An average movie

After being overshadowed for nearly 2 decades by their own Pixar and even by Dreamworks, Disney is finally going through another renaissance and the last time they went through such productive period was at the beginning of the 90's. Back then, this movie was one of their most acclaimed works and it was even nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, something really unique. However, after watching the damned thing a couple of times, I tend to think it is actually rather overrated. I mean, it is what Disney does best, a traditional timeless fairy-tale, but, in my opinion, it was just decent and nothing really remarkable. First of all, let's take the animation. Sure, there were a few very nice bits, especially the enchanted servants but they have done some much better work after and before making this movie. For example, it always bothered me that Belle kept looking slightly different from one scene to another. Anyway, the biggest issue I had with this movie is that I didn't really like the way they handled the Beast. Indeed, he should have been a terrifying monster but, instead, they created this rude and grumpy child. Seriously, the character was almost a joke. Sure, they made this choice to make sure that the little kids still could watch the damned thing but I think it would have better worked if the whole thing would have been slightly darker. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie is very often considered as one of the very best animated features delivered by Disney, I actually struggled to really care about the damned thing but, of course, it is still a decent movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10