Some very personal (and biased) thoughts I had while watching the new live version of Beauty & the Beast
The opening feels kind of abrupt. Is this what people meant when criticizing the editing? Mmm the new sequence is nice and elaborate, but somehow the stained glass felt more magical. I miss the deep voice narrator. Overall not as iconic as the original prologue and those minor chords… wait, I can hear the village song brewing, I feel it my bones, I know this song in my sleep… Time of truth, can Emma Watson sing? Not really, but look at this set, and the people moving together, singing, acting, so into their roles and F*CK IT I’M IN. MOVE ASIDE KIDS, THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE. I’VE KNOWN THIS LYRICS FOR YEARS AND HELL YEAH I WILL MOUTH THEM WHILE STUFFING MY FACE WITH POPCORN AND MAYONNAISE. That tiny library looks very historically accurate for a little rural village in old fashioned France and it makes me SO SAD. Hehe you can’t fool me. This ‘insignificant’ new details are just patches to the original plot. ‘It’s a small village. I know them all [men].’ I f...
