VHS : Beauty And The Beast [Disney 1992]

Rating: - *I* want adventure in the great wide somewhere!
This is easily the greatest disney film every.

1) the songs are awesome. "Gaston" had me chuckling away.
2) the animation, especially in the snow and the forests, is just amazing
3) you can read as much depth as you want into the story.

Unlike virtually every other fairy tale, especially disney stories, belle isn't a princess. She's not even all that poor. She's a middle class girl in a rural environment. And the thing that she likes most in the world? Reading. how awesome is that? she doesn't just fall in love with the main guy in town, she goes for the guy with the biggest library. Similarly, the one who really learns his lesson is the beast, for being mean to that old woman, who was in fact a witch. So the aristocrat was brought down for his lack of deference and re-educated in the ways of polite society by a woman from the lower orders. Ace.

4)It's got Jerry Orbach from Law and Order as Lumiere!

This is not one of those films that you thought was great but watch again and it stinks. The pace is good, the songs keep the whole thing moving. I was uncertain about ordering this but I did and it made my day!

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Rating: - A tale as old as time
This is my favorite disney movie of all time. great characters, great story and great songs.A feast for the eyes and ears.
Perfect for those sick days spent snuggled under a duvet!

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Rating: - my life would never be the same
i first saw this movie when i was 3 it was my favorite film but now i am 18 and i cant belive it is still my favourite film i would rather watch this movie again than any other.this movie is just packed with magic i love all the disney films but this doesnt compare.the way they capture two people who didnt fit in to find each other over come all obsticals and sill be able to fit in amazing music , damsil in destress , beautiful gown and one of the greatest love story which all disney films have beauty and the beast did it better in ever other way and more including the magic mirror , the magic rose and the amazin charecters.
i have watched it so many times its hard to belive that ever time i watch it its like the first time i forget everything around me i still cry every time at the end this film has just had a big impact on my life. no other film has done any of it before its so original

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Rating: - Just lovely
This is by far my favourate Disney Film. It's innocence is a joy to see in comparision to other more violent childrens films. The annimation is lovely, the songs are a joy and the scene of Beauty and the Beast dancing together never fails to leave both my children singing the tune and asking to go to Disney Land too!

This is a disney film that will not be forgotten as others such as pocahontus were. It is also probably the last good Disney film of it's kind, as they have now elected to focus on computer annimation.

Suspend cynicism and see it through the eyes of a child- it is a truelly beautiful film

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Rating: - What have they done to the colours?!
My sister still has the original 1992 video and it is by far superior. Whoever was responsible for the colours on this version should have lost their job - they are not the original colours from the film. Maurice's eyes have been coloured green instead of black, the west wing has been brightened so much it is no longer mysterious and I HATE IT when they put sequences that weren't in the film in the movie, as they did with 'Human Again' This is NOT the film I saw! This scene should have been an extra. They did the same with The Lion King. Thank God The Little Mermaid wasn't messed about with. Restorations should simply preserve what was in the original release, not mess about with it like this. A great shame as it is a fabulous film. I wonder if the 2-disc red box set was better?