I remember watching this Disney classic as a youth and wondering, wait, why doesn't Belle like Gaston? He's so cool. Gaston was slick, quick, and had a neck that was incredibly thick. He had biceps to spare and every inch of him was covered in hair. As a 10 year old child being hairy was kind of the penultimate proof of one's manhood. I never really understood Belle. It was this point from which I concluded that all Women were A: illogical and B: didn't know what they really wanted. Fast forward 20 years and turns out I was 100% correct as a child.
As for the film. It's a classic. It says so on the title. I'm not really a mega fan of Disney musicals. I remember enjoying them more as a child when singing silly songs made sense but I grew out of that ideology at some point. Movies such as this are wonderful for children and I would guess for parents to an extent but as a 30-year-old childless adult, the magic of Disney definitely lost on me. It is not however lost on my wife who in her own respect is basically a 10 year old at heart half of the time. For her sake I smile and am grateful that someday I will have young ones who will adore singing silly songs with Mom.
I'll award BatB a fully flexed 3 hairy biceps out of 5.
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| Beauty and the Beast ♦ Road to Perdition | Robin Hood: Men in Tights ♦ The New World |
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Gaston was kind of a D-bag. but you know what, hawt chicks always go for the big D-bags, don't they. yeah, i don't know what Belle's problem is.
ReplyDeletewe make fun of her because she sees inner beauty.
ReplyDeleteI think Gaston was based off Sean Connery - hairiness and all(classic dbag that women like).
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