There are some really amazing touches to this version. The effects are really well done, especially for the time period. The photography is usually very enjoyable. The design for the Beast is excellent.
But there are some weaknesses. I don't care for the dialogue too much. Some of it seems more hammy than it should be. And I had a big problem with the way that the ending works. Beauty's brother attempts to break in to the house that holds the Beast's treasure, as the Beast lay dying. A statue near the treasure shoots the brother with an arrow, turning him into a Beast. Suddenly, the original Beast is perfectly fine, and is back to being his human self. The implication is that there is only one Beast at a time. So… Beauty's love has nothing to do with turning Beast back. Even though this is talked about in the dialogue, it seems that the message is that greed turns people into being a Beast, and only letting go of that greed allows them to regain their humanity. Love has little, or nothing, to do with it.
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