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New Beauty and The Beast "belle" spot with a lot less autotune
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I'm surprised: it looks like a tiny set just like that Mirror, Mirror movie.
crisdecuba
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I wish I could tell the difference between auto tuning and not auto tuned.
I agree that it's a lot lower energy than the animated ones, but I feel like that's a more fitting attitude for someone who's stuck in a perpetual cycle of tedium in a town where people do nothing but gossip about you.
She's sick of their shit.
Wafflecakes
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Seems fine.
This was my thought while watching the clip.
Discotheque
Banned
Sounded like T Pains beauty and the beast
The cartoon is my GOAT Disney movie so I'm both pleased to see this clip but also find the concept of this movie (and certainly that upcoming lion king) entirely redundant
Pretty hyped for the Gaston scene in the bar tho.
and less busty.
brandonh83
Banned
Looks solid.
Exterminieren
Banned
Seems good! I will say that they break up the singing a little much for my tastes, but I'm liking the way they're putting this together.
Eh. The original ramps up the energy as it goes, until you've got the huge crowds and cascading sound at the end of the song. If anything, there's more early action and this movement in this version.
If it isn't as busy and lively as the animated version by the time it ends, they've fucked up. The way they thread the townsfolk's gossip into the song at the climax is one of my favourite touches in the original.
Eh. The original ramps up the energy as it goes, until you've got the huge crowds and cascading sound at the end of the song. If anything, there's more early action and this movement in this version.
If it isn't as busy and lively as the animated version by the time it ends, they've fucked up. The way they thread the townsfolk's gossip into the song at the climax is one of my favourite touches in the original.
thecouncil
Banned
Why's she just steal bread from that baker?
Why'd she shove a whole fruit down that donkeys throat?
Why'd she walk along the wall where those kids were doing stuff when the ground was clear right next to the wall?
Belle seems like an asshole.
Why'd she shove a whole fruit down that donkeys throat?
Why'd she walk along the wall where those kids were doing stuff when the ground was clear right next to the wall?
Belle seems like an asshole.
Admiral Woofington
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If you were the Baker and you heard her singing about how shitty and boring your bread is every day, you wouldn't be as lively anymore as you consider your life choices and where they have lead you.
1) Didn't know this was a thing
2) They got Emma Watson playing Belle? Eh...
What does being animated have to do with anything?
2) They got Emma Watson playing Belle? Eh...
What does being animated have to do with anything?
UberTag
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Being an asshole in a musical hasn't hurt that other Emma any. She's taking home the Oscar this weekend.
Septimus Prime
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Not digging it. =(
I liked it, but the direction is a little... off? It's a little hard to figure out what we should be focusing on in some shots. There's also little sense of scale while we move through the town--how far is she going? How far has she gone?
Hard to tell from a 60sec clip, though. Can't judge the whole movie on it obviously.
Hard to tell from a 60sec clip, though. Can't judge the whole movie on it obviously.
Jeff Albertson
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Can't decide if I love or hate it, still got opening weekend tickets booked.
I still can't see past Emma Watson cosplaying as Belle rather than seeing Belle.
I didn't have that problem with Cinderella so it just makes me wish they had someone less recognisable as Belle.
I still can't see past Emma Watson cosplaying as Belle rather than seeing Belle.
I didn't have that problem with Cinderella so it just makes me wish they had someone less recognisable as Belle.
This looks very good, can't wait to see it.
She paid for it. She placed coin in the tin on his tray.
She paid for it. She placed coin in the tin on his tray.
He has a cup on the tray with the bread. Belle drops coins in at the same time as she picks it up. Another person does the same after her. He's selling bread.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Can't wait tbh
UnknownSpirit
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I just want to make the point of saying that the backhalf of this song picks up after the introduction of gaston... however it is slower at the start.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Her vocals have still been treated lots, it's just less obvious (but still there).
Hmmm. Still not really feeling non singers in these roles. Idk why they don't just get in actual singers and dub the songs.
Hmmm. Still not really feeling non singers in these roles. Idk why they don't just get in actual singers and dub the songs.
Wafflecakes
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Can you tell by the pixels?
Betta Lines
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There is still tons of autotune. I assume you're comparing it to this TV spot, and I don't hear any major reduction. The main difference is that the new clip appears to be the complete audio, whereas the previous TV spot had separated the vocal track, so the pitch adjustments were really exposed. In the new clip, the vocal has been tucked away neatly into the score.
Also worth noting that the violins are literally playing the same notes as the vocal, which is a common way of disguising a weak voice. In the original, the strings do not play the melody at all, because O'Hara could carry the melody comfortably herself. The original score sounds much more delicate and reduced - the new version sounds awkward because the strings aren't acting as a natural accompaniment, instead they're being used to force the melody.
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StrawberryJam
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Never been a fan of Emma Watson's acting but I'm going into this with an open mind. More excited for Dan Stevens if anything, very underrated actor.
UnknownSpirit
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She isn't the greatest, but if the rest of this song is good and they do Gaston as good as it appears (in trailers and such) then I'll be happy.
Garrett Hawke
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It's hard to describe but you can just... tell. Like go listen to frozen or moana or even tangled, all of which have obviously undergone vocal treatment but starting from better so the tweaks are more subtle.
lunchtoast
Member
I like that song.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Looks great. Very similar in style to Disney's other recent live action musicals like Into The Woods, which I also enjoyed.
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