It is one that I suspect those who love Disney's 1991 animated classic should be able to appreciate just as much as this critic who only likes it did. Look no further than Burton's Alice for an instance of great numbers not being backed up by acclaim.įortunately, though, the new Beauty and the Beast is an admirable and relatively enchanting film.
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Just because a movie is a lock to sell an obscene amount of tickets, though, is no confirmation that it will be any good.
It is virtually guaranteed that this finally dethrones Grease as the box office king among live-action musicals after a reign of nearly forty inflation-ignoring years. It's unreasonable to expect this highly-awaited, big-budget, effects-heavy musical fairy tale to earn any less than the lucrative remakes that have come before it. There was Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, the Sleeping Beauty reimagining Maleficent, 2015's Cinderella, and last year's nearly billion dollar grossing The Jungle Book.Ĭlearly more anticipated than any of those is this year's remake, Beauty and the Beast, adapted from the decorated 1991 feature and its long-running Broadway adaptation that many a millennial adores. Now, nearly as formidable as the most prosperous of those classes is the live-action remake. Disney has Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disneynature, the inspirational true sports dramas, and, of course, the still thriving flagship animation department.
No, the live-action remakes have emerged as a force under Bob Iger's leadership where brands are king. You can trace the tradition back to 1996's hit 101 Dalmatians starring Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, but that would overstate its impact. Having mostly gotten out of the DTV business after John Lasseter came aboard, the studio now has a better way of getting new revenue out of the old classics that so many have seen (and already purchased multiple times): live-action remakes. Making a lot more money than they cost, the sequels had the "business" part down, but hadn't quite mastered the "show" part, with many critics and discerning fans taking issue with their frugality and lack of imagination. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the studio capitalized on that tradition of perennial bestsellers with direct-to-video sequels. The Walt Disney Company doesn't have the biggest movie library around, but they might just have the most beloved, particularly when we zero in on the animated features they have released on a near-annual basis since 1937. Songs: "Aria", "Belle", "How Does a Moment Last Forever (Music Box)", "Belle (reprise)", "Gaston", "Be Our Guest", "Days in the Sun", "Something There", "How Does a Moment Last Forever (Montmartre)", "Beauty and the Beast", "Evermore", "The Mob Song"īuy Beauty and the Beast (2017) from : Blu-ray + Digital HD
Potts), Nathan Mack (Chip), Audra McDonald (Madame Garderobe), Stanley Tucci (Maestro Cadenza), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Plumette), Clive Rowe (Cuisiner), Thomas Padden (Chapeau), Gizmo (Froufrou) Theatrical Release: Ma/ Running Time: 129 Minutes / Rating: PGĭirector: Bill Condon / Writers: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay) Linda Woolverton (1991 animated film screenplay)Ĭast: Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh Gad (LeFou), Kevin Kline (Maurice), Hattie Morahan (Agathe/Enchantress), Haydn Gwynne (Clothilde), Gerard Horan (Jean the Potter), Ray Fearon (Père Robert), Ewan McGregor (Lumière), Ian McKellen (Cogsworth), Emma Thompson (Mrs.