Beauty And The Beast: Tale As Old As Time

Hey y’all, today we’re covering a tale as old as time, and one of my favorite Disney princesses, Beauty and the Beast!
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Table Of Contents

1. Quick Summary~
2. Comments while watching
   • Right on cue
   • He is very hospitable 
   • The food looks fabulous 
   • How’d we get from fall to winter 
   • The castle itself has gotten brighter with her presence 
   • Don’t yall recognize a trap
3. Final Thoughts

Quick Summary~
Belle is not like most girls in her small provincial town. She’s smart and beautiful. One day, her dad goes into the forest and doesn’t return. She goes after him and what does she find but an enchanted castle with talking furniture and a ferocious beast! She agrees to switch places with her dad and slowly learns to love a beast. 
This movie was originally released in 1991 but was recently remade in 2017. It has a Christmas special made in1997 and a Broadway musical released in 1993. Here is the soundtrack for the musical below for your listening pleasure. My high school did this musical when I was a freshman and it was pretty good.

Comments while watching

• Iconic music interlude
• I love the stainglass aesthetic it’s refreshing considering how many movies at the time started with some sort of prologue 
• Fun fact the Prince and Belle are the only ones who wear blue because they’re different 
• I’m really disappointed we don’t get to see baby beast I think it’d be really cute
• Contrasting fonts
• Question followed by the answer
• Some of the signs are in french
• Except the book seller
• Totally not checking her out 
• I love Lefou
• I hope your safety is on
• Geeorgeous
• Gaston has an I want song and an I am song
• Rude
• He doesn’t know what that means 
• He can be all those things and not be interested 

Right on cue

• And it’ll save your life later
• Oh hey this background music is kinda in the musical 
• Faded signs
• In other renditions of the story I’ve read you have to be lost to find the castle
• Time to run
• I love how the music gets super intense 
• You left your hat
• Beasts under pressure in the architecture 
• Metal conducts heat, Cogsworth
• Oh no your cogs
• Yes definitely in charge 
• Spikey
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• His words make it sound like other people have come to laugh and stare or what his inner monologue sounds like
• How did Belle not notice everyone setting up a wedding in her yard
• Gross
• Trying to put things between them
• You left the door open 
• Belle’s big I want song
• Phillippe wouldn’t know he’s in this castle

He is very hospitable 

• An act of love
• Some frames has her hair a lil messy others not
• Regretting his actions 
• I think the Enchantress has a sense of humor 
• Scary
• Gaston’s I am song
• So what job does Gaston have besides local hunter and hunk? Is it safe to assume this is his tavern? 
• Yikes
• Who bites in a wrestling match 
• That’s leather, how sharp are your teeth? 
• Ewww 
• Lefou is a great hype man
• I guess maurice doesn’t drink. Otherwise why would it be surprising he entered the tavern
• The whole tavern hears this and thinks he’s an upstanding dude
• Wardrobe heard her crying and didn’t do anything 
• Did she drink any tea?

The food looks fabulous 

• You were pretty rude
• You look fluffy 
• I like how Cogworth’s eyes lose color when he’s nervous 
• Can Belle hear all of this? 
• Do the servants need food? Where is it coming from?
• It seems not all furniture is sentient. The beds, for example 
• What a charmer 
• What did you do with all the food from dinner 
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• I’d love to imagine if Belle had come to dinner and the staff sing Be Our Guest to break the tension
• Forks do a lil kick
• So many dishes
• Best joke, Cogsworth 
• Loyal knights
• She’s very observant 
• Also note none of the sculptures are sentient 
• So many beast handles
• I wonder if she’s heard about the prince the way she looks at the painting 
• Poor furniture, I hope none of them were sentient 
• Grumpy
• He immediately knows he screwed up which is probably why he goes after her

How’d we get from fall to winter 

• Brrrr
• Poor Philippe 
• Part of me wonders if time works differently 
• Heard it from servants and Belle
• Good thing you’re both stubborn 
• Small rabbit head
• There’s a song for this scene in the musical
• Poor Lefou
• Puppy
• I loved the Beast’s library. 
• Poor chip
• Spoons aren’t made for Beast paws
• It’d be so cute if when the bird goes into his paws his ears wiggled
• He actually wears clothes now
• Cogsworth doesn’t keep time his hands are more like a mustache
• I kinda wish there was a scene of him cleaning his room
• So pretty

The castle itself has gotten brighter with her presence 

• I love the ballroom it’s so beautiful 
• I wonder if he knew these dances or if he had to be taught
• She’s happy, just misses her dad
• Character growth from the beast
• Why would you bring him back to the village and not the castle 
• Who said this was the ultimate goodbye? 
• Technically, she does but I guess they need a verbal confession 
• Frostbite Lefou
• Oh nooo I guess you’ll have to go back
• Mob mentality is dangerous. These days we call it cancel culture
• Why does Gaston look like he has dirt on his face 
• The wife with her handkerchief out the window 
• You all know that’s not true
• Historically wrong
• You don’t recognize your own invention?
• Ouch
• A bow and arrow may not be the best weapon Gaston 
• Ah so Cogsworth is ex-military. 

Don’t yall recognize a trap

• He has something to fight for
• Lime green skies and lightning 
• Nice try dummy
• I bet Beast and Belle talked about Gaston at some point 
• Act of mercy, he’s a changed man now
• I’m surprised he didn’t walk Gaston out
• Dying at 21….yikes
• It was before the last petal fell
• Don’t worry this magical transformation comes with standard issue healing spell
• Imagine if this worked like an anime magical girl transformation 
• Now it’s not weird
• Wait did I miss Human Again? I don’t remember it being here
• Also I’ve always thought Mrs. Potts and Belle’s dad would be cute together since we never see Mr. Potts 

Final ThoughtsThank you for reading my take on Beauty & the Beast, I appreciate it. Comment below your favorite character. I like Belle. If you like what I do, consider subscribing to my mailing list and if you want to watch something similar, click here. I’ll see you in the next post!
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