#live action batb

[artist-issues]

Honsetly I totally agree about the remake. I don’t like how they put little effort on remakes to try to surpass the original or be as unique. every time they have speaking dialogue in the new one, they always seem monotone and robotic. It like they either have no or show emotion telling us what they feeling *that why I like the animated movie because you can get away of expressive character can get by their face or they’re voice*

The only remake I still love and will keep on watching is homeward bound and 101 Dalmatian with Glenn close *despite having a few changes, they still kept what made us love about the original. And Glenn close had way too much fun playing the role of the cruella. this was after the movie fatal attraction and I love how the meaner she was, the better the movie became*

The one thing I love about the old classic Disney movies is how Walt Disney made the movies came to life and given how limit technology they had in 1940’s. For example the movie Bambi. After the success of Snow White, Walt wanted to make a animated movie of a deer but he wanted a realistic drawings of animals, so he went and bought live animals so his employees can study the behavior of the animals

He had a subtle way of sending a psa message of preventing/how someone can recklessly start a Forrest fire *I know this because the vhs of the end of this movie had a behind the scene of how they made this movie and I love the process and learning the knowledge* and I love the music

And when I learn that they might remake, I was livid. It was one thing that we deal with Bambi mom death, we don’t need to see it live action again

Disney classic has a subtle way of sending the message, but the live action remake tend to hammer and shove the message down our throat.

I agree! I think it's important to note that, in general, the Live Action Remakes don't just "shove the message of the classics down our throats, though."

The worst thing is that they change the message of the classics, and then that new message is communicated so clumsily that it feels like they're shoving it down our throats.

Because it's like I've said before: a movie's message and a movie's characters go hand-in-hand. In fact, everything about the movie from the lighting to the music is meant to make the message clear, but still compelling.

So in a remake, if you change the message, the original characters won't fit. And if you change the characters and the message to try and match, the whole story starts to feel less compelling, less interesting, less seamless. You would've been better off making a brand-new story.

But that's the thing. They won't take the risk of making a new story. And they also won't take the risk of honoring the classic messages--and it would be a risk to do so, because the classic messages no longer fit what our current culture says about things like faith, self-sacrifice, race, love, duty, etc.

And what I mean by our current culture is, people who believe in girlbosses and self-actualization and power/agency-in-the-form-of-power, to the detriment of all the values I listed above.

Anyway. You're right! Thanks for the compliment.

[princess-ibri]

Ok I did some more Live Action redesigns xD

Of course I had to redesign Belle's ballgown, but I wanted to see if I could take the shape of it from the film and at least give it some more ✨️Magic✨️, and I think I've succeeded:)

I kinda did the same with her village dress too. I actually kinda liked the look in the film, it was at least memorable, so I just made it a little more period, added a proper bodice, changed that random side cloth out for a pocket and cuz I loved that she had glasses in that one stage version gave her a pair here as well

For her winter screen I gave her a more voluminous cloak to actually keep the cold out (also some Red RidingHood vibes) and gave a nod to her Enchanted Christmas look in the dress she has underneath.

Also always liked that green dress on her, so decided to have some fun and switch it up to being the one she leaves and returns to the castle in. Green for new beginnings and to tie into the Enchantress's magic that's about to be broken and all that

Also spruced up her wedding dress. I actually think the movie one is very lovely but it doesn't really stand out/feel like it fits the time period, so I jazzed it up.

Also I've been spinning a tiny rewrite idea round in my head. If they wanted to delve into Belle's mom's past/give Maurice a real reason for keeping her death a mystery (like seriously, why does he do that) I think they should go back to the og fairytale and have Belle's mom be a fairy.

Either have her connected to the Enchantress (friend, sister) or heck have her be the Enchantress like in the Twisted Tales (not what I'd pick myself but it lends to a tighter narrative) and have Maurice feel guilt for doing whatever happened that caused her inadvertent death/separation---and this could tie back in to Belle and her own complicated relationship with hwr magical being

Have that magic book (if it must be there) show people's pasts instead of being a transportion device Belle doesn't even use to get to her dad. It's meant for the Beast to reflect on his prior actions, but Belle also uses it to discover what happened with her mother.

Also give that poor Beast a proper canon name. I waited the whole movie and he never got a name!!

[robertphilip]

Beauty and the Beast (1991) // Enchanted (2007)

[lobinilo]

Disney live action couples + dancing

[blabberingfool]

I'll finish this one day.... when work stops eating me folks

[loudeaglecollective]

MULTIVERSE!!! ✨

[adrianasunderworld]

Random Beauty at the Beast thought, specifically the live action one, maybe someone has brought this up before, idk. But I don't mind the live action making Belle and inventor, I really don't. Based on the animated movie, I think it's a fair interpretation of the character. We are shown she knows Maurices tools and stuff, it's not unreasonable to think she knows how to fix and operate machines and maybe make her own stuff. That's all great!

I just don't like that they had to take that characteristic from Maurice to give to Belle, and that's not even a big faucet of her character. Her main characteristic is still Local Bookworm, and people think that's weird. Yes there's that scene where she makes a washing machine and the town is up in arms about it, but then we don't really see her do much with that beyond. Like we don't see her making upgrades to the castle and stuff to make the staff and beasts life better. And I think that's a shame.

And considering the themes in beauty and the beast about sexism in their community and how they think women and girls should not be well read and educated, and think it would fit better if Belle was an unappreciated inventor.

Maurice still wants to be a great inventor, he still wants to make all these great things. Maybe he runs a repair shop to fund his research fixing clocks and stuff. And Belle is right beside him, doing just as much work, making just as many gadgets and fixing things. She still loves to read, but now it's not only a source of escapism, it's a source of inspiration. We see her reading novels with all these mechanical wonders and Belle goes "I wonder if I can make that". And does makes cool stuff and repairs things better than they ever were before. And no one thinks it's her. Maurice tries and tries and tries again to explain his daughter made all these wonderful things, Belle deserves all the credit and praise. None of the townsfolk believe him, and certainly not Gaston. And that's Belles life in town. Until she gets to the Beasts castle. She sees this place in desperate need of upgrades, the servants struggling to get around in their small forms and Belle gets to work. She upgrades the castle. Fixing pipes, making lifts and pulley systems that span the entire property to help the Servants get around. (Maybe make it all steampunk-y if we really want to go fantastical with it, because it's fun.) and to contrast the townsfolk And Gaston, the staff and Beast praise Belle. They see how brilliant she is. Beast wants to watch her tinker away and hear her talk about what she's doing and the story she read that inspired it, as opposed to Gaston who said she wouldn't have to do any of this when they're married and she can put her tools away to give to their son's later. And when the spell is broken, Belle is still making the castle a fantastical place where her and her father and the prince gather like minded people to share it all with

Anyway inventor! Belle would have been cool as hell if they actually committed to it.

[sunshowersanddandelionwine]

oh gosh...

evermore from the live action beauty and the beast came on when i was driving home from work

and i dont know if this is just the Brainworms talking

but goddamn if that aint a ghostsoap song from ghosts pov

[gemini-queen42]

I still think of her sometimes....

(The FUCKASS bullSHIT motherfUCKING UGLY ASS GASTON BOOK that just periodically MATERIALIZES at my local Barnes & Noble where the cover is just black with half his face on it and he looks like a FUGLY vintriloquist dummy)

[lcafman]

please note : the following is a rant regarding live action movies and contains mention of the recent live action httyd trailer in a negative context . i am in NO way shaming those who are excited to see it , nor do i have any intention on taking away the amazing achievements of the people who poured their heart and soul into creating this movie / the amazing young actors . this is purely frustration towards corporate .

so i just saw the live action httyd trailer . httyd was one of my favorite movies growing up ( it made me feel very close to my scandinavian / celtic heritage ) , and i’ve always felt like i related a lot to hiccup . the cgi looks phenomenal and mason is a PHENOMENAL actor , i can tell he’s gonna crush this role .

it looks . exactly the same as the movie . exactly the same .

which is good ! but also like — what’s the point .

i’m so sick of live action movies in general , y’all . in regards to corporations , it’s so lazy . “ oh let’s just pump out a regurgitation of the SAME story we’ve ALREADY told because our idiot audience will buy into it . “ no , i want to see NEW stories . i want to see creative risks and be taken on new adventures . if i wanted to watch httyd , i’d watch httyd .

and it’s frustrating too that they seem to care less about casting people who are right for the role and more so about grabbing the biggest names they can for these roles . not that these aren’t talented actors / this isn’t done for the animated movies , but it’s so much more apparent when it’s a story that’s already been told .

it’s so lazy . it literally reeks of corporate being like “ these dumbasses will buy anything we shove in their mouths “ . give us new stories ! give us new cultures to explore ! give new actors / actresses a CHANCE ! i want to see more things that were done with moana / tangled , where the leads were teenage girls / new actresses ! if i have to see influencer #2872828 play a disney princess i’m going to rip my hair out .

i would genuinely rather have a dry spell from a company of crappy movies than them to continue to pump out this heartless , soulless medium of “ let’s take the animation medium and make it ✨real✨ . “ i’m not an animator so any animators can feel free to correct me but it feels a little insulting to the countless hours of work and talent the animators have put into these movies . why was that not good enough ? why do you have to retell the SAME MOVIE but with ✨ conventionally attractive people ✨ and probably ✨c.hris p.ratt✨ for some reason .

i dunno . it ticks me off , and i won’t spend any of my own hard earned money to see it . and yes , this would ESPECIALLY apply to a live action epic . thank god disney has entirely forgotten the film exists because i swear to god if they tried to pull that shit i would break into the studios and eat all of their storyboards

[atopvisenyashill]

the really fun thing about braime is that they are both the beauty and the beast which means i can picture brienne OR jaime flopping down dramatically in a field somewhere and singing "and for once it might be grand to have someone understand i want so much more than they've got planned."

both of them can also do "if i can't have her" but different lines. brienne gets "and from my tortured shape no comfort, no escape i see, but deep within is utter blindness" and jaime gets "long ago i should have seen all the things i could have been careless and unthinking, i moved onward."

[artist-issues]

one of the nice things about Live Action Remakes is that their terribleness makes me to go back and consider what was working so well about the originals.

Like nope, didn’t like that new Beauty and the Beast—but why? What part was the most awkward/felt the most wrong? Belle. Belle was the most awkward, disjointed-bone element in the Live Action film.

Why? Well, to answer that, I now get to go back and think about how wonderful Belle was, the real Belle, the original Belle, and see where the Live Action missed the mark.

The first thing I remember feeling really rankled about was this: The original Belle was happy during “Be Our Guest” and dancing. Emma Watson looked like she was smiling patiently and quirking a sassy eyebrow for the sake of humoring a gang of silly children and wanted to get out of there.

Well, why was the original Belle dancing and smiling, when she was imprisoned and objects were coming to life and dancing?

Because Belle likes enchantment. She’s uniquely ready to enjoy an enchanted castle—because she loves fairy tales. We already saw her enjoying a book about a disguised Prince. She’s not eager to leave the dinner and show to run off and find a way to escape—because she never wanted to escape. She gave her word that she’d stay in the castle and sacrifice her dreams for her father’s sake.

And when a girl who’s been reading about daring sword fights and true love gives her word, like all the honorable knights and heroes she’s been reading about, she keeps it. And she makes the most of the adventure she’s currently in.

But maybe I never would have thought about how great and subtle and perfect that is if Emma Watson hadn’t totally messed it up.

[doverstar]

So question: The disney sequels have a mostly-deserved reputation for being unnesscary cookie-cutter cash grabs. Are the any that you think were actually enjoyable?

Hi, you mean the live-action remakes, right? Actually, yes! Read below.

Yeah, I enjoyed:

Alice in Wonderland (2010) Cinderella (2015) Beauty and the Beast (2017) Christopher Robin (2018) That's it. 1. I love Alice in Wonderland (the book, and the story in general). It's special to me. Burton's Alice is an actual, genuine sequel film supposed to take place years after the events in Alice's in Wonderland. It borrows elements from the novels Disney didn't fit in in the animated version, and it brought together creative minds who were perfect for bringing Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to life in fresh ways. I like Alice in it in particular; Alice is the only female character I will tolerate people calling a 'feminism icon' or any variant of that, and in this movie, my reasons why are on full display. I could elaborate, but that would take too long, so I won't. I love Alice in Burton's movie; she's book-accurate to a T, right down to the wild mane of hair from the original illustrations, and having her champion Wonderland and rekindle her 'muchness' was a perfect character arc for an older Alice. Again, could elaborate, again, not going to. 2. Cinderella (2015) is a national treasure and there's nothing wrong with it. Nothing. It's exactly as colorful, magical, and moral as it ought to be. The writing is exquisite, the simplicity of the theme "have courage and be kind" is so well-done, and again, perfectly cast. If you're going to remake an animated classic, this is how it's done. Take the best points of the original story and expand on it; try to make it even brighter. A++. 3. Let me be clear. Let me explain about Beauty and the Beast (2017). I would rather watch the original, animated BatB every single time. I only included this film on my list because I like snow, and I like the new songs, and I like the costumes (except Belle Watson's dress, put that zipper AWAY-) and I like Ewan McGregor, and I like Emma Thompson, and I like Dan Stevens. It's a feast for the eyeballs and the ear holes, sort of like the original (but nothing even close to the original). I won't duck my head and act like I didn't have fun with this film when it first came out, or like I wouldn't turn it on late at night if it was snowing outside and I had a fire going. In the right mood, I would. Visually appealing. Musically delightful. Everything else about it is garbage, and a waste of time. I spit upon it all. Emma Watson played a plank of wood in a dress whining about women, the Beast's character arc deserved more, Gaston should have been worse, Lefou was a joke, no. No. Ew, ew, ew.

4. Christopher Robin (2018) was an actual sequel, like Alice, and everyone should watch it. Everyone should make their favorite warm drink and go get a blanket and watch it. Again, nothing wrong with it. Absolutely wonderful from start to finish. Pooh is himself, Piglet is himself, they're all themselves. All of them. And Ewan McGregor was stellar. The theme, the execution, the pacing, genuinely a flawless love letter to everything about Winnie the Pooh, and Disney's version of Pooh, and the whole Hundred Acre Wood, including the ones we all had when we were children. Exactly what it should have been. No notes. A++. Yes! I enjoyed those. Had fun with those. None of the others.

[figures4fun]

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[blueeyeddarkknight]

Me listening to Hugh Laurie talking : hmmm he kinda sounds like Dan Stevens

Also me : 😲

Behind Blue eyes 👁️

Dumb but confident prince in a grey wig and cake makeup 💅

Sense and sensibility

Caterpillar mustache

Britney, b!tch

Ps : they both graduated from Cambridge as well

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

I don’t care what anyone else says, the Beauty and the Beast live action (2017) is the best Disney live action and doesn’t deserve the hate it gets 🤷‍♀️