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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the BeastQuote: Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated romantic fantasy musical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The story is based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and uses some ideas from the 1946 film of the same name. It centers on a prince who is transformed into a Beast and a young woman named Belle whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, the Beast must love Belle and win her love in return.
It is the 30th animated film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third animated feature released during a period known as the "Disney Renaissance", which began in 1989 with The Little Mermaid and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. It is widely considered one of Disney's greatest animated films and the greatest in the Renaissance era. Many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery.
Upon its release, Beauty and the Beast was a significant commercial and critical success, earning $403 million in box office earnings throughout the world. Beauty and the Beast was also nominated for several awards, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, with two other awards for its music. Famously, Beauty and the Beast was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first time ever an animated film got nominated on the show after more than 65 years, and the last to be nominated until 2009. Beauty and the Beast received a total of six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Sound, and three nominations for its song. It ended up winning two, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for the song "Beauty and the Beast".
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Atoddr
Veteran
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:07 am Posts: 3014 Location: Kansai
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My favorite Disney movie. I love it and wish it had won best picture. A+!
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:18 pm |
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 18843 Location: San Diego
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This is also my favorite Disney film, just purely magical.
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insomniacdude
I just lost the game
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:00 pm Posts: 5868
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Not my favorite Disney movie, but definitely up there in the top ten. I give it an A.
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:31 am |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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not a personal favorite, but it is one of Disney's best
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:30 am |
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A. G.
Draughty
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 13347
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It was ok, but the fact that he turned into a handsome guy in the end kind of defeated the message of the film. Shrek handled that issue better.
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:19 am |
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Levy
Golfaholic
Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:06 pm Posts: 16054
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My favorite Disney movie and the sole reason that we now have an animated Oscar... It is just unbeliebable how Disney managed to make you care for those animated characters. The story is so involving that even the musical and dance numbers don't bother (especially since they are so much superior to those Elton John/Phil Collins kitsch numbers who followed). A+
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Optimus_Prime
Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:34 pm Posts: 816
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The best animated film and was the best Disney film until Finding Nemo came out, I felt it dealt with the issue much better than stupid, fart filled Shrek. This movie or JFK should have won Best Picture...not Silence of the Lambs.
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Jeff
Christian's #1 Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:25 pm Posts: 28110 Location: Awaiting my fate
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Easily my favorite animated film of all time. Spectacular. A+
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:20 pm |
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Chris
life begins now
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:09 pm Posts: 6480 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Excellent animated film.
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:02 pm |
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Riggs
We had our time together
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:36 am Posts: 13269 Location: Vienna
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My favorite Disney movie too. It's just wonderful.. "Tales as old as time... " Hmm.. A
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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10/10 (A+)
The best animated film ever made. Period.
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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I was watching a few moments of Beauty and the Beast earlier today. Without a doubt, the finest animated motion picture ever released.
Pretty close to an A+.
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Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:10 pm |
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misutaa
je vois l'avenir
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:33 pm Posts: 3841 Location: Hollywood/Berkeley, CA
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How can you not love Beauty and the Beast, I loved it when I was younger and I still love it. A
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Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:48 pm |
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movies35
Forum General
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:53 pm Posts: 8626 Location: Syracuse, NY
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This movie, well the play more so, has a huge meaning to me because it was the last play I did in school. It's an amazing film with amazing songs, I like the play better but the film is still great.
9/10 (A-)
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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I love the play as well. I saw it twice on Broadway.
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neo_wolf
Extraordinary
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:19 pm Posts: 10906
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One of Disney's best films,i give it an A-,the minus because the beast turned into your tipical handsom prince.I would have loved if the prince would have turned out as a regular looking joe,or not very handsom.Thats why i loved Hunchback because the hero isnt handsom and the reason why the beautiful esmeralda didnt fall for him was because he was unattractive,wich is great because its the way it would have really gone down.
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movies35
Forum General
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:53 pm Posts: 8626 Location: Syracuse, NY
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thompsoncory wrote: I love the play as well. I saw it twice on Broadway.
I haven't seen it on Broadway yet, I'm going to this summer. I've just seen my school version of it and even that was amazing. I'm kind of glad I didn't have like a huge part (like the Beast, I was only Gaston), so I got to see most of the play before I got a copy of it on tape. I'm also going to see the play house's version of it this summer. My two favorite songs that aren't in the movie are Home and A Change In Me but the song Me is definetely one of the best too. I loved my school's version of it, I loved the choreography, I didn't realize how HILARIOUS it was until I saw it on tape because I was too busy doing it to know how funny it was :razz:
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Amer
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:35 pm Posts: 1912 Location: Texas
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A...This movie, Lion King, and Aladdin, are the three greatest animated movies ever, and I think will always be. No movie comes close in my opinion to these movies. And the music...is actually good.
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Anita Hussein Briem
Yes we can call dibs on the mountain guide
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:47 pm Posts: 3290 Location: Houston
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It's okay. Childhood fantasy never enthralled me during the supposed years of childhood fantasy; as I kid I preferred movies like Jaws and Indiana Jones. The fairytale stories and musical numbers just didn't do it. Ultimately, Pixar's teen-oriented morality plots connected better; if I want an unadulterated fairytale, Fantasia would be top choice.
For traditional-animation films, Ghibli's adult fare Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Mononoke strike a chord. Never having been much of a child at heart, that would only be natural.
B+ for effort.
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Groucho
Extraordinary
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Posts: 12096 Location: Stroudsburg, PA
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How come so many of you post your grades in this but never do the poll at the top?
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:56 am |
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bABA
Commander and Chef
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:56 am Posts: 30505 Location: Tonight ... YOU!
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Groucho wrote: How come so many of you post your grades in this but never do the poll at the top?
i barely ever grade up there as i never look at the grades and the percentage.
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DIB2
All Star Poster
Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:57 am Posts: 4669 Location: Anchorage, AK
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Disney on there A game, this film is amazing
A+
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Anita Hussein Briem
Yes we can call dibs on the mountain guide
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:47 pm Posts: 3290 Location: Houston
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Groucho wrote: How come so many of you post your grades in this but never do the poll at the top?
My B's up there. Triumphantly.
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Erendis
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:40 am Posts: 1527 Location: Emyn Arnen
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And my A is up there, although it should EASILY be an A+, easily. I was so rooting for the Oscar. It's true, this movie is the sole reason for an Animated Best Picture Oscar, and honestly, they should have given it some honorary Oscar.
I think it's the best that Disney has ever made. I never did like Aladdin or even Lion King.
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