Philip Haag

The acting is pretty good, but I don't understand why the story was changed from the cartoon where Beauty falls in love without knowing about any 'curse' or 'witch'. She falls in love with a person who is very odd looking on the outside but wonderful on the inside. She sees past his looks. This is the whole 'purpose' of this fairytale, teaching children that the appearance is often nothing like what is really inside. Yet in the movie you have her being informed of this dilemma by the servants. In the cartoon, the servants talk amoung themselves to 'inform' the audience of their 'curse', but not to Beauty. Also, when Beast is injured badly in the movie, how does she get him on her horse and take him back to the castle? She tells him that he must help her, but he is basically unconscious on the ground ! We switch to Gaston tying up her Dad after Dad refuses to let Gaston marry his daughter, and back to Beast in bed being medically cared for by Beauty. What a miracle !! Overall I love the music, just a lot of unnecessary added to movie and a lot of chopping up and changing of story and scenes.