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Anyhow, yesterday afternoon we watched Beauty and the Beast. Again. (Nora loves her some Belle, but does not care for Gaston or, as she refers to him, Moonstone.)
P.J. walked in during the prologue and was struck by a crucial, heretofore unnoticed point: The enchantress has cast a spell on the horrid prince whom, we're led to believe, is of Key Decision-Making Age. (In my experience with males, this would be roughly 26 years old. But let's give Pre-Beast the benefit of the doubt and say he was mid teen-aged.) And, as everyone knows, the enchanted rose is to bloom until the Beast's 21st birthday, at which point it will start to wither and die tout de suite. Unless someone learns to love and be loved by a beast. (Impossible!)
So.
You're telling me that there's an orphaned, teen-aged prince living somewhere in France, who suddenly and irrevocably is turned into a monster and NOT ONE PERSON IN THE SURROUNDING DUCHY NOTICES? And it's just to be assumed that he did not know one single body who lived outside of the castle walls? No occasionally visiting ambassadors? Tradesmen, troubadours, apple vendors- no one?
Even Belle and her father- who are apparently within a five hour hike of the place- have never heard of this guy? I call shenanigans on his royalty and demand to see some papers.
Also, curses aside, am I to believe that an entire castle can turn to ruins in a matter of five years? We've seen that the staff of candles, clocks and teapots can quite obviously shine up the place in the time it takes to sing a welcoming dinner song, so what gives? If it's a Doom and Gloom kinda spell (and/or the kind of magic that prevents a person from knowing something exists), then the castle crew shouldn't be able to just spring to life for a visitor- nor should Belle ever have been able to just walk into the joint like it was a Howard Johnson's [with shredded tapestries].
QUESTIONS.
This might be a stellar time to take a second and thank all of our veterans and those brave souls currently serving our country. I do realize that I am freed up to blog about film inconsistencies, creatures residing in my house, and awful song lyrics because of the terrific men and women who have protected it. So I thank you. (All.) I could never in a trillion years do what you do (and have done).
Some of us are just slightly better suited to the Yelling At Inanimate Objects line of work.
7 comments:
My favorite part of this movie is when he's fighting Gaston on the roof and Belle returns to save him. He shouts, "BELLE!" and she shouts, "BEAST!" Aaaaand you realize that he has never told her his actual name. She's just been calling him Beast around the house. "Our little frolic in the snow was fun, Beast. More hot cocoa?"
You sound like my husband, who questions EVERYTHING in movies.
Suspend disbelief, I tell him.
Then we go off tangent and discuss details filmmakers (animated or not) may have NOT thought about, and should have consulted us.
Movies typically takes us 3 days to finish.
Now you know why.
@Hillary- YES. I mean, is it John? Steve? Steve Beast? I need more information, here.
@Alison- I don't really see the problem, here. All I'm getting from this is that you're a citizen concerned with The Issues.
So you're saying Gaston should have provided his full birth certificate?
@Nat- I'm saying the BEAST should provide proof of lineage. That is what I'm saying.
You'll notice at the end that the castle goes through a complete Makeover when the spell is broken.
I've always wondered about the mysterious prince, myself (well, not always. Since I was old enough to notice /care/watch it a few dozen times)
There are some things that should just be enjoyed and then you move on. The color, the songs, the drama and the good story line at the end. That is why the key audience is much younger. Though I still LOVE Disney.
We were just talking about this the other day, Sesame Street was thought to be subversive because they mixed puppets and humans, this is TRUE. Adults over analyzed this and thought it would be upsetting to kids.
Charlie Brown didn't have adults speaking in real language wah wah.. people were concerned and thought this would be upsetting and confusing to children. Mostly adults get upset with new and different, kids just enjoy. I loved all of these and thank God for them, some people had vivid imaginations because of them.
I like Moonstone better.
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