Customer Reviews

Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition)

5 star:		(245)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

This movie was not converted well to 3D format. It was really good in scenery parts (which had a lot of depth originally) but others were jittery or changed the character appearance. I preferred the non 3D format which I already owned. This was a lot for an "okay" version. Would have like to spend less to get just the 3D version than the combo pack of a movie I already owned. Preferred 3DTangled and 3D Smurfs to this one.

Although I live neither in a cave nor on Mars, I only saw Beauty for the first time a few weeks ago (2010). I had to have a copy. It's the finest animated feature I've ever seen and one of the best movies of any kind. Walt Disney's goal in the 1930s was to make first-rate movies for the whole family and Beauty is exactly that. The music, animation, screenplay and characters are very close to flawless. Everything fits. Everything works.
It sounds like the best of Broadway, will bring laughs and tears, yet Belle and the Beast have their noble characters very well developed. It's a total joy to watch, regardless of your age!

When I bought Disney's Beauty and the Beast "Special Platinum Edition" I was expecting just that, a high quality film with added extras not contained on the original. Instead, what I found myself with was a tampered work of art, a disgraced former masterpiece. The entire movie looks like it has had it's color stripped from it and repainted with bargain bin paints. No longer are there rich colors, sharp contrasts, and beautiful sceney, but now the film looks worse than it's straight to video sequel. The cover looks great, that's what the film used to look like, but the actual DVD is no where near that good looking. Some of the animation looks like it has had some of its detail removed and when I was watching it seemed like some of the frame rate was reduced because of the sluggish movement of the characters mouths when speaking. It is a completely different movie and I have since returned my copy and stuck with my original release. Some of the games and extra features are interesting and entertaining, but that's really like saying a TV show was awful, but there was a funny commercial here and there. I wish Disney would stop messing around with their work and just leave it the way we all saw it and loved it in the theaters. Walt would have never let something like this leave the studio if he were still running it, and that's the bottom line.

I was eight years old when Beauty and the Beast first came out, and I must say, I prefer the old video version to this new DVD. I watched the DVD the other night while I was babysitting. There's a song in it called "Human Again" that wasn't in the first release. I could see why they cut it. Except for the kind of touching little scene with Belle and the Beast reading, that corny song was unnecessary. Also, I dunno if this was due to the TV or not, but the colors seemed too rich, too bright (i tried adjusting the TV, but the colors still didn't look right). I remember the colors being much softer, not so intense. The DVD version of the movie looked too much like a TV cartoon rather than feature film animation. I did like the sound, though. Unless you're a huge fan of the movie and want to see the extras included in the DVD, I suggest searching for the old release of the video (that is in good condition) in a used video store.

Movie is great, but it's a Disney classic so of course it's good. Purchase was fast and easy, no concerns.

Although I felt that the price was a bit high, the discs were in perfect condition and everything was there on time. A great addition to my Disney movie collection!

Amazing movie. Everyone should own it. It is a classic I grew up with and plan on watching with my kids...when I have any.

I read the reviews of this DVD but purchased it anyway. A big mistake. Stick to the VHS version. The colors in the DVD are atrocious. I am so disappointed in Disney for not releasing the only animated film ever to be nominated for a best picture Oscar in the best possible format. The public deserves an apology for getting our hopes up.

I'm giving this edition a 1 star rating because Disney messed up the video quality. By including 3 versions of the film onto a single disc, the result is high video compression. The low quality is noticable on larger tv screens. As a friend of mine said before, this should've been a 3 disc set w/ 1 version on each disc. Wait til it's reissued if you want a high quality dvd.

I would rate this DVD much higher than 2 stars if it weren't for one horrible flaw: the audio transfer to DVD on this edition is PATHETIC. I have listened both to my copy and 2 others and on ALL of them there are points (admittedly brief, but STILL...) at which song lyrics and dialogue become COMPLETELY INAUDIBLE.

I was VERY disappointed with this release.