essentially and saying that makes her rude?? but it doesn't serve the story or make sense with its trajectory) (I want to say I do actually think that remake Belle is rude - i hate that early scene where she almost walks on everyone else's laundry in the opening number??? what was that about??? - i just dislike how victim-blaming it can come across in criticisms of the film depending on how it's worded). Remake Belle can't bring herself to fall in love with the Beast because she feels violated and invaded the whole time she's a captive. From Watson's own phrasing, it's not until they dance together that she seems to really start to be aware she could be in love with him, and the look on her face when he frees her truly says everything she feels - confusion that part of her wants to say and repulsion that she could feel that way about him at all. If they wanted to go in THAT direction, honestly, they could have.... But they had to put it much earlier in the movie (and thus the latter part of the film would have to be entirely different...). Because that happens so late in the story and Belle needs to be in love with the Beast by that point in time because the next time she sees him, he dies, and she says she loves him. If OG Belle had been exploring her discomfort with falling for/having warm feelings and happiness in a situation in which she was no longer free, I think that would have been interesting and good; but remake Belle cannot be in love and uncomfortable at the same time, which means the story needs to be restructured so she has a change to be free and fall in love before the final love confession. (And........ Honestly you'd think with that magic book they could have done this. Like she goes home early and faces increased hostility from the townspeople after she says she was held captive by a monster and from Gaston because she continues to reject him, but she's been given the magic book and uses it to go back to the Enchanted Castle repeatedly, wondering to herself the whole time why she keeps going back, while things in her hometown and with Gaston get increasingly bad? The remake also tries to draw a parallel between Gaston and the Beast - demonstrating the real difference is the Beast's willingness to change, to feel empathy, to seek growth, but Gaston becomes more and more of a bully and egotist the more pushback he faces - and I think that sort of change to the story would have served that well. But no that would involve actually working on the script and deviating from the original instead of just copying it word for word.) Basically I don't think this was a bad angle to try to take towards BATB as a story at all, but their devotion to the story structure/dialogue/songs makes it impossible to really do it. And since the film is so bad a lot of the backlash has been to even the ideas they tried to introduce in the film, which i think is unfair. I think plenty of good faith criticism has been aimed at BATB from people who love it (me! i am talking about myself lol) and still want to engage with the story, but the film is so terrible that most people tend to use it as evidence that any criticisms of the original are made in bad faith.

I agree with everything that you said! I can’t stand how they portrayed both Belle and Beast as such condescending characters. And every copy and paste moment that they share was very poorly executed! I don’t understand why this remake gets so much praise.

Emma Watson is just not a good actor in my opinion....she's just not.

YOU. ARE. SO. RIGHT. This movie was MAJORLY disappointing.

The recommendations were on point this time. Just the other day I had a rant about the non existent romantic chemistry and the even more problematic dynamic between Belle and the Beast from the remake.

It was a mistake giving Emma Watson so much creative control, because she isn't really playing Belle, it's more like she's playing herself in Belle cosplay.

17:30 it just shows In the remake how frightened she is from him

"but shes so beautiful" is the line that gets me from the animation when the beast is considering/talking about belle to the others

I completely agree with you on the scene that could have been shown with Belle agreeing to having a dance with Beast. Like, the best part about film is SHOWING, not telling. adjfhadjfh

The balcony scene in the original is so iconic. So much so that Giuseppe Armani chose it as the scene for his Beauty and the Beast sculpture. Disney just butchered the remake. What was a warm and heartfelt movie turned cold and emotionless with this remake.

It’s ironic how Emma is a feminist but saw Belle’s kindness and unique femininity as weak.

Your analysis makes me realize that there's a reason one movie was nominated for the Oscar for best picture and will stand the test of time and the other will end up in the bargain DVD bin at Big Lots.

i love your videos because i relate to them and they are so interesting especially since i love that your voice sounds sarcastic

Belle in the animated film was someone I could relate to so much because she used books as a way to escape reality and forget the world and she's always daydreaming about what it would be like to go different places and have amazing adventures. I hate how the life action remake remade her to be this cold distant character no body could connect with. Something that I hated the most was when Belle said "well you should learn to control your temper." And that entire argument because it had absolutely no impact whatsoever because in the live action Belle is always speaking in that tone with the beast and everyone.

Totally random RU-vid suggestion, and I’m so glad I found you! I adored the original, but I only watched the live action version once-in a movie theatre. Never rewatched because something just felt very “meh” about it. I didn’t think anything more of it until this video. This is it! This is why I didn’t like the live action movie. Anyway, great job, and thanks for the solving the mystery !

Ur kiddo at the end was so sweet!!

You know who I really would have wanted to see cast as Belle and Beast? Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo.

I was so disappointed with the live action, beauty and the beast was my favorite animated movie and i was trying so hard to like the remake but it just feel flat and awkward😂😂

I HATE that in the remake the writers gave the Beast’s “because…I love her” to Mrs Potts! In the animated version It makes Belle’s “I love you” much more meaningful because while neither one tells the other to their face, they both verbally acknowledge it

"--and then when the copy-paste dialogue is done." SUBSCRIBED 👏🏼👏🏼🎉

Beauty and the Beast was and still is my favorite Disney animated movie. I was excited about the remake, but I completely hated it. This video sums all the reasons why. Plus I didn't like that they gave too much screen time to the fight, it really stressed me out.

Your son reminds me of brother when he was a toddler, making funny faces. Made me Giggle. My brother is 15 but to me he’s a widdle baby. 😂

I really like your videos and I hope you continue to make more! Your analysis is great and compelling even to someone (me) who hasn't seen the remake.

Emma Watson was bored playing the role Bella You can tell by the acting

I love animated beast, when he drops the gruff exterior he's just a big dork

Your hair is very pretty.

The CGI in this movie won’t age well. It already looks super dated.

*What kind of ego must a non-singer have* - to follow such extraordinary original voices with pinched, techno-boosted and NON EMOTIONAL singing!? 😮😬😵 I am truly gobsmacked.