Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
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Beauty and the Beast is a gorgeous and enchanting fairy tale, to be sure, but Disney packed a lot of subtle social commentary on small town small mindedness in there. The people in the village Belle lives in dismiss her as "odd" for being an intelligent and bookish woman, fear the Beast because of his appearance, and worship the loutish Gaston, the very epitome of a musclebound meathead - and toxic masculinity.The latter character, who seemed like a thinking woman's worst nightmare when the film first came out, is now even more creepy, because his continual harassment of Belle reeks of Me Too. This makes him a hundred times more horrifying than more traditional Disney villains like Ursula or Malificent. Evil witches are only in fiction. Gaston clones are everywhere.Ultimately, the film's message is the triumph of open minds over closed ones, and that even society's so-called rejects can hold their heads high and triumph in the end. I can't imagine a more positive message to convey to kids.
Beauty and the Beast features remarkable animation, fun musical sequences, and a timeless love story and romance that holds up to this day.
After Hunchback and ties with the live action remake, I love this Disney movie the most. So did the Oscars-it became the very first animated movie to get nominated for Best Picture! Up and Toy Story 3 are the only other movies to do this. Sadly, it lost to The Silence of The Lambs-a movie about a cannibal! This is a beautiful love story about a prince who must have a villager love her to become human again. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel both put this on their top 10 lists of 1991. I'd put it at #1 but oh well,a t least it was highly rated! By the way, Gene gave Silence/Lambs thumbs down! I liked it, but that says something! The animation is great and so are the songs. "Gaston" is my favorite. This is a perfect movie. The only way this could be better is if it actually won the Oscar!(Sorry but that is my biggest pet peeve!....What, sue me!)
This movie make me remember something imposible can make it to be posible