10 Changes That Make Beauty And The Beast Worse Than The Original

10. Too Many Added Songs

It seems likely that 2018 will see perhaps a re-launch of the Beauty and the Beast musical based on this expanded film version. With a run time of just over two hours, mainly based on the range of additional songs, the film bogs itself down in misplaced numbers that seem perfect for the stage but do not carry well inside the film.

Newcomer to the soundtrack 'How Does A Moment Last Forever' pops up in three ways during the film. Whilst it's great to have Céline Dion involved again given that her rendition of 'Beauty and the Beast' with Peabo Bryson did well as a bona fide pop song in the 90s, it arguably should have been left to the credits.

What's worse is that, for long-time fans, the song cut from the 1991 animated classic, 'Human Again', is nowhere to be seen. And this is despite the film emphasizing the plight of the servants far more than the original! Additionally, experiencing Dan Stevens' rendition of the resurrected 'For Evermore' was meant to be an emotionally poignant moment but came off as rather trite in the end.