Beauty and the Beast

In April 2020, I watched the Disney live-action movie Beauty and the Beast for the first time on DVD. I first knew the story of it at the same time. 

Heart-warming was how the beast had changed since he met with a village girl named Belle. Disgusting was how arrogantly and selfishly the former soldier Gaston acted. 

The lead, Emma Watson, had debuted in the Harry Potter series and is known as one of the most beautiful actresses in the world. I, however, saw her for the first time and I did not feel that she was really beautiful maybe because I had hardly watched the popular series and as a result I had not emotionally involved with her, unlike her longtime fans. It also might be a matter of preference. Yet I felt that she was acting and singing quite well, so I believe that she is certainly an excellent actress. 

As for the film, I had expected it a lot because all the fans of the film around me had told me that it was wonderful, yet it was not better than I had expected and not better than the Disney animation film Coco that I watched just before then. It was as good as the Disney live-action movie Maleficent and it never bored me through, though. It also interested me in the animated version of it, so it was worth watching it over all. 

Evan McGregor appeared in it. Around the release of it, he allegedly had a difficult time due to his adultery. Basically, I am not interested in the personal matters of the famous persons but when I knew about it recently, I was kind of shocked because I thought of him as clean and pure. After that, I talked about it to a coworker who was a fan of him when she said that it could not have been helped because he is so cool that women around him are likely to fall in love with him and not let him alone. She was absolutely right, but all the same it was still shocking to me. Only they know what is happening between two people, though. By the way, it is said that Evan's present girlfriend is Mary Elizabeth Winstead who he allegedly had an affair with. Both of them appeared in Birds of Prey together where she was pretty and attractive. They must be happy now.