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re: Beauty and the Beast thoughts and discussions

Posted on 3/17/17 at 9:00 am to
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 9:00 am to
Posted by Dam Guide
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 9:03 am to
Voldemort would of been a better beast.

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Posted by lagallifrey
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 9:04 am to
I'm thankful that my little girls have zero interest in seeing this, which means I won't have to.
Posted by gatorhata9
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:06 am to
Saw it last night.

Agree with Watson not being able to sing like the lead in a musical should.

Gaston's character was fantastic. I thought he stole the movie because Watson was more or less...meh.

The music, outside of Watson, was outstanding.

And all the hooplah over a gay character was incredibly overblown. It was obvious he was gay but there wasn't some hard political statement being made. It just added that much more humor to the film.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32990 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:41 am to
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The music, outside of Watson, was outstanding


Yeah, the only song I didn't care for was the one the beast sings as Belle is leaving to go get her dad. It was much better in the cartoon as just a painful roar.
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:45 am to
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Belle is leaving to go get her dad


Spoilers, dick!!
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:51 pm to
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And all the hooplah over a gay character was incredibly overblown.


that's weird, that never happens on the internets
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:01 pm to
This was added to the Broadway production to give beast a "phantom" moment. He doesn't have any solo songs otherwise.

I'm sure Watson's singing is auto tuned to death, but Hathaway is too old for the part. Someone else should have been found though. Frankly, I find Belle to be the most beautiful of the princesses and Watson, though good looking, pales in comparison to some of the Belles that I have seen at WDW.
Posted by BlueWaffleHouse
LA
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:37 pm to
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She is not "a large reason" this film will make


Her forehead begs to differ!
Posted by WicKed WayZ
Louisiana Forever
Member since Sep 2011
33543 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:48 pm to
I liked it. I also though Watson was miscast. It just wasn't there for me with her. But I thought Beast was fine.


I was especially impressed with the music and the performances by Ian McKellen, McGregor and the others. But I did hate some of the goofy stuff at the end with the ending battles.

Overall solid flick.
Posted by hsfolk
Member since Sep 2009
19184 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:57 pm to
why did they cast a gay guy (Luke Evans) to play Gaston?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 2:13 pm to
Why did they cast a gay guy (Neil Patrick Harris) to play Barney Stinson?
Posted by hsfolk
Member since Sep 2009
19184 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 2:15 pm to
don't know, knowing he was gay I was never able to buy him as a womanizer
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 2:17 pm to
Personally I just thought that made his character funnier.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37933 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 3:19 pm to
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Why did they cast a gay guy (Neil Patrick Harris) to play Barney Stinson?


He wasn't out when they cast him. They were halfway through airing the second season when he came out.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32990 posts
Posted on 3/17/17 at 3:27 pm to
I didn't know he was gay. He didn't come off as gay at all other than kinda looking like Orlando bloom.
Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 4:36 pm to
I thought that Evermore was awesome. Dan Stevens was fantastic as the Beast. I found Emma Watson's acting to be a bit flat and she lacks the ability to sing as the character should. I wish Audra McDonald would've had a larger part. She has a phenomenal voice. The gay sub plot was practically nonexistent. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot.
Posted by JabarkusRussell
Member since Jul 2009
15825 posts
Posted on 3/18/17 at 12:34 am to
Beast is my favorite Disney movie and even I have to admit Jungle Book was a better movie. Watson doesn't have the lungs for Belle. I didn't think I could hate Josh Gad more than I already did. He ruined Labou. It's one thing to make him a gay but a flaming one? Disney also had to shoe-in two interracial couples that weren't interracial in the cartoon. Other than that, I liked it.
This post was edited on 3/18/17 at 12:37 am
Posted by AshLSU
Member since Nov 2015
12868 posts
Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:54 am to
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1. I won't be preached to by some gay agenda trying to normalize perverse behavior.



Those feelings you have for that "hot guy" at work are ok, man. You don't have to hide anymore.
Posted by STEVED00
Member since May 2007
23055 posts
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:46 am to
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Emmy Rossum would have made a good Belle. Has the look and some serious pipes.

She's not a big name draw, though. Emma Watson was the right pick in terms of hype.


It's Beauty and the Beast. People are going to see it irregardless if Emma Watson was Belle.
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