La Belle et la Bête

Ce type de comédie musicale, où les chansons ne submergent pas une histoire déjà assez simple, mais au contraire ralentissent encore plus. Et il y en a tellement. Visuellement, c'est vraiment magnifique, avec un charme rétro probablement le plus fidèle et l'amour original pour le Magicien d'Oz, et avec la plus jolie princesse Emma Watson, qui est née pour ce rôle. Un léger spoiler : Je me souviendrai le plus de ce film pour le moment de choc lorsque Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen et Emma Thompson sont apparus vivants à l'écran avant la fin, et j'ai réalisé que j'avais écouté les chansons doublées en tchèque pendant les deux heures au lieu de leurs voix. Je ne refuse jamais une projection IMAX, mais cette fois-ci c'était vraiment la dernière fois de ma vie pour le doublage. Le film a également une excellente 3D (la neige !) et il convient parfaitement au format IMAX. (15/03/2017)

That back in the day I liked La La Land was probably amplified by the fact that, as a musical, the score was beautiful and on top of that, the movie offered a bit of fatefulness, which is something I don’t find much with musicals these days. Because I am not normally a fan of musicals… actually not at all. Well and this version of the Beauty and the Beast is exactly the kind of the bitter-sweet American musical, which is definitely good in all respects, but which gives you nothing more than that. At most, there is the visual aspect in the form of talking furniture, which is nice, but which definitely does not save the movie at all. It is incredibly average… (15/12/2017)

It will probably be a hit and little girls will like it, but I have a feeling that the world would function without any problems without the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. Emma Watson is great, the special effects are opulent, and the production design is fantastic, but due to its excessive running time, the film starts to lose its breath in the middle and doesn't have much to tell. Yes, there are the familiar songs, but half of them are only there because they were in the animated version. And the cute talking furniture stops being entertaining after a few minutes, and when the candelabras, teapots, and clocks take up the entire space in front of the camera, it becomes quickly tiresome. A huge digital mess. But it is still a proper romantic fairytale that actually offers exactly what you expect from it. Cinderella has more likeable characters, The Jungle Book is funnier and more thrilling, but I probably never expected more from a live-action Beauty and the Beast than what we got in the cinema. So in the end, it's probably okay. And Luke Evans is amazing. (15/05/2017)

The work done in the fairy tale and musical aspects is absolutely outstanding, while the costumes, set design, choreography, and Emma Watson's eyes are captivating, and the music enchants the heart more and more. This film fulfilled everything that was promised during the long wait. (21/03/2017)

I'd been meaning to go see Beauty and the Beast. Just for Emma. But somehow I found myself in a theater watching a dubbed movie. And that half killed the movie for me. I have no idea how it would have been in the original, but I had a hard time with most of the songs in the Czech version. Otherwise, I have no major complaints about the film. The filmmakers stuck pretty closely to the source material, the cast is great, and the effects are pretty good too. (17/04/2017)

I like fairy tales. But I don't think this was a fairy tale. From the beginning, I had questions about the plot and what was going on, rather than enjoying the movie. Unfortunately, the movie didn't grab me at all, the songs left me unimpressed (and I like musicals possibly even more than fairy tales), and they were at times long-winded, which the rest of the movie was, too. It didn't flow at all, I had to stop it halfway through to browse the internet just to take a break from it. The movie just didn't work at all. How did it even deal with time? I watched it with my guy and he was even more annoyed than I was. Nothing but comments about this and that, even though he's a pretty undemanding viewer. *SPOILER* For example, Gaston's fall... that one was much ado about nothing, they could easily have had him trip and it would have had the same effect. Pretty unsuccessful for me. A weaker 2 stars. (04/09/2017)

The remake of the classic Disney animation is a category in itself. Some ideas were executed better here, while others were suppressed. The second half works slightly better thanks to the changes. At times, it is still horrible kitsch, and I mean absolutely horrible, and the casting is dreadful. Especially in the case of Emma Watson, who is indeed the perfect girl next door, but in no way a universal beauty. And Luke Evans? He is simply wasted on such an operetta villain. Fortunately, the theme has been done so many times that there is no reason to despair and outside of Disney, you can choose, for example, the impressionistic Beauty and the Beast, the Czech Beauty and the Beast or the modern Beauty and the Beast, which may look like a Disney clone, but is actually pure French. (02/04/2024)

I hadn't seen the original 1991 Disney film, so I approached the new version of Beauty and the Beast as a blank slate, but also full of anticipation, as similar films from recent years like Cinderella and Maleficent have intrigued and enchanted me immensely. After watching it, I can safely and wholeheartedly say that they have succeeded in creating a supremely magical film full of beautiful scenes, lovely songs and diverse characters. I also appreciate the inclusion of racial and even sexual minorities. A likeable tale playing with all colours and sounding all notes that definitely won't get lost in the average. (02/04/2017)

I can't help but feel that making a remake of an animated film that is already good and just giving it a visually stunning live-action adaptation isn't enough for me to be truly excited about the film. Beauty and the Beast is not a bad movie, but it's not a great movie either. Plus, the story just ends badly. He should have stayed in animal form. (05/06/2017)

J’adore le dessin animé d’origine depuis mon enfance et j’en connais toutes les scènes par cœur, alors j’ai peut-être été trop critique lorsque j’ai vu le film pour la première fois. À la base, ce conte de fées filmé a tout ce qu’il y a dans le dessin animé, voire même plus. Commençons par les chansons : Alan Menken avait créé en 1991 un véritable chef-d’œuvre musical, ses chansons sont envoûtantes et immortelles et les écouter me fait toujours chaud au cœur. En 2017, il en a ajouté de nouvelles qui sont également mélodiques, faciles à retenir, et qui conservent l’esprit des chansons d’origine. De nouvelles scènes assez réussies ont également été ajoutées, qui nous permettent d’en apprendre un peu plus sur les personnages principaux. En ce qui concerne la distribution, j’ai été très heureuse de retrouver Dan Stevens, qui m’a convaincue depuis longtemps de ses qualités d’acteur et qui interprète à merveille le rôle de la Bête. De plus, la transposition des expressions de son visage à la forme finale de la Bête est très réussie… mais je reviendrai plus tard sur les effets visuels. Emma Watson m’a semblé un peu trop raide par moments, mais sinon elle s’est bien débrouillée, y compris pour le chant. Le meilleur est sans doute Luke Evans, qui ressemble le plus à son homologue animé, aussi bien au niveau du physique que de la voix, et le spectateur se régale de ses pitreries. J’ai incroyablement honte de ne pas avoir reconnu McGregor, alors que j’ai écouté la bande originale de Moulin Rouge un bon millier de fois. Il manie l’accent français avec brio. Quant au reste de la distribution, il est tout simplement parfait, y compris McKellen, qui restera toujours l’un de mes coups de cœur. Enfin, je mentionnerai la qualité des images, qui constituent un chapitre à part entière. J’ai regretté de ne pas avoir mes lunettes avec moi dans la salle de cinéma pour pouvoir apprécier avec suffisamment de netteté les merveilleux effets visuels. La scène de « C’est la fête » était celle que j’attendais le plus et elle a dépassé toutes mes espérances. Que dire ici, sinon qu’absolument tous les effets visuels étaient vraiment incroyables, de la Bête mentionnée plus haut au village, en passant par les décorations du château et la robe emblématique de Belle... Tout. (29/05/2017)