# Disney Beauty & the Beast live-action **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209 "2017-03-02T16:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/41 "2017-03-03T19:43:40Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Thanks for giving away the ending to a different movie that is still in theaters. Whooooooops. I apologize. That one completely slipped my mind, and I even had to look it up - it’s apparently still in the 7th run theater around here. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/42 "2017-03-03T20:29:47Z")
I think the next live action Disney movie is Mulan. Beauty and the Beast came out in 1991 - more than 25 years ago. I think it’s a cool way to make it fresh for newer audiences. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/43 "2017-03-04T04:14:18Z")
[Moderating] I’m not sure how big a spoiler it was, since I knew it even without having seen the movie, or really even having followed it. But I’ve boxed it up anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/44 "2017-03-04T06:16:36Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I may have read somewhere that Disney will probably not do a live-action remake of **Aladdin** because Robin Williams’ Genie was such a big part of the animated version. No actor wants to be put in the unenviable position of having to top or equal Robin Williams and they can’t reuse Williams’ vocal track for a CGI genie because he forbid anyone from using it after his death. Dan Castellaneta’s been doing it since the mid-ninties. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/45 "2017-03-04T17:28:35Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Dan Castellaneta’s been doing it since the mid-ninties. But only for TV, direct to video, and video games, not major movie releases. Which is utterly standard for animated movies - when they extend the property to other markets, they get cheaper actors to replace the well known actors from the original. If they had done a movie sequel, they would have hired Williams again. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/46 "2017-03-04T19:20:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A theater in Alabama has said it won’t be showing the new **Beauty and the Beast** because one of the characters is gay. Yes, I’ve just read that [here.](http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/03/alabama_drive-in_wont_show_dis.html) > [@](#): > > A drive-in theater in northeast Alabama said it will not show Disney’s Beauty and the Beast because it features a homosexual character. > > The Henagar Drive-In Theatre in DeKalb County posted on its Facebook page on Thursday night. > > “If we cannot take our 11-year-old granddaughter and 8-year-old grandson to see a movie, we have no business watching it,” the theater posted on its Facebook page. “If I can’t sit through a movie with God or Jesus sitting by me then we have no business showing it.” He has God or Jesus with him when he goes to the movies? I’d hate to be the guy sitting behind God. “Hey, asshole, move your damn head, I can’t see a thing!”. Flash of lightning, smell of crispy flesh, God gets back to his popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/47 "2017-03-04T20:08:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A theater in Alabama has said it won’t be showing the new **Beauty and the Beast** because one of the characters is gay. I guess he’ll show another screening of Fifty Shades Darker instead. #familyvalues ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/48 "2017-03-04T22:14:18Z")
Isn’t “God or Jesus” redundant 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/49 "2017-03-05T00:26:28Z")
> [@](#): > > He has God or Jesus with him when he goes to the movies? I’d hate to be the guy sitting behind God. “Hey, asshole, move your damn head, I can’t see a thing!”. Flash of lightning, smell of crispy flesh, God gets back to his popcorn. “Hey, shut off that damn halo, would you?” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/50 "2017-03-06T23:03:30Z")
There is a BBC review, and [it is beastly](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170303-whats-the-point-of-remaking-beauty-and-the-beast). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/51 "2017-03-11T18:12:39Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I also want to say I’ve heard Aladdin is coming too, but I could be making that up. The first two are rock-solid though. The [casting call](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-live-action-aladdin-holds-open-casting-call-leads-984892) has gone out. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/52 "2017-03-11T19:41:52Z")
Hollywood has done remakes since there were movies. Why is anyone surprised? Take a look at the Ronald Colman Prisoner of Zenda(1936) or the Stewart Granger Prisoner of Zenda(1952) The latter is a word for word remake of the former, it’s just in color. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/53 "2017-03-17T07:08:01Z")
Well, I loved it. It’s late and we just got in, so not going into detail, but I thought the second half was better than the first (unlike the 1991 film, where I felt the exact opposite), enjoyed the new songs, and, like I said, loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/54 "2017-03-17T15:46:18Z")
I saw it last night with my kids. I don’t think they had ever seen the original, and I probably haven’t seen it in at least 20 years - maybe not since the original theater release, except some of the song excerpts. I thought is was well done overall. They did a good job of making Belle a stronger character (although she was not exactly a wilting flower to begin with) and Maurice had a bit more depth than the cartoon version. There was some backstory about Belle’s mother that was probably unnecessary, but it was not intrusive. I liked how they had Mrs. Potts explain the justification for the enchantress punishing the entire household, instead of only punishing the prince/Beast. There were a few songs which I wasn’t sure were in the original or not, but one that I’m pretty sure was new was the Beast’s song when he lets Belle go to save her father - it was a lovely, sad song about lost love. What really made the show enjoyable to me was the little girl about 5 years old who sat right behind me wearing her Belle dress singing along and dancing to the songs she obviously knew very well and occasionally explaining to her Mommy what was happening. I’m not being sarcastic, she melted my heart a little. 🙂 I meant to add just one criticism: I thought the sound mixing during the musical numbers, especially _Gaston_ and _Be Our Guest_, was a bit off. It was very difficult to pick out some of the lyrics, which was a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/55 "2017-03-17T16:00:39Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I liked how they had Mrs. Potts explain the justification for the enchantress punishing the entire household, instead of only punishing the prince/Beast What, she explained how the Disney writers saw the 1946 Jean Cocteau version and copied it? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/56 "2017-03-17T16:13:30Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Was it directed by Gus Van Sant? 😛 And here I thought I was the only one having flashbacks to 1998. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/57 "2017-03-17T20:23:49Z")
My 16 year old daughter saw it last night, and said it was excellent. She’s seeing it again tonight too. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/58 "2017-03-17T22:13:11Z")
Today’s NYT review really liked it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/59 "2017-03-18T15:41:05Z")
My 12 & 14 year old daughters saw it last night, with 2 of their friends. All of them loved it. So I’d say it’s hitting its target demographic perfectly. (I watched Lego Batman. OK, but not as good as the first Lego movie). ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209/60 "2017-03-18T18:14:05Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Remember how Cinderella came out? Then the Jungle Book did, now it’s Beauty and the Beast? This is Disney’s newest thing. They’re doing it for all their older movies. While at that, _Sleeping Beauty_ was seriously deconstructed as _Maleficent_. > [@Jophiel](#): > > From what I read, Belle is more “independent” and “powerful” in this version, including making her some sort of tinkerer/inventor. Emma Watson was talking about how she was now a 21st century role-model for girls. So I’m guessing they added some new scenes to reflect her modern woman status. Hope not as jarringly as the live-action Alice in Wonderland recasting of the protagonist as action-heroine “chosen one” character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209.md?page=4)