First Movie Review

As I flew back to my lovely, humble home of New York, I recently watched the live remake of the classic 1992 Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast, and might I say, absolutely beautiful, emotional and breathtaking. I really love Celine Dion's new song, How Does a Moment Last Forever, and Belle's yellow golden dress. I can't believe how amazing Emma Watson was as Belle. She's so beautiful, I can't see why my sister loves watching Harry Potter and based on the article from my first American Girl magazine from 2004. I can't wait to buy the movie and the 1991 movie, I only saw parts of the film.

I've seen so many differences between the 1991 original and this year's remake.

1991	2017
Belle is a bookworm	Belle is more than a bookworm — she's an inventor
Maurice is an inventor	Maurice is an artist
The death of Belle’s mother was never explained	Belle’s tragic backstory is fully explained — thanks to a little magic her mother died of the bubonic plague in Paris and Maurice had to leave his dying wife and flee with Belle before they were infected too
	Beast and Belle take a detour to Paris The Enchantress left Beast with another "gift" besides the curse: a book that can take readers to the location they're especially keen to visit
the prince is a narcissistic jerk who turns the Enchantress away because he thinks she's an old, pathetic hag	There's a reason for the Beast's bad behavior When the prince was just a young boy, his mother died of an unnamed illness and he was raised by his brutish father which, in turn, made the prince grow into an unkind monster himself
Chip has a cupboard full of brothers and sisters	Chip is an only child
	Some of the lyrics in “Gaston” have changed
	The Beast gets a song, too "Evermore”
	There’s a new addition to the Beast’s castle crew Stanley Tucci stars as Cadenza, the castle's court composer turned harpsichord who's married to Audra McDonald's Madame de Garderobe — and they are madly in love
the Enchantress only appears in the prologue, as the story of the cursed prince plays out on a stained glass window	The Enchantress is an actual character in the film We actually see the Prince being turned into the Beast and see the Enchantress in person
	The Beast tries to mansplain Shakespeare to Belle
	Every time a petal falls, the castle starts to crumble
LeFou's adoration felt more like he was trying to live through Gaston	And about that “exclusively gay moment ...” LeFou has feelings for Gaston
Gaston was not a soldier	Gaston was a soldier
Maurice went down the path that led to the Beast's castle only because he thought it would be a shortcut to his intended destination, unaware of what was truly ahead	Maurice doesn't willingly go down the path to Beast's castle
	The enchanted staff are actually turning into their respective objects when the last rose petal fell, they actually turned into their respective objects, essentially killing them
When Maurice originally came back from Beast's castle, Gaston wasted no time in dismissing the old man as a madman and having him committed to an insane asylum	Gaston pretends to help Maurice at first Gaston initially humored Maurice and came with him to find Belle at Beast's castle, bringing LeFou with them. However, the only reason Gaston agreed to help Maurice is so he could seek his approval to marry Belle, and when he didn't get that, he lost his cool, knocked Maurice out and tied him to a tree to leave him for dead
	LeFou turns against Gaston and the other villagers
Gaston stabs the Beast and fell to his death	Gaston fatally shoots the Beast rather than stabs him How Gaston fell to his death was also slightly changed, as rather than lose his grip while attacking the Beast, the footbridge he was standing on collapsed
	Mrs. Potts' husband When the curse has been lifted and the villagers have had their memories of the castle and its inhabitants restored. With his mind finally clear, Monsieur Jean finally remembers Mrs. Potts and Chip, his wife and son

When I go back to Disney, I wanna visit the Beast (Prince Adam)'s castle. I always wanna go there. I read about online and based on the reviews, it must've be really beautiful. Maybe I should learn French when I go back to school to finish my degree and by the time I study and learn the language, I'll be able to visit Paris, French someday, and then the entire world, well once Mexico, South America and parts of Central America is Zika free.