Ho-Hum! Beauty And The Beast 3D Is Just Another Brilliant Disney Classic!

Disney BEAUTY & THE BEAST 3D

We all know the story – the beautiful Belle sacrificing her freedom to save her father; the arrogant princeling whose ill treatment of a poor old woman leads to being cursed to become a beast until he finds someone who can love him despite his ferocious appearance. The question is whether it’s worth seeing the film in 3D.

Short answer: Yes!

Beauty and the Beast is one of Disney’s best feature length animations. The hand drawn animation is top flight; the music is truly fine – the songs aren’t just songs, they help develop the characters and further the plot; the voice cast is perfect, and the pacing is just right. It is one of the absolute best Disney films ever made.

What does the 3D do?

Disney BEAUTY & THE BEAST 3D

Despite the film being animated, the 3D makes it seem like we are moving through the forest; when the dishes burst into Be Our Guest, it’s like being in the middle of a big, deliriously happy Broadway song and dance number; when the egocentric Gaston leans in on Belle in what he imagines is a romantic situation, he looms over us like a true movie villain leaning over Pauline on the train tracks.

In short, Beauty and the Beast 3D almost literally draws us into the film and makes it real for us [in each of the situations described above, and others, my fourteen-year old niece – who has seen the 2D version many, many times – was saying, ‘Cool!’].

For the parents out there, I’ll put it like this, it was well worth getting up at 7 am on a Saturday morning to see it.

Nuff said.

Final Grade: A+

Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.