Following the start of spring semester at George Mason, I had always hoped that things would get better than last year. This week on Monday night, the second Beauty and the Beast trailer went online, and I was so excited that I clicked on the link to view it on the ComingSoon.net web article to see what else I can expect from the live-action version of the 1991 Disney animated classic.
As always, Emma Watson never fails to impress me with her beautiful accent which made me feel absolutely sure that she will deliver an enchanted performance as Belle like Lily James did as Cinderella. But by the time the theme song was heard, I was left with nothing but full of nostalgic happiness. From what I've learned about this new take from bringing back the original music and songs written by Alan Menken, along with the still-and-always faithful elements and the memorable scenes and exact quotes that everybody will surely notice when compared with the traditionally-animated film, it is possible that this year's Beauty and the Beast might be the biggest movie of 2017 until Star Wars: The Last Jedi! Hard to believe that Ariana Grande and John Legend would actually pull off singing such a timeless and magical song as Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson have!
While different as they may be from how we used to remember, I know that Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (The Beast), Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Ian McKellen (Cogsworth), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh Gad (Lefou), and Kevin Kline (Maurice) will do an astounding job and bring back what made Beauty and the Beast a huge masterpiece in Disney history! The same way that last year's The Jungle Book have successfully achieved (aside from being a $966 million hit) by bringing our favorite lovable characters to life as anything but cartoon characters! I can only hope that Emma Watson will impress me with her singing voice in her musical number scenes and deliver the same kind of feeling we got from Paige O'Hara, as does the "Be Our Guest" sequence sung by Ewan McGregor's Lumiere! This will certainly be an enchanted tale as old as time once Spring Break begins in 2 months! I can't stop thinking about what my experience in seeing the first movie I've seen from my childbirth more than 25 years ago will be like when brought to life by live-action movie stars as opposed to the stars of the Broadway Musical Theatre! Emma Watson will always look so beautiful to me whether in her pink Yule Ball dress or in her gorgeous yellow dress! Bring it on!
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