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Old 23-05-2016, 14:19
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http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/tra...ns-first-look/

Looks like its going to be visually stunning. I remember reading its exactly the same as cartoon but in film form. So its not a different take on the story like Maleficent was.
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Old 23-05-2016, 16:40
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It's got a great cast and think it will be excellent!

Looking forward to hearing the classic songs as well as the ones being used from the stage show.
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Old 23-05-2016, 16:56
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I'm a little surprised they didn't ask Angela Lansbury to reprise her role as Mrs Potts.
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Old 23-05-2016, 18:16
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It looks amazing. Still not convinced Emma Watson was the best choice. Never heard her sing so hopefully she can do the songs justice. I don't like the sound of Ewan McGregor from the trailer and I really don't like his singing voice so that's going to be a struggle. Ian McKellen will be fine I'm sure. Emma Thompson's a good choice (although it is a shame they didn't go with Angela Lansbury) as is Luke Evans.
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:46
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I love the film of beauty and the beast but I just couldn't warm to the stage show at all. Hoping this'll be great.
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:50
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I love the film of beauty and the beast but I just couldn't warm to the stage show at all. Hoping this'll be great.
I'm seeing Aladdin when it opens in June

Should be fun
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Old 24-05-2016, 01:08
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Emma Watson love her or loathe her embodies Belle so perfectly at her casting my misconceptions were dispelled. And with Paige o'hara giving her the thumbs up my excitement grew. My only reservation is the idea of animation to live with no deviation from the original, only because it may be boring as we know what is happening. But overall as a 25th anniversary gift for the film couldn't be better.
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Old 24-05-2016, 10:16
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Emma Watson love her or loathe her embodies Belle so perfectly at her casting my misconceptions were dispelled. And with Paige o'hara giving her the thumbs up my excitement grew. My only reservation is the idea of animation to live with no deviation from the original, only because it may be boring as we know what is happening. But overall as a 25th anniversary gift for the film couldn't be better.
They are putting in some of the songs from the musical, so it wont just be a straightforward version of the film
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Old 24-05-2016, 17:26
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The only one of these live action Disney films that I've seen is "Maleficent" and I enjoyed it. I'm really looking forward to "Beauty & The Beast" because it's one of my favourite Disney films.

I'm interested to see how it works with being a live action.
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Old 24-05-2016, 19:47
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Hope they do a good job. The animated version is the best film Disney has ever made.

Never heard Emma Watson sing. Does anyone know if she is any good?
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Old 25-05-2016, 15:48
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She went to stage school as a child and studied Performing Arts and Musical Theatre, she also had three months of vocal training for this role, word on the street is that she's great.
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:01
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Iv heard that Emma is great, what about Dan Stevens??

Luke Evans is an amazing singer, saw him in the West End before he made it in Hollywood.
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:12
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I'm genuinely so excited about this. It's a tough call but Beauty and the Beast is probably my favourite Disney movie. Emma Watson should be good I think, she certainly has the right looks for it and I think she has proved to be a good actor since HP.

I hated Maleficent but loved Cinderella (though I still like Ever After more) I'm happy to hear this is just like the original, which was pretty perfect imo.
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Old 25-05-2016, 17:41
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She went to stage school as a child and studied Performing Arts and Musical Theatre, she also had three months of vocal training for this role, word on the street is that she's great.
Her singing voice may be. It's her speaking voice that's the problem.
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Old 26-05-2016, 08:48
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I know it's only a teaser trailer but I felt oddly deflated by it.

Visually it looked good but I really do not like the choice of Emma Watson for Belle from what I know of her work/the very brief moment we've seen of her. I thought Ewan McGregor's small clip of voice work sounded awful too.

I know I'm saying this based on very little footage so I'm fully prepared to be proved wrong - happily so, infact! I was utterly in love with the original Disney animation when younger so I think I'm probably holding the live action version to a very high standard.
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Old 26-05-2016, 12:02
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I know it's only a teaser trailer but I felt oddly deflated by it.

Visually it looked good but I really do not like the choice of Emma Watson for Belle from what I know of her work/the very brief moment we've seen of her. I thought Ewan McGregor's small clip of voice work sounded awful too.

I know I'm saying this based on very little footage so I'm fully prepared to be proved wrong - happily so, infact! I was utterly in love with the original Disney animation when younger so I think I'm probably holding the live action version to a very high standard.
I know what you mean about high standards, I love Beauty and the Beast and I'd hate for them to ruin my experience of the cartoon.

That said, I thought the trailer looked great and the music still sends tingles down my spine. I'm not sure why people are so down on Ewan McGregor, it sounded ok to me!
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Old 27-05-2016, 11:17
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I know it's only a teaser trailer but I felt oddly deflated by it.

Visually it looked good but I really do not like the choice of Emma Watson for Belle from what I know of her work/the very brief moment we've seen of her. I thought Ewan McGregor's small clip of voice work sounded awful too.

I know I'm saying this based on very little footage so I'm fully prepared to be proved wrong - happily so, infact! I was utterly in love with the original Disney animation when younger so I think I'm probably holding the live action version to a very high standard.
I love the original version of B&tB, have done since it first came out. Watched it just a few weeks ago and it still makes me leak when beast dies.

I thought the trailer looked okay tbh, visually very enticing. But I'm not a fan of EW at all, and I doubt I'd go to cinema to see it with her in. Probably wait for the video though.

I'm probably also the only person in the world that thinks 'Frozen' was just complete rubbish too, and I'd be concerned that the producers have picked up some things from that given it's apparent popularity.
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Old 27-05-2016, 15:38
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I love the film of beauty and the beast but I just couldn't warm to the stage show at all. Hoping this'll be great.
I can never see the point of doing live action versions of Disney films*. Much as I love the cartoon of Beauty and the Beast I don't have any burning desire to see it done with real people - but hey, what do I know, no doubt it will be massive

*Other than money, presumably...
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Old 28-05-2016, 07:36
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I'm probably also the only person in the world that thinks 'Frozen' was just complete rubbish too
Trust me, you're not...
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Old 28-05-2016, 17:33
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Let it Go is a very odd song to become so successful, who can remember any of the lyrics other than the title?
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Old 28-05-2016, 19:08
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Let it Go is a very odd song to become so successful, who can remember any of the lyrics other than the title?
Nope

Was Frozen that massive when it came out at the cinema? As far as I can remember it just kind of came and went, and it's only in its DVD afterlife that it's become so big. Mind you, probably a lot of films are like that.
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Old 29-05-2016, 10:11
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Nope

Was Frozen that massive when it came out at the cinema? As far as I can remember it just kind of came and went, and it's only in its DVD afterlife that it's become so big. Mind you, probably a lot of films are like that.
Frozen is the highest grossing animated feature of all time and 9th highest grossing film overall as things stand with $1.287 billion earned to date. So it did pretty well at the cinema!

Personally I think 'Let it Go' is a great song thanks to Idina Menzel's storming performance. I can sing along too and I'm not ashamed of that fact at all!
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Old 29-05-2016, 10:25
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Frozen is the highest grossing animated feature of all time and 9th highest grossing film overall as things stand with $1.287 billion earned to date. So it did pretty well at the cinema!
Fair enough, thanks for the info I just don't remember people raving about it nearly as much until it started being on DVD/Blu-Ray etc. I think that's where a lot of the biggest takings are for films these days...
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Old 29-05-2016, 10:46
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Fair enough, thanks for the info I just don't remember people raving about it nearly as much until it started being on DVD/Blu-Ray etc. I think that's where a lot of the biggest takings are for films these days...
Your not wrong, I remember it had been in the cinema, and was very popular. Then a few months later it seemed to be everywhere. Don't forget they re released it in cinema's around christmas to boost that figure plus sing a long versions, it seemed to be showing in cinema's for ever.
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Old 29-05-2016, 13:31
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I'm a little disapointed. Its just a live action copy of the film. If you are going to re make a film, change it. Make it darker so the beast eats people, or Belle is a lesbian and outcast they form a friendship.

Will this be the "let it go" of 2017?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgYEJHJXFB4
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