Beauty And The Beast (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #18 extract: Beauty and The Beast (2017)

I spent far more time complaining about and distracting myself from the sight of this film than actually watching it, so I probably shouldn't be doing a review of it. Nonetheless, there is absolutely no good reason for this film to exist. The performances all suck, the movie looks terrible, it sounds terrible and the pacing... terrible. I don't just mean the pacing of the overall narrative, but the manner in which scenes play out and are paced leaves no tension, no drama, no emotion - nothing. This film is just scene after scene of underwhelming, disinteresting, sub-par slop. 

I have so far refused to see The Jungle Book and Cinderella - I didn't want to watch this movie, but it was on - and so I remain without any confidence in these ridiculous live action remakes. Even if these movies are half-decent and I'm talking out of turn, I really can't see a good reason for Disney to be doing this - it just seems cheap and shameless. If you want to see a live action Beauty And The Beast please watch Jean Cocteau's 1946 masterpiece.