Much of it is CGI obviously, but there's a good amount of practical effects that look amazing. The set design of the castle, the town, this is a place I want to visit. The biggest thing I like about the movie though is that the environments just looks great. They know how to use the live action space in the unique way it presents. There's smaller pieces where there need to be, but there's also the big showstoppers that while not the animation, are still stellar in their own right. There's also new songs, and unlike something like say live-action Aladdin, the songs fit the tone of the rest of the film.
The original showed the development fine, but this shows a little more, and I like what it shows. I'll be honest, getting more one-on-one moments between Belle and Beast was really effective, and the moments were often touching.
The thing is though, each time it would go into a bit adding something, I would be reluctant at first but by the end I'd think "y'know what, that's actually fine, that works." Is it all necessary? Not at all, but if you're going to expand on this story into something of an epic musical, the stuff they expand on it with is good stuff. The live action version however, gives us those things. Did we need a tragic backstory for both Belle and Beast that shows how they became the people they are? Not really, we get enough of them in the present to draw our own conclusions. Did we need the enchantress to return at the end along with the full plothole filling details about her curse? No, because it was a fairy tale. Did we need to know about all the townspeople? No, it wasn't a story about them. Belle was headstrong, the Beast was stubborn, and they worked through it into a unique love. And it was one of the first Disney movies to show a truly strong female lead and a depth to its romance (no, I don't buy into that Stockholm theory). Yes there's a lot of little details and character elements left out, but as a fairy tale, it works. The original Beauty and the Beast is a concise 90 minutes that goes by super easy and gives you everything you need. Of the category of "remakes that follow the original to a fault" I'd say it's probably the best of the batch. Of the Disney live-action remakes, this is one of the better ones.
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