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New Beauty and The Beast "belle" spot with a lot less autotune
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Thank you.
Piano accompanists to instruments + vocalists can help people audition/perform by filling in notes when they notice their partners are struggling with memory slips or missed notes.
This track has violins covering vocal parts, so nothing misses when any of the singers do not sing in key.
Mortimer Brewster
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I was skeptical about Watson from the start and this brief clip does nothing to alleviate my concerns. While her voice sounds decent enough she lacks the emotion and nuance when singing that Paige O'Hara had in the original version. Then there is her horribly distracting eye brow acting that looks like the bastard child of Steven Seagal and Emilia Clarke. Finally, she seems to be trying to sounds French in some of her line readings while reverting to her English accent at other points. It was bad enough I was getting Christopher Lambert in Highlander vibes. She needs to pick an accent and stick with it.
Still due to my love of the source material, the always great Dan Stevens and an awesome supporting cast, this will be a must see even if Watson is a pretty weak Belle.
Still due to my love of the source material, the always great Dan Stevens and an awesome supporting cast, this will be a must see even if Watson is a pretty weak Belle.
hermione EXPOSED
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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It's totally bland. The only thing it inspires in me is 'oh yeah, member that great Disney animated film, one of the greatest films of all time? Here's a lesser remake.
I don't mind her singing. That's the only positive thing about it.
I don't mind her singing. That's the only positive thing about it.
CadetMahoney
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The best thing The Jungle Book movie did was being highly different from the original. But then again the animated movie is kind of a cheapo production and isn't as highly regarded as BaTB either. Live action movies of the Disney Renaissance are gonna have a hard-ass time living up to the originals.
Good fucking luck to Jon Favreau attempting to beat this.
Soapbox Killer
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It's going to make so much money!
Bookmarking for whose gonna eat crow.
Are you really doubling down on this? It's literally one of the worst bets you could make about any film this year. Maybe aside from "Episode 8 is going to tank".
It's going to do The Jungle book live action numbers easily.
I plan on seeing it just because I loved the original and I don't usually go to the cinema.
You are going to get more people seeing this movie than normal. You are getting parents who bought the movie back in 1992. The kids at the time who loved the movie and not those kids kids will see it.
I plan on seeing it just because I loved the original and I don't usually go to the cinema.
You are going to get more people seeing this movie than normal. You are getting parents who bought the movie back in 1992. The kids at the time who loved the movie and not those kids kids will see it.
It looks so plain.
It's pointless to argue against the Disney marketing machine. This shit's gonna make money no matter what.
The editing in this movie seems all over the place. In this clip, between the 8-10 second mark, what are we meant to be looking at? Whatever LeFou is doing is obscured by people in the crowd. We're just looking at a dead shot of the room while the character who is singing and who our focus should be on is swallowed up.
It feels like someone with no musical experience is directing this, they don't seem to know how to move the camera and characters with the music simultaneously. It looks static and poorly edited.
This movie is still so strange to me. It's so similar to the original that I don't really know what's the point.
Cinderella for instance followed the same story beats as the original but otherwise it had its distinct direction that was very different from the animated version (and it dropped the musical stuff altogether). Beauty and the Beast seems to be the exact same movie with some slightly different shots and a little additional content.
Cinderella for instance followed the same story beats as the original but otherwise it had its distinct direction that was very different from the animated version (and it dropped the musical stuff altogether). Beauty and the Beast seems to be the exact same movie with some slightly different shots and a little additional content.
GentlemanCrow
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Anne Hathaway would've been my choice.
Incredible singer too.
Anne Hathaway in her Princess Diary days would have been a very simple and correct choice.
Discotheque
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Anne Hathaway would've been my choice.
Incredible singer too.
aww man, now I'm even more annoyed at the emma watson casting.
anyways that Gaston song clip sounds about right. can't help but feel everything about this just seems like an airless remake though. it lacks the energy that the cartoon had.
Josh Gad looks appropriately like the biggest shit ever as LeFou though. basically all the casting is pretty money except Belle.
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For sure this was an obvious pick. She's honestly not even too old unless you really insist on Bell being youngAnne Hathaway would've been my choice.
Incredible singer too.
Triggerhappytel
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Anne Hathaway would've been my choice.
Incredible singer too.
Yeah, she's gorgeous and would have suited the part, but she's probably 5-10 years older than Disney was looking for.
Go ahead; we'll see who's wrong. I expect this will be a massive success (even if it doesn't review particularly well) and the floor is probably around what Cinderella made; just shy of $600 million. Its upper end is probably around Frozen levels if it really takes off with young girls.
ronaldthump
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movie's gonna tank. she looks like she's in a play. the costumes don't quite look "real"
Razgriz-Specter
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Loved the first clip....
WTF is this though? they fucked up the best song in the movie.
I take it that you haven't been following the buzz on this film: http://deadline.com/2017/02/beauty-and-the-beast-advance-ticket-sales-fandango-1201900858/
It's widely expected to break $400M domestic. The gross you seem to think that it's heading toward to qualify as a bomb will likely be passed on its opening weekend.
I still think it will die down pretty hard and be forgotten under other movies. I hope Logan gets deadpool 2 effect and this soulless remake gets nothing
Dude this thing has a shot at becoming the new #3 box office champ of all time, unadjusted. Just take the L already.
Why does he have to take anything? It might yet crash and burn on the second weekend DC style!
Seriously though, I don't think it has any chance whatsoever at reaching $2 billion.
Yeah, for some reason I went crazy for a moment and thought Alice was #3 domestic, but it's nowhere close. Regardless, it's going to be a massive hit. There's no way to spin this movie (which I have absolutely no interest in) as anything other than a gigantic success.
And I feel bad for the haters, because Disney's live action adaptation pipeline includes The Lion King, Dumbo (Tim Burton), Sword in the Stone, Aladdin, a prequel to Aladdin about how the Genie got in the lamp called ”Genies," a Cruella de Vil origin story called ”Cruella," Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan (staaahhp), Pinocchio, Jungle Book 2, Maleficent 2, Snow White, Rose Red, Little Mermaid, James and the Giant Peach, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and a movie about Chernabog the demon from Fantasia.
If people thought the MCU was oversaturated, buckle up.
KeyBladerXIII
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Yeah, a good amount of those have potential to be big hits, hopefully Disney does something really out there and craz-
Aaron Strife
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Pretty early on in the song, maybe it picks up.
Hard to judge these out of context, though I agree with some of the complaints about staging/cinematography.
That not only looks average but sounds terrible.
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