Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)

The bit on the mountain is very 'Sound Of Music' - I half expected a group of children clad in curtain fabric to appear!

Emma's voice sounds thin and nasal. Not great.

So, I'm assuming everyone has heard about what happened to the merchandising doll that Disney has released of Emma Watson as Belle?

Something went wrong and for some reason the face on the doll looks remarkably more like Justin Bieber in a yellow dress that it does Emma Watson.

Opps!

To be fair, it's not easy to make dolls that look like real people for a reasonable price. Or fictional people, come to that.

Anyway, I was under the impression that all this was a crack at Justin Bieber rather than at Disney.

From what I have seen so far (all the clips, trailers and audio files), I feel a bit disrespected by the filmmakers. There is no way I'm going to spend money on this. I am sure it will be a success because BATB is a brand, and many people will go and see it anyway, and the filmmakers obviously will end up saying that what they did was great because many people bought a ticket, but I can't help feeling belittled and not taken seriously as an audience member.

These clips of Emma Watson singing are just plain embarrassing, that wouldn't even do for a community theatre production. Film is supposed to be believable. I don't believe a word she sings. They are already apologizing for the singing. I see a poor girl struggling with the material and the role. All the life is sucked out of it, it sounds weak, robotic and lame. Completely unbelievable. The line "That I simply didn't see" should be filled with nuances, inner glow and surprise about what she can't believe is happening, and every note and syllable should support that. We, audiences see and hear details, in case the filmmakers haven't noticed. Her acting in the clips is not convincing either. Also the single lines of other actors feel kind of forced and amateurish.

The sets look very cheap and CGI. Way to computer-ish. Every scene showed is just completely lifeless.

Material like this should be embraced, and taken to the horizon and beyond. Glorious. Supported by uplifting music and singing which supports the emotions and acting.

This project can be compared to the 2004 Phantom of the Opera film in terms of look, sound, singing and acting.

Céline Dion has just tweeted she'll be performing a new song, "How Does A Moment Last Forever"

Grumpy Belle

Even the child model who's paid to look like she's enjoying the doll doesn't seem all that enthused

Yeah, but at least those guys can act, and at least they got a pro to cover Audrey and Deborah when it became clear that though they could act the s*** out of the parts they weren't quite such great shakes when it came to singing.

So in the lead up to the release of the film in March Alan Menkin has obviously been in town playing some of the new songs from the show. Lots of positive things coming through on Twitter.

Here's a clip of Belle

aside the fact he has played down his past and I wouldn't say he has 'made it'. Outside of the Hobbit his films have mainly underperformed so I'd say this may be his last chance to crack Hollywood

Those who haven't heard, Josh Gad's character of Le Feu will be given a small sub-plot in the film where he discovers his own sexuality, the first Disney film to really do it. It will apparently be a small but significant and obvious scene regarding sexuality. Great news, bring it on I say!

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