Beauty and the Beast
The next movie for my project... Again, not alphabetical order, but one I bought recently.
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (on Blu-Ray)
Summary: Belle is an independent bookworm with a kooky inventor (Maurice) for a dad. She's not really understood by people in her town, though she does catch the eye of the "dreamy" showboat Gaston. Maurice gets lost on his way to some sort of inventor's fair/convention and takes refuge in an enchanted castle with talking candlesticks and clocks and a cursed prince-turned-Beast. The Beast takes Maurice as prisoner, and eventually Belle offers to be the Beast's prisoner in return for her dad's freedom. The Beast says yes, because he's trying to break a curse that says he has to love someone and they have to love him back or else he'll remain a beast forever. Belle stays at the castle for some undetermined amount of time and they end up falling in love. The Beast lets Belle go, because he loves her and doesn't want to keep her as a prisoner. Once Belle gets back to town, Gaston has bribed the head of the insane asylum to lock up Maurice so Belle will marry him (how twisted is that, Gaston?). Long story short, Gaston and the townspeople find out about the Beast and get their pitchforks to go kill him. Belle runs to save the Beast and finds him battling with Gaston. Gaston stabs the Beast and it looks like he might die. Belle tells him she loves him and then the curse is broken. And they all lived happily ever after.
Positive: Come on, it's a classic! Great songs. Great story. Oh - and on Blu-Ray - the movie is BEAUTIFUL. Really, really gorgeous in high-definition. I highly recommend seeing it on Blu-Ray. The colors are exquisite.
Negative: (1)I'm kind of annoyed when Maurice ignores the pleas of his horse and decides to take the "shortcut", even though it's dark and misty and scary looking. When he gets lost in the woods and starts to get attacked by wolves, he then blames it all on Phillipe. Hello! He tried to warn you! (2)I guess the biggest negative is the ending. I don't like when everyone becomes human again. Lumière is really funny looking. Why does the 60 year old Mrs. Potts have a 3 year old son? The worst of all is the Beast! You learn to love him as a Beast, and when he turns human, he just... isn't how I pictured him. He's not handsome. He's funny-looking, and doesn't really match the charming personality we've grown to love throughout the movie. I kind of really hate the human version of the Beast.
Keep or Toss Keep. Definitely. It's one of my favorite Disney movies. A lot of Disney movies are cheesy and unrealistic. Even though it's about a cursed Beast, it's still kinda realistic. Belle is at the castle for quite a while before she falls in love with the Beast. They get to know each other and fall in love. Most Disney movies, it's love at first sight. So I kind of like that they grow as friends, and then fall in love.
Rating Compared to Disney movies - 5 out of 5. One of the absolute best animated movies. Compared to all movies - I would give it a 4 out of 5. It's about as perfect as it could be. There's not much they could do to make the movie better.
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (on Blu-Ray)
Summary: Belle is an independent bookworm with a kooky inventor (Maurice) for a dad. She's not really understood by people in her town, though she does catch the eye of the "dreamy" showboat Gaston. Maurice gets lost on his way to some sort of inventor's fair/convention and takes refuge in an enchanted castle with talking candlesticks and clocks and a cursed prince-turned-Beast. The Beast takes Maurice as prisoner, and eventually Belle offers to be the Beast's prisoner in return for her dad's freedom. The Beast says yes, because he's trying to break a curse that says he has to love someone and they have to love him back or else he'll remain a beast forever. Belle stays at the castle for some undetermined amount of time and they end up falling in love. The Beast lets Belle go, because he loves her and doesn't want to keep her as a prisoner. Once Belle gets back to town, Gaston has bribed the head of the insane asylum to lock up Maurice so Belle will marry him (how twisted is that, Gaston?). Long story short, Gaston and the townspeople find out about the Beast and get their pitchforks to go kill him. Belle runs to save the Beast and finds him battling with Gaston. Gaston stabs the Beast and it looks like he might die. Belle tells him she loves him and then the curse is broken. And they all lived happily ever after.
Positive: Come on, it's a classic! Great songs. Great story. Oh - and on Blu-Ray - the movie is BEAUTIFUL. Really, really gorgeous in high-definition. I highly recommend seeing it on Blu-Ray. The colors are exquisite.
Negative: (1)I'm kind of annoyed when Maurice ignores the pleas of his horse and decides to take the "shortcut", even though it's dark and misty and scary looking. When he gets lost in the woods and starts to get attacked by wolves, he then blames it all on Phillipe. Hello! He tried to warn you! (2)I guess the biggest negative is the ending. I don't like when everyone becomes human again. Lumière is really funny looking. Why does the 60 year old Mrs. Potts have a 3 year old son? The worst of all is the Beast! You learn to love him as a Beast, and when he turns human, he just... isn't how I pictured him. He's not handsome. He's funny-looking, and doesn't really match the charming personality we've grown to love throughout the movie. I kind of really hate the human version of the Beast.
Keep or Toss Keep. Definitely. It's one of my favorite Disney movies. A lot of Disney movies are cheesy and unrealistic. Even though it's about a cursed Beast, it's still kinda realistic. Belle is at the castle for quite a while before she falls in love with the Beast. They get to know each other and fall in love. Most Disney movies, it's love at first sight. So I kind of like that they grow as friends, and then fall in love.
Rating Compared to Disney movies - 5 out of 5. One of the absolute best animated movies. Compared to all movies - I would give it a 4 out of 5. It's about as perfect as it could be. There's not much they could do to make the movie better.