Beauty And The Beast

The Live-action Beauty And The Beast Is Fine, But Also Completely Unnecessary

... they’ve added an orchestral dance break. Those breaks keep the songs from reaching a natural climax and, for anyone who knows the original movie—it is extremely distracting. Yes, the musical numbers look great, but just as you’re getting into them—bam, a sudden drop in energy for a completely unneeded dance number. This happens in the plot as well. When the movie’s remaking the animated version, it’s great—especially thanks to the gorgeous visual flair director Bill Condon manages to fill every frame with. But then, when the plot detours into one of its new, extra scenes, it inevitably clutters up the tighter, better story of the original, and all that visual wonder does nothing to mask it. More irritatingly, the movie doesn’t trust its own storytelling. Whenever it’s added something new, it feels the need to also have a character spell out what the ...

George R. R. Martin On Writing Tv's 'beauty And The Beast

... wrote a script, you rewrote it a few times and suddenly it was being filmed and millions of people watched it. That’s far more satisfying than spending a year developing a pilot only not to make the show. The show has a devoted cult following. What do you think draws them to it 30 years later. It was such a literate show and such a smart show. Vincent may have been a Beast but he was highly read and always fond of quoting poetry and citing Shakespeare and dropping in a sonnet from one poet or another. That had an enormous effect. We would get letters from librarians across the country about all the people who would come into the libraries on Monday after we’d aired on Friday saying, “What was that poem Vincent read?” They were going back to Shakespeare. I was able to do an episode called “Ozymandias” where we had Ron Perlman read the entirety of the poem by Shelley. To be able to do that kind of ...

Beauty And The Beast' Aims To Enchant Once More, With A New Twist On The 'tale As Old As Time

... Watson as the bookish heroine Belle, who yearns for adventure outside of the confines of her "small provincial town" and "Downton Abbey" alum Dan Stevens as the cursed and cold Beast. Their supporting cast is a coterie of veterans, including Kevin Kline (Maurice), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Ian Mc Kellen (Cogsworth), Audra Mc Donald (Madame Garderobe), Stanley Tucci (Maestro Cadenza) and Ewan Mc Gregor (Lumiere). That Disney's specific vision for "Beauty and the Beast" has lived on is no surprise, and its 13-year run on Broadway helped keep it in the cultural consciousness. "It's genuinely romantic, a genuinely beautiful story," Menken said of its lasting appeal. And then there's the nostalgia aspect. For many (including the cast), this was a seminal childhood film. Luke Evans (Gaston) saw it when he was 12, Josh Gad (Le Fou) when he was 10, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Plumette) when she was 8. Suffice it to say, they all knew the lyrics to the songs before they were cast. The remake is also part of the Walt Disney Company's ongoing ...

Expect More Remakes If Disney’s ‘beauty And The Beast’ Delivers

... for “Beauty and the Beast” paint the film as nothing more than a nostalgia device. And while the Atlantic’s David Sims called it “A tale as old as time, told worse,” A. O. Scott at the New York Times said: “Its classicism feels unforced and fresh. Its romance neither winks nor panders. It looks good, moves gracefully and leaves a clean and invigorating aftertaste. I almost didn’t recognize the flavor: I think the name for it is joy.”. However, it’s not likely parents won’t take their children to see it because of a 69% rating, said com Score analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “Disney is trying to find a way to continue the classic magic with a younger audience, and for a lot of kids, this will be the first time they see this story told on the big screen,” he said. Also see: It’s not too late to invest in Disney’s future, analysts say. That also helps answer the question why Disney would remake all these classics. “What they’ve done very effectively, is taken these classic films and update them for a modern audience,” Dergarabedian said. “I don’t think this is simply a money grab, but down the road they’ll also have made — and already have — billions of ...

Live-action 'beauty And The Beast ' Revisits A Tale As Old As Time

... dinner. That's not a request. EMMA THOMPSON: (As Mrs. Potts) Gently, master. The girl lost her father and her freedom in one day. MCGREGOR: (As Lumiere) Yes, the poor thing is probably in there scared to death. THOMPSON: (As Mrs. Potts) Exactly. MONDELLO: It's easy to picture Mrs. Potts actually brewing cups of tea for the film crew, but if the physicality is persuasive, it's sort of the opposite of magical. The filmmakers have done all the imagining for us, and it's wearing after a while to see things that once felt effortless given weight - that Busby Berkeley dance of cutlery and dinner plates, for instance. It's not just mind-blowing. It's kind of exhausting. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"). THOMPSON: (As Mrs. Potts, singing) While the cups do their soft shoeing, I'll be bubbling; I'll be brewing. MONDELLO: Production numbers aside, there's lots of back story this time to give the actors something to play - a prologue about how the Beast became a beast - he kind of ...

Which One Of James Corden's Crosswalk Musicals Is The Best

... From Beauty and the Beast to Grease. Terence Patrick/CBS. Carpool Karaoke isn't  James Corden 's only brilliant recurring segment. The Late Late Show show occasionally recruits some lively actors and dancers to give over-the-top performances from Broadway shows as part of his Crosswalk the Musical bit, which is part musical, part road hazard. The segments are filmed on a crosswalk on a busy street in Los Angeles near the CBS studios, where the series is shot. With short times allowed for pedestrians—which means the performers scramble back to the sidewalks hastily and hilariously—and the audience of drivers sitting in heavy traffic, the spectacle draws plenty of bewildered faces and tons of laughs from viewers. We Ranked of All of James Corden's Carpool Karaokes: Which Pop Star Reigns Supreme. We ranked the four Crosswalk the Musical segments that have aired so far. 4. The Lion King: In 2016, Corden enlisted the help of Neighbors stars  Seth Rogen and  Rose Byrne to help perform songs from The Lion King. Unlike Disney's polished Broadway production, the host's group had to make due with ...

Beauty And The Beast' Adds Dimension But Loses Spark

... effects on top of the former “Downton Abbey” star Stevens, is more haunted and melancholy. But as the film nears its celebratory coda, a buoyant pluralism bursts forth. Characters — large parts and small — are freed from their prescribed roles in a glorious dance, shortly after Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson), Cogsworth (Ian Mc Kellen), Lumiere (Ewan Mc Gregor) and the rest come to life. (Be sure to shake your living room and see which British star tumbles out of the furniture.) Here is where that already much discussed “gay moment,” as Condon has called it, arrives. It comes and goes in a flash. Josh Gad, the MVP of many a Disney movie, plays Le Fou, the doting sidekick of the caddish Gaston (Luke Evans), the dopey pursuer of Belle’s hand. Le Fou spends much of the movie hinting at his affection for his lecherous friend, but Le Fou, too, earns a chance for redemption toward the end. That’s all it is — an easy to miss suggestion that Le Fou might find another love. And yet this slightest wink of homosexuality has drawn the ire of some who, it’s worth ...

Beauty And The Beast Is Beautiful But A Bit Too Familiar, And Iron Fist Is A Marvel Misstep

... moments, Belko could still be worth checking out… but unless you’re really into this stuff, it might be best to wait for the rental. What’s New on TV. Despite some promising moments, Iron Fist is weighed down by an absence of momentum and originality. Also Opening This Week In Limited Release. Tickling Giants (2017) , a documentary about Egyptian political satirist  Baseem Youssef ‘s journey from heart surgeon to public figure, is at 100 percent. Betting on Zero (2017) , a documentary probe of the multi-level marketing corporation Herbalife, is at 100 percent. After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku) (2017) , about a creatively adrift author at a crossroads with his estranged family, is at 97 percent. The Devil's Candy (2017) , about a dream home that becomes a paranormal nightmare for an artist and his ...

Beauty And The Beast

... hill to gather some Sound of Music echoes). The songs, by composer Alan Menken and lyricists Howard Ashman or, alternatively, Tim Rice, will mostly be familiar to Beauty fans (there are four unobjectionable new tunes), and they're mostly knocked out of the park by the gusto-fueled cast. The story is pretty much the same, too (it's been minimally adjusted for purposes of feminism and gay inclusion). Emma Watson is Belle, a young French woman longing for a more exciting life than the one she's living with her clockmaker father (Kevin Kline) in their tiny village. A pompous army captain named Gaston (Luke Evans) has his eye on her, but as his chubby aide-de-camp Le Fou (Josh Gad) gently suggests, there's no way that union is ever going to happen. On a trip out of town, Belle's dad comes upon a gloomy castle in a dark forest—the home of a prince (Dan Stevens) who was long ago cursed by a malevolent crone, and is now living out his days as a huge, furry beast. He will remain trapped in this form until he finds true love, or learns what love is, or…I'm not sure, really—something about love. Anyway, Belle comes to her father's rescue, and soon takes up ...

Beauty And The Beast' Star Josh Gad Dishes On Movie Musicals

... when addressing the film adoption, explaining "that information will be released when they're ready to release it. I've got your back, Trey and Matt.". Gad did admit to knowledge of film adaption discussions. "There's talk. There's chatter. We'll see," he said on BUILD. "The show is a huge success still," Gad continued before reiterating his love for the movie-musical experience and desire to work with Trey and Matt again. "I love playing characters that have a naivety. I think that's so funny," Gad said about his iconic "Book of Mormon" character. Regardless of the South Park creators' plans, he hopes to sing on the silver screen again soon. "I would love to do more musicals," he said. Josh Gad became a household name after appearing in "Frozen." While he excels at musicals, his talents surely aren't limited to them. Gad will appear in two upcoming period pieces, one about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, another "Murder On The Orient Express" starring Johnny Depp. Gad is ...