Talk:Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)/@comment-5406554-20130411152303/@comment-1672596-20140201035021

Probably the only things actually great about the film were the music and the character of the Beast. The plot was actually fairly weak, the main villain was poorly written (honestly, if the writers not only have to go as far as to have the main villain actually loudly blurt out his plan without any sugarcoating on how absolutely amoral the plan is in front of a lot of witnesses (which is actually one of the worst mistakes a villain would make normally, both in fiction and in real life), but said witnesses actually cheered him on with the plan despite it not only very likely conflicting with Christian morality (and believe me, they were Christians), but also not having any pragmatic reasons that would even necessitate their support, not even fear of Gaston, just to make it clear to the audience that Gaston was a bad guy, even when his encounter with Belle already made it pretty clear he was bad anyways, its clear they aren't doing a very good job at writing a good villain), the conditions for the curse don't even match up with how to break the curse (If the curse was because he was cold hearted similar to Ebenezer Scrooge and refused to let anyone in, the more logical literary approach would be to have him commit several good deeds to break the curse, not basically enter a relationship with a girl. Plus, the way to break the curse is closer to lust rather than love, since it was predicated on a physical need), and heck, Belle herself is probably propaganda for the feminist lie that women couldn't get an education nor were they literate until the 1960s based on her overall characterization. The reason why Belle's different and a pariah, to get this straight, is because she can... I dunno, read? So why are they even Catholics (which requires reading of the Bible, a book (well, technically its "books", but its under one binding so counts as a single anthology) in other words, and its clear that they were Catholics thanks to the presence of a Catholic priest at the failed wedding), and why is that bookstore still in existence (had Belle truly been the only person able to read in the village, that bookstore would have closed shop and filed for bankruptcy due to being unable to draw a significant amount of customers, as businesses can't run on one customer alone, basic economics, even back then). Honestly, the Enchantress would have been a far better villain for the film instead of Gaston.