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It can never be as great as 2014 adaptation which is a French production


The film may be good but I think it will never be as great as 2014 adaptation the French made. It was greaat in terms of visuality ,musics and story and casting. And it was nearer to the original story which was so right to be so. And in it, some points were a little bit different than the original tale written 60-70 years ago and and also the 1991 version . However, 2017 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast looks like too much copy of 1991 version . Also Emma Wattson is not the ideal one for this role to my opinion. Disney should not have made an adaptation because a modern adaptation was already done in 2014 . As I have said it cannot ever be as great as 2014 adaptation the French did in terms of visuality ,casting, musics, story.

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It was a nice movie indeed, close from the original story from Suzanne de Villeneuve. Only Léa Seydoux performance was a little off.

2017 one is more a rebuilt from the unachieved Purdum BatB that we can see in Disney BatB Blu-Ray bonus, with a strong influence of unused Hans Bacher designs.

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In Europe, we consider the Lea Seydoux version to be the worst. The costumes and some visuals are great but the actors, the plot and the CGI effects are pretty awful. The 1946 and the 1991 Disney version are both considered classics.

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I agree with you gaspardoup. The 2014 made no sense plot wise and also the acting was very off. I actually rather liked the German TV version from 2012, then Lea Seydoux version

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