Disneys Beauty and the Beast by Ellen Titlebaum

Disneys Beauty and the Beast Reviews

• 
  Nayra.Hassan

  و ستظل الجميلة تبحث عن مفتاح النور بداخل الوحش لتنير روحه..و في رحلة البحث سيذوي جمالها..و تخمد جذوة الأمل و الخير في قلبها..و قد تموت روحها قبل ان تجد النور؛ و قد لا تجده
  
  
  ستبقى الجميلة و الوحش اجمل قصة خيالية-واقعية عن الزواج او عن جوهر العلاقة الأبدية بين الرجل و المرأة
  كل فتاة تحمل بداخلها" بيل" المليئة بالثقة في قوة الحب على التغيير...و كل رجل هو نصف وحش و لا ينتظر من يغيره على الاطلاق !! و من هنا تأتي أهمية القصص الخيالية
  فلنجعل الرجل مسحوراً.. .و قبحه الخارجي هو السبب في قبح تصرفاته..و لن تزول اللعنة الا لو فهم كيف يحب و يتحب. .و تعود بالطبع للقرن 18
  
  القصة 36 صفحة لكنها حافلة بالرموز. .عن الإقطاع.. العبودية و الأسر. .الذل والقهر. .و طبعا هي بعيدة عن نسخة ديزني الفاتنة ..و اان اشتركا في الهدف المعروف "الحب أقوى من اي سحر"!!!ا
  و في الواقع أقول انا : فلتحبي الوحش كما هو
  ..و لا تنتظري معجزات
• 
  Manny

  Love the movie, hate, hate, HATE the marketing. The moral, which could not be presented more clearly, is that true beauty comes from within. Belle, the heroine of the story, is an intelligent and sensible girl who's usually got her nose in a book. Throughout virtually the whole film she wears this practical blue dress:
  
  
  
  But in 95% of the merchandise - dolls, posters, lunch-boxes etc - she is depicted wearing her admittedly tasteful but rather surprisingly revealing yellow ball gown, gazing up at the Beast with languishing eyes:
  
  
  
  Am I the only person in the world who finds this intensely irritating?
• 
  Marquise

  VERSION: Disney (technically, Retold Beaumont)
  ADAPTATION: 4.5 stars.
  ARTWORK: 5 stars
  BEAUTY: Brunette.
  BEAST: He has the head of a buffalo, the mane of a lion, the brow of a gorilla, human eyes, the tusks of a wild boar, the arms and body of a bear, and the legs and tail of a wolf.
  CURSE: An enchantress cursed the prince as a boy for being unkind to her.
  THE Rs: Expanded and made more natural.
  KEY ELEMENT CHANGED: The curse, Belle has no siblings, Adam was cursed as a boy, there's a rival for Belle's affection, Maurice isn't economically ruined, the castle servants are turned into furniture. Basically, it's a retelling and should be considered its own version, the third after Villeneuve and Beaumont.
  FAVOURITE SCENE:
  
  
  
  
  
  I've never been the biggest fan of Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast, but I've always loved the art and the visuals of the motion picture film, and it's nice to have a copy in paper for my collection, and for gazing at without having to rewatch. The artwork looks superior on the screen, though, especially the colours and facial expressions.
  
  Positives first: their depiction of Beast is exactly what Beast should be: hulking, animalistic, imposing, frightening, and awe-inspiring. He isn't supposed to be simply a man with an animal's head; that look would make him appear like he's wearing a mask like at a costume party. And who is ever frightened into trembling by such an appearance? Beauty wouldn't be. Beast is supposed to make you fear him for how he looks and love him for how he is, and in that, Disney was incredibly successful. It's no doubt one of my favourite depictions of him, and regardless of what I think of the plot, this is always going to be the highlight of Disney's version.
  
  The castle, the town Belle lives in, everything in the film is superb. It's an artist's dream. Belle's looks, her iconic yellow dress, the dance, the dining scene... So many things to appreciate and gaze at, the creators did so much right visually. Storytelling on the screen is visual, and they excelled at it.
  
  So why was Disney not my favourite? In a nutshell, because of the curse. In this reread of my top favourite B&B picture books, I've said over and over that the reason for the curse is important, and that both Villeneuve, the creator of the tale, and Beaumont, the populariser of the tale, have made it clear it was not the prince's fault. But Disney, who based their version on Beaumont, decided to make this a tale about punishment for bad behaviour and made it so that child Prince Adam got cursed because he was unkind to an enchantress. It was his fault, he "asked for it."
  
  And that's always rubbed me the wrong way. Beauty and the Beast is a tale about personal transformation and redemption, and making it the prince's fault didn't work well thematically. I hated Disney's take for the longest time for this, whilst at the same time feeling conflicted because I liked their art so much, liked their Beast so much.
  
  Then came people like
  Jerry Griswold, and especially
  Bethel Grove, who presented such convincing and well-argued analyses of Disney, and I was convinced, slowly but surely, I read more academic papers and books, and finally came to like the Disney version. For better or for worse, Disney is the version that everyone knows, and so there's no longer two version but three: Villeneuve, Beaumont, and Disney.
  
  Now I'm happy to count Disney amongst my favourites. I'll probably always rant about ignorant people who can't tell one version for another and mix the tale and the film when adapting it into picture books, but that's par for the course. Not everyone is careful to research the tale, after all.
• 
  Taghreed Jamal El Deen

  من صغري وهالقصة أحب قصص الطفولة لقلبي ..
  " الحب الصادق يلي بيقبلنا رغم بشاعتنا وعيوبنا بيقدر يعمل معجزات ويطلّع أحلى ما فينا " مؤمنة جدا بهي الحقيقة ♥
  كنت حابة اقرأ الحكاية الأصلية ودورت كتير ولقيت نسخ مختلفة لعدة كتّاب ما عرفت أيا فيهم الأصلية ! وبالنهاية قرأت نسخة ديزني اللي قرأتا بطفولتي .. إذا حدا من الأصدقاء بيعرف النسخة الأصلية بالعربي أو الإنجليزي يا ريت يساعدني
• 
  AleJandra

  ABURRIDO!!!!!!!!!
  
  
• 
  Bethany

  I must say that I think Beauty and the Beast is one of the best Disney stories. I love how Belle is able to look beyond the physical appearance of the Beast.
• 
  imane

  الجمال الحقيقي ياتي من الداخل وحتى لو حلت على احدهم لعنة بقليل من الحب قد يختفي الوحش
• 
  Jenny

  omg i loveeeed this.... shout out to 7th grade!
• 
  Alison

  Bennett cried when the Beast turned human again. Daddy says it's because this is a girl book and beasts>princes!
• 
  Maja

  I read it so many times. It's one of the most beautiful fairytales. And today it's my first time in english ;)
• 
  Shirley Revill

  Loved by my children and grandchildren. Recommended.
• 
  Matthew

  You may be wondering why on Earth I am posting so many reviews of short kids' books, and the answer is that I'm moving house for the first time since I was a toddler. I'm essentially having to pack up my childhood here!! Having to say goodbye to so many books is devastating, but on the plus side, it gives me a reason to sit and scroll throw all these gorgeous picture books. This one is an early reader's Book of the Film of the brilliant Beauty and the Beast (my favourite Disney film as well!!) and while it is sumptuously illustrated with painted stills from the film and retells the famous story with wistful nostalgia, it is of course rather inconsequential and only worth 2.5 stars at the most. However, for kids that love the film (me too!), this does the trick. There's also some surprisingly difficult words thrown in here, so perfect for children trying to expand their vocabulary (and adults too, I suppose).
• 
  Jasmine from How Useful It Is

  Read an ibook version of it for my kid. I'm so moved and teary eyed while my kid is quiet. I guess i can say we loved it!
• 
  Briceyda Pardo

  l love this book and it is so romantic l just like the part when the beauty and the beast just started dancing and l loved it l wish l was the beauty :)
• 
  Waverly Nyx

  4.4*/5*
  
  ...but we all know beauty and the beast is my fave so it gets 5* oh
• 
  Les Wilson

  Lovely story for Young and young at heart.
• 
  Ashley Reid

  Beauty and the beast has always been one of my favourite stories.
  
  Unfortunately I couldn’t watch the movies because of my seizures. But I’ve always wanted the library that the beast gave to Belle.
  
• 
  María

  Lo he encontrado tras años sin tener noticias de él. Estaba en casa de mi abuela y tenía que ponerlo aquí.
  
  Fue el primero libro que me regalaron, apenas recuerdo como lo leía -apenas no, no lo recuerdo-, y tampoco sé quién me lo regaló, tengo que preguntar a mi madre.
  
  Creo que fue este libro -y la película- y Bella quienes me inculcaron el placer por la lectura, ver a una protagonista que no paraba de leer me gustó mucho, por eso me identifico tanto con ella, imagino que a muchas otras lectoras le pasa algo parecido.
  
  Lo voy a guardar como oro en paño, ¡es mi primer libro!
• 
  Farshana ❤️rainnbooks❤️(on a break)

  Another Disney classic that I love the best beacuse it teaches kids about seeing the beauty within the person and not just how you look outside. Had fun expalining to my daughter as to why the girl is dancing with a monster?😂😂
• 
  Omnia reda

  love love love , love the book , love the animation and absolutely will love the 2017`s movie with the belle Emma Watson
• 
  Baileys Book Babble

  I read this to my little and it has been since I was little that I last read it. All the nostalgic feels came back and he was enthralled throughout the story. <3<3
• 
  Holly Dawson

  One of my favourites since I was younger Very good message too😀
• 
  Becky Charlton

  Best Disney book in the entire world.😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
  😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
  😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
  Everyone should read it i reccommend it.
• 
  Miguel Vega

  It's a cute little book that captures the animated Disney classic very well and makes me want to go on ahead and actually watch the movie that just came out.
• 
  Sarina

  Once upon a time, there lived a little girl who had just begun to venture in the land of books. One day she stumbled upon a fairytale story unlike anything she had ever imagined, and it was the tale of "Beauty and the Beast"....
  She grew to love it beyond measure and what endeared her to the story has become some of the best parts of her as she has grown into adulthood.
  
  "Beauty and the Beast" is so precious, special and beautiful to me because it's the first story that taught me to be a decent human being, to look past the first impression and into the soul of another, and to let go of past hurts so as to open my mind and heart to new possibilities.
  
  It taught me to have faith and trust and forgiveness when they were lost or forgotten or destroyed, but were needed the most to embark upon a journey full of second chances.
  I learned through this story the joy of being humble, the necessity of taking responsibilities for matters beyond my control, the many ways of caring for others, to never give up or rise up again after doing so, and to always have hopes for the best, no matter what.
  
  So, in short, what's so beautiful about this tale is that it gives you hope in the darkest of times (along with a library full of books of your dreams), like it did with that little girl who grew up to be me. ^__^
• 
  Pamela Hanna

  ok so here is the story of how Beauty aka Belle meets the Beast..so Belle lives in France and loves to read (me to lol) and everyone thinks she quirky even though they like her alot...along comes Gaston who thinks he is soooo fine all the girls are gaga over him except Belle lol and he wants to marry her but she says no of course(can't blame her) and then her father Maurice whose an inventor takes his new invention to market only he don't make it and wounds up at the Beast's castle..which by the way he was cursed by an enchantress years ago cause he was cruel and unkind.. he puts Maurcie in his dungeon and then Belle has to come find her dad and well she chose to live with the Beast if he would let her father go and so yeah then Maurice returns to the village and well u can read the book to find out what happens after that hehe