The classic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, has a bit of a new look now thanks to Douglas Reese's August bait. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, the bait has some great things about it, including a near perfect director choice. The bait seems to tailor to Del Toro, and as of now, he is a lock for a nomination in my opinion, but the bait lacks in a few areas. The story, while captivating, is a bit out there sometimes, even for Del Toro. The descriptions, create a vivid picture in the brain, that didn't really work for me at all times. Many characters are not present in this version that are in the classic Disney film, such as the fun loving objects around the castle, yet Douglas makes up for it with a talented cast, and an interesting adaptation. The press section is definatley weaker than the rough draft synopsis, and doesn't really seem like a review at all IMO, yet it didn't really bother me all that much. The synopsis needs to be shortened (which is likely considering this is a rough draft) and has a few childish writing moments, but hopefully all this will be gone. The crew is extremely large however, and Douglas campaigns in a few wrong areas, plus the Mexican feel to it isn't much my taste. I do miss the comfort of Disney but, you get a suitable story, good cast, and a strong bait, sounds good to me!
Grade: B
4 comments:
Dude interesting preview but just one thing I noticed, remember this is a very old tale, a lot older than the diseny movie, try like 300 hundred years older lol, just would like to point out that the disney version took a lot of liberties from the original story because there isn't an actual original story, there have been a lot of versions and I just think it would be understandable but sort of unfair to take the diseny movie like a strong reference to this interpretation. Great work though.
Alex S.
I definately knew that Alex, it's just I assumed going in that the Disney version was the inspiration, not the extremely old tale, as I would guess many readers would guess as well. Thanks for the comments though, keep them up...
"Plus the Mexican feel to it isn't much my taste".
Douglas has the liberty to take the feel he wants the most. Unless it really doesn't work, saying it isn't much of your taste isn't bringing anything constructive.
LOL..."the Mexican feel."
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