Talk:Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)/@comment-1672596-20140807173331/@comment-1672596-20150411012447

"Hello again, I understand that everyone has thier own opinion and thoughts on what pure hearted is. You can believe that shoving someone in the mud (which I believe isn't quite what happened in the film) because they repeatedly try to impress you so they can marry you, is better than the same person going out to murder the Beast. I personally think that Belle should be honoured because she stood up to someone who wouldn't leave her alone, after she certainly, nicely refused, the first couple of times. I still believe that Belle has an internal heart becuase she found the beauty in the Beast. Anyway it looks like you know your history. Thanks for telling me about  Jean-Paul. I am still learning different parts of history and I really enjoy it. Have a good day."

The way they showed Belle throwing Gaston out, however, made it seem as though she played a very cruel joke (she was seen smirking while waving him goodbye in a mocking manner after he landed in the mud). Maybe if they treated it more like how she handled Gaston in the musical (politely, but firmly refusing), or hey, how Mega Man felt about killing Ra Moon despite knowing full well he was too much of a threat to leave alive (in other words, reluctant, a bit guilty, that kind of thing), then she actually might qualify as pure of heart. Yes, she ultimately turned out better than Gaston in that regard, but not by much (especially when technically, her rather jerkish move of throwing him out in a way that looked more like a rather mean-spirited joke than a means of self-defense IS the reason Gaston later became a villain). Don't forget that she exposed Beast to the villagers despite having already deduced not a few seconds beforehand that he's the reason why Maurice was being arrested, and all for blackmail purposes, not to mention the villagers having obviously proven they were too riled up to ever listen.