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Awesome movie.

posted 18 years ago by missheatherness
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This is one of my favorite moives. I like it better than the Disney version.

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[–] svlina-1 18 years ago

I have never read the Novel, so I didn't know which one is follow closely to Novel but I loved both film (this Jean Cocteau version and Disney version)

For Cocteau version was really wonderful,just some scene was shortage which I think it could give more of explanation ,I really love the scene that Belle given water to the beast and he drink water in her hand.

[–] dreadpirate2 18 years ago

There's not really an original novel, but you can easily find a translation the French retellings online. There's the original version by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, and the more popular adaptation by Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont.

Of course, the basic plot of a beautiful woman and an unknown or bestial suitor is very popular. The oldest version that I know of is the story of Enkidu, found in the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh.

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[–] fearnotofman 17 years ago

Considering the Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known fictional story in history, it's kinda tough to find something to outdate that.

Edit: I should clarify so I don't look stupid. It's a mythical story based on a real king, so it's not entirely fictional.

[–] karenlynn1 18 years ago

I think it is the best movie ever made. Just my opinion of course.

It's really underappreciated though.

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[–] phowell1 17 years ago

This is my second personal favorite film. Magical movie-making, a fairy tale for adults. I didn't care for the Disney film, probably because I have such a love for this version. I do like many of the early Disney films (Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi), but I didn't really take to the Disney version of Beauty, perhaps because I saw it as an adult, while the others I had seen as a child. But I highly recommend the Cocteau version, and also his Orpheus.

[–] mazzystrange 17 years ago

This movie is just so beautiful. *___* I love it.

[–] fotia_autos 17 years ago

I'm watching it right now on TV, its really good! The cinimatography is beutiful despite the lack of color. I really didn't like the disney version, most of the disney fariy tales were really hollow and it makes me mad considering how deep the original stories were, so I really prefer this one to the Disney. Most movies from the 1940's are great but I love this one in particular!

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[–] BwlBoy 16 years ago

This film is a fine example of just how pathetically unreliable the imdb top 250 list is. It's comfortably one of the best 250 films ever made.

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