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- Oct 20, 2000
Saw Beauty and the Beast on IMAX today. It was wonderful. I had forgotten what a wonderful movie it is. I enjoyed it immensely. A couple of observations:
When I got there, they theater was sold out and had to wait until the next showing. Be sure to get there early if you want to get in (the showing I went to sold out as well).
Human Again was a great addition to the film. The animation was good and well placed in the film (if you had never seen it before, you might not have noticed the sequence was added a decade later). The only thing that was a little disappointing was the new sequence with Belle reading to the Beast. The animation on Belle was not quite as good as in the rest of the movie and the dialogue was not what I expected (really thought it would be the version from the Broadway show where she tells the Beast that she knows how it feels to be considered odd.) Oh, well.
What I thought was most surprising was that 10 lines seemed to be missing from the end of Gaston. The end is now like they end the song in the Broadway show. Am I crazy or did anyone else who saw this notice?
Lastly, I thought that the film did not really suffer from being stretched for the IMAX screen. For the most part, it looked fine. The one thing that sticks out in my mind is at the end when Belle is dancing with the Prince. For a long time there was a rumor that the animation on Belle and the Prince was reused animation from the finale of Sleeping Beauty. From it being blown up so much, I can say yes, it does look like Sleeping Beauty. The steps are as far as I can tell identical, they kissed at the end in the exact same was Aurora and Phillip did, and the Prince even looked more like Phillip for a few shots. Just one of the things I found interesting about the film seeing it that large. If you get the chance, defiantly see it.
When I got there, they theater was sold out and had to wait until the next showing. Be sure to get there early if you want to get in (the showing I went to sold out as well).
Human Again was a great addition to the film. The animation was good and well placed in the film (if you had never seen it before, you might not have noticed the sequence was added a decade later). The only thing that was a little disappointing was the new sequence with Belle reading to the Beast. The animation on Belle was not quite as good as in the rest of the movie and the dialogue was not what I expected (really thought it would be the version from the Broadway show where she tells the Beast that she knows how it feels to be considered odd.) Oh, well.
What I thought was most surprising was that 10 lines seemed to be missing from the end of Gaston. The end is now like they end the song in the Broadway show. Am I crazy or did anyone else who saw this notice?
Lastly, I thought that the film did not really suffer from being stretched for the IMAX screen. For the most part, it looked fine. The one thing that sticks out in my mind is at the end when Belle is dancing with the Prince. For a long time there was a rumor that the animation on Belle and the Prince was reused animation from the finale of Sleeping Beauty. From it being blown up so much, I can say yes, it does look like Sleeping Beauty. The steps are as far as I can tell identical, they kissed at the end in the exact same was Aurora and Phillip did, and the Prince even looked more like Phillip for a few shots. Just one of the things I found interesting about the film seeing it that large. If you get the chance, defiantly see it.