shrader Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I took the wife to Beauty and the Beast last night. I don't really understand why Disney chose this one for their first push into live action versions of their past movies. It relies way too heavily on CGI characters. The visuals in the dinner scene were way too over the top and fake for me. It felt like the big battle scenes in the Star Wars prequels. The movie was significantly better when there were more actual people on the screen. The villagers attacking the castle at the end worked so much better because it wasn't 100% relying on CGI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 I took the wife to Beauty and the Beast last night. I don't really understand why Disney chose this one for their first push into live action versions of their past movies. It relies way too heavily on CGI characters. The visuals in the dinner scene were way too over the top and fake for me. It felt like the big battle scenes in the Star Wars prequels. The movie was significantly better when there were more actual people on the screen. The villagers attacking the castle at the end worked so much better because it wasn't 100% relying on CGI. This is not Disney's first live action movie from a previous animated film. I still have not seen it, so I don't know how the CGI looks. Just wait until they make their live action versions of "The Lion King" & "Dumbo". Imagine how much CGI will be used in those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 This is not Disney's first live action movie from a previous animated film. It's the first for a musical though, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 It's the first for a musical though, isn't it? Possibly, although there were songs in "The Jungle Book". Maybe not the Broadway style of singing in "Beauty and the Beast". So that's debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 The director made decision to make it a lot more of a musical than originally planned and it appears to have paid off in sales. Not sure how dining room scene could be done without heavy CGI. I think the director mixed a little Fantasia into it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 The director made decision to make it a lot more of a musical than originally planned and it appears to have paid off in sales. Not sure how dining room scene could be done without heavy CGI. I think the director mixed a little Fantasia into it as well. From my understanding they played it safe, and kept it nearly identical to the animated film. Whereas the live action "Cinderella" & "The Jungle Book" movies, had clear differences. Probably a smart move, as the box office numbers have indicated. Since "Beauty and the Beast" is more recent than those films, it would satisfy a lot of the people who love the animated film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 From my understanding they played it safe, and kept it nearly identical to the animated film. Not really - with added characterization scenes for Belle and the Beast to show early factors in life (Belle and the Beast are remarkably similar with both losing a mother early), expansion of scene when old woman met young prince, characterization change of Belle's father, a very pumped up nasty Gaston, spotlight change on some of the castle dwellers (Cogsworth gets a lot less screen time and Madame Garderobe [Wardrobe] more) but I think the changes were mostly good just expansion of film rather than redirection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 The director made decision to make it a lot more of a musical than originally planned and it appears to have paid off in sales. Not sure how dining room scene could be done without heavy CGI. I think the director mixed a little Fantasia into it as well. They couldn't have done it without that, which is why I don't really get why they decided to run with this movie as their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 They couldn't have done it without that, which is why I don't really get why they decided to run with this movie as their choice. Secondary sales probably; music is selling very well as well and this will help other connected sales such as toys and shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Don't want to necropost, so I'll put it here: saw Suicide Squad over the weekend. Iintroducing the main characters and their background with a 20-minute narration by Viola Davis was a brave film-making decision - It takes a lot of courage to do something that ridiculous. That was a real train wreck of a movie, Margo Robbie's enjoyable performance notwithstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Secondary sales probably; music is selling very well as well and this will help other connected sales such as toys and shows. Pretty much this, and it's also Emma Watson's first time in a movie as a headliner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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