Brittany Garcia
1991
Beauty and The Beast
Directed by: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
In this
movie, a big “beast” captures Belle’s dad. Because he was really sick, Belle
bargained with the beast to allow her father to leave when in return she
promised to stay as his prisoner. Much later, Belle ends up falling in love
with the beast and discovers that he isn’t a beast at all. He was actually her
prince charming just trapped under a spell that she broke by loving him.
I can’t
believe that I had never sat down and watched this entire movie before. It was
super cute. I believe though that it attempted to express several underlying
messages. The first is the act of being shallow. Everyone in the movie
discriminates against the beast because he is ”bigger, hairier, and has sharp
teeth.” Whatever the reason, they make very rude remarks toward him. Belle,
sees past all of this, and falls in love with his personality. I think this is
a good message to relay to kids that looks are not everything and should not control
everything,
Although
this a Disney animation movie, a lot of the camera techniques were still
utilized. For example, in the very beginning, Belle’s father gets on his horse
and begins to ride away into the woods. The camera slowly changes from a close
up to a long shot. This way they show him riding away and show the mountains
and the sunset in the background. I also loved that this was a musical
performance. I could relate to the film in that growing up, I was dancer. In
one of our recitals, a group of younger girls performed the very musical from
this movie called “Be Our Guest.” I knew the dance was from this movie but I
had never the actual playing of it. I thought it was great. A good classic
movie!
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