Review of Beauty and the Beast

Just the first two minutes of the start of the movie had me excited out of my seat! It really was beautiful and intriguing, by the time minute 5 rolled about I've already tweeted to my friends to go catch it, praising the movie to be divine! The movie was shot beautifully, the music was romancing and the actors brilliant. The problem that this movie had was sadly the pacing. The director and screen writer had spent so much time developing the characters that I ended up relating more to Belle's family than the other important character, Beast himself! They missed out on the creme of the cake, Belle and Beast's relationship. It felt unreal that Belle so easily admitted that she had fallen in love with Beast when there wasn't any real moments in the movie that lead to explaining how this had happened. This movie is after all called, "Beauty AND the Beast," not "Week out with Belle," Luckily the stunning visuals and powerful leads helped save the movie albeit the ending felt rushed and a letdown. If you're going to see this, don't expect your typical romance but enjoy it for what it is -a feast of visuals.